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Benefits & Payroll Coordinator
full-timeChicago$50k - $70k

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Location

Chicago

Salary

$50k - $70k

Type

full-time

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Company Description

L&G's Asset Management business is a major investor across public and private markets worldwide, with $1.533 trillion in AUM.* Our clients include individual savers, pension scheme members and global institutions, who invest alongside L&G’s own balance sheet.

Our ambition is to be a leading global investor, innovating to solve complex challenges for our clients using the power of L&G. This is rooted in our investment philosophy and processes, which are focused on creating value over the long term.

We believe that incorporating financially material sustainability criteria, when relevant to our clients, can generate value and drive positive change.

    Job Description

    We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Benefits & Payroll Coordinator to join our Human Resources team. This role will play a key part in supporting HR operations, with a strong focus on benefits administration, payroll process documentation, and HRIS administration & reporting. The ideal candidate will have excellent technical skills, particularly in Excel, and a strong understanding of HR systems and compliance requirements.

    Responsibilities:

    • Assist in the administration of employee benefits programs, including health, dental, vision, 401(k), and other firm-sponsored plans.
    • Support payroll processing activities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
    • Maintain employee data within HRIS and payroll systems
    • Generate and analyze HR reports using Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, charts).
    • Respond to employee inquiries regarding benefits, payroll, and HR systems in a professional and timely manner.
    • Partner with HR colleagues to support onboarding, offboarding, and employee data changes.
    • Assist with Standard Operating Procedure maintenance and Creation for HR system processes for Internal HR team, Employees, and Managers
    • Work with HR Technology vendors to troubleshoot and resolve low level issues, and enhance current processes

    Qualifications

    • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
    • 2+ years of HR administration experience, preferably in financial services or a corporate environment.
    • 2+ years of benefits administration experience required
    • Familiarity with HRIS and payroll systems (e.g., Oracle, Dayforce, or similar).
    • Proficiency in Excel.
    • Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
    • Good communication and interpersonal skills with a customer-service mindset.
    • Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and professionalism.

    Additional Information

    The starting salary offer will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to the applicant’s education, job-related experience, skills, and abilities, geographic location, and market factors. This position is also eligible to participate in the company’s annual discretionary bonus plan. Full time employees may be eligible for health insurance with an optional HSA, short term disability, long term disability, dental insurance, vision care, life insurance, Healthcare, Dependent and Limited Care Flexible Spending Accounts, 401K, vacation, sick time, an employee assistance program, and commuter and transit programs.  Additional voluntary programs include: supplemental health benefits including accidental injury, critical illness and hospital indemnity insurance and pet insurance. 

    EOE Statement

    As an EOE employer, L&G Asset Management, America will extend equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, military status, and/or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local laws governing non-discrimination in employment. (2025)

  • Permanent/Regular or Fixed Term Contract/Temporary: Fixed Term Contract (UK and ROW) / Temporary (US)
  • L&G Business Unit: Legal & General Investment Management
  • L&G sub Business Unit: LGIM
  • Primary Location: USA, Chicago
  • Job Family: HR
  • Compensation: USD50000 - USD70000 - yearly
  • Other facts

    Tech stack
    Benefits Administration,Payroll Processing,HRIS Administration,Excel,Attention to Detail,Organizational Skills,Communication Skills,Interpersonal Skills,Customer Service Mindset,Confidentiality,Professionalism,HR Systems,Compliance,Data Analysis,Problem Solving

    About LegalAndGeneral

    Legal & General is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

    Our three divisions enable us to carefully invest capital over the long term in a responsible way that delivers returns to shareholders while doing good. Along with growing our pension risk transfer business, our strategy focuses on asset management as the cornerstone of our business, including by opening up private markets to more of our clients. Meanwhile, our retail business is focused on building lifelong relationships with customers as they save for retirement and protect themselves and their families.

    What unites all three parts of our business is summed up in our purpose statement which sets out what we do, why we do it, and our belief in the power of capital. It builds on what’s inspired us since our beginnings in 1836, and challenges us to do more, with greater urgency, in more places, for more people and in more ways, for the long term.

    Team size: 10,001+ employees
    LinkedIn: Visit
    Industry: Financial Services

    What you'll do

    • The Benefits & Payroll Coordinator will assist in administering employee benefits programs and support payroll processing activities. They will also maintain employee data within HRIS and generate HR reports using Excel.

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    As a Benefits & Payroll Coordinator at LegalAndGeneral, you will: the Benefits & Payroll Coordinator will assist in administering employee benefits programs and support payroll processing activities. They will also maintain employee data within HRIS and generate HR reports using Excel..

    Why join LegalAndGeneral as a Benefits & Payroll Coordinator?

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