Wage and Salary Specialist

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the United States. We provide essential outpatient, inpatient and home-based services to more than one million New Yorkers every year across the city’s five boroughs. Our large health system consists of ambulatory centers, acute care centers, post-acute care/long-term care, rehabilitation programs, Home Care, and Correctional Health Services. Our diverse workforce is uniquely focused on empowering New Yorkers.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

9:00 A.M – 5:00 P.M

Purpose of Functional Assignment:

Under the direction of the Senior Director, is responsible for conducting reviews and analyses of employee compensation data and providing expertise to Human Resources department’s quality assurance efforts. Maintains confidentiality of employee and compensation data in compliance with applicable laws, New York Health + Hospital policies and procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Conducts salary and employment history reviews utilizing various electronic systems and reconstructs salaries to determine if appropriate increases were applied. Identifies over or underpayments of employees based upon title(s), collective bargaining agreement(s) and effective date(s).

2. Performs daily reviews of Human Resources Audit reports for assigned health care setting and confirms accuracy of transactions processed; identifies compensation, title and/or employment date issues in the records. Summarizes issues for internal review/confirmation and provides notifications to assigned Human Resources departments; handles related inquiries and audits updates, as applicable.

3. Investigates salary inquiries by gathering employee information, confirming details against physical and digital records, and resolving discrepancies between systems to ensure accurate compensation data in PeopleSoft/Human Capital Management System (HCM).

4. Conducts compensation reviews to ensure staff are properly paid within established salary ranges and are receiving appropriate pay differentials, with accurate payroll codes, to support increased accuracy of employee pay and decrease payroll leakage.

5. Performs ad-hoc and routine workforce analyses and analytics to determine costs. Identifies areas for training or standardization in support of increased accuracy and improved employee experience.

6. Participates in preparation for and/or review of Labor Relations Order (LROs) and Longevity runs by preparing calculations, identifying individuals due LRO/Longevity-related adjustments, auditing transactions processed and preparing transactions to be manually processed.

7. Utilizes PeopleSoft queries to obtain or confirm employee or title information, prepares pivot tables, calculations and other summary reports, status updates and other analyses.

8. Processes compensation-related transactions in PeopleSoft/Human Capital Management System (HCM) and makes appropriate notifications for transactions processed to health care setting Human Resources and Payroll departments.

9. Performs other related duties, as assigned.

1. Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Organizational Management, Finance, Mathematics, Computer Science, Business Administration, or Economics; and,
2. Three (3) years of experience in personnel administration, human resources management or public administration, at least two (2) years of experience in position classification, compensation analysis or administration, wage and salary administration, or organizational analysis in a large public or private organization; or,
3. Satisfactory equivalent combination of training, education, and/or experience. However, all candidates must have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in disciplines, as listed in “1” above.

1. Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development, Human Resources, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a closely related discipline; and,
2. Two (2) years of experience in human resources, employee compensation, employee/labor relations, wage and salary role requiring determination of salary entitlements and/or processing of employee pay and/or additions to gross pay.

Preferred Knowledge Areas, Skills, Abilities, and other Qualifications:

1. Experience and/or strong familiarity with NYC Health + Hospitals collective bargaining agreements including knowledge of various salary differentials, title structure and/or civil service system.
2. Experience with Human Resources, payroll, personnel, and/or workforce information or management systems.
3. Ability to accurately calculate salaries at various points in time including ability to apply percentage increases and identify issues in calculations.
4. Experience with and knowledge of PeopleSoft, particularly with query modules, including creation of ad hoc and modification of canned queries.
5. Knowledge of Human Resources as a discipline, including, Classification and Compensation, Job Analysis and other related areas.
6. Excellent communication skills (e.g., speaking, writing, presenting) and strong interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate and communicate with staff at all organizational levels.
7. Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including charts, formulas, v-lookups and pivot tables in Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint; advanced formatting and review functionality in Word, and organizational charts and process flows in Visio.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• College Savings Program
• Union Benefits for eligible titles
• Multiple employee discounts programs
• Commuter Benefits Programs

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