HR Generalist/Payroll Specialist
Stony Brook Community Medical, PC • Commack, New York • Full Time • $75,000–$85,000 / year
Posted on Tue, Oct 13, 2026
An exempt clerical position responsible for functions related to payroll, personnel information and employee documentation. Responsible for developing and implementing the full cycle of recruitment from the initial point of contact with qualified candidates through hiring.
Responsibilities:
- Ensures new employees receive appropriate items including employee ID badge, insurance/benefit information, orientation materials. Adds data to employee census.
- Ensures terminated employee data is removed from appropriate employee databases, including insurance/benefits, time/leave date, employee census and file is moved to inactive status.
- Coordinate events relating to on-boarding, orientation/benefits.
- Participates in annual open enrollment benefit period and processes benefit documents.
- Works with department directors and managers to identify professional staff needs and to develop a strategic recruitment plan.
- Responsible for reviewing applicants and screening potential candidates, including initial screening interviews.
- Reviews and checks all candidate references.
- Screen or interview candidates as needed.
- Familiar with FMLA, Workman's Comp and Disability policies and paperwork.
- Processes Cobra, long-term disability and FMLA paperwork.
- Processes employee time sheets and checks for accuracy. Clarifies inconsistencies with supervisors.
- Verifies sick leave, vacation hours, and overtime by comparing authorization form to time reports.
- Enters all insurance and ancillary deductions.
- Adds and terminates employees from payroll and accounting systems.
- Processes employment verification forms, wage assignments, levies and child support.
- Enters biweekly payroll journal into accounting system.
- Distributes payroll checks to the appropriate department.
- Standardize HR processes.
- Other duties as assigned.
$75,000-$85,000 annually
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