Roper Kia is a locally owned dealership in Joplin, MO with a team of 75–90 employees. We’re hiring an HR & Payroll Specialist to be a front-office “hub” supporting payroll, HR coordination, and business operations support.
This role is ideal for someone who is accurate, dependable, and discreet—someone who likes owning details, meeting deadlines, and keeping office workflows moving. As a hub in the dealership, this role requires flexibility, collaboration and a positive attitude.
Payroll (Primary)
- Process payroll accurately and on schedule; audit timekeeping and inputs before each payroll run
- Maintain payroll changes (deductions, garnishments, direct deposit updates, pay changes)
- Partner with accounting/leadership on payroll reporting and documentation
- Learn and ultimately “own” our payroll rhythm and workflow as we train and transition processes
HR Administration / Coordination
- Coordinate onboarding/offboarding paperwork and maintain personnel files
- Support benefits administration documentation and employee questions (escalate complex items)
- Assist with HR recordkeeping and required documentation to support compliance processes
- Serve as a point of contact for routine HR/payroll questions with strict confidentiality
Business Operations Support
- Provide administrative support: document management, scanning, filing, data entry, reporting support
- Assist the office leadership team with clerical tasks during non-peak payroll periods
- Support special projects and general office organization
- Required Qualifications
- HR experience required (coordination/administration level is acceptable)
- Payroll processing experience required (50+ employees strongly preferred)
- Strong attention to detail, confidentiality, and deadline ownership
- Comfortable with spreadsheets and learning HR/payroll software
- Reliable, professional communication and a team-first attitude
- Preferred Qualifications
- Dealership or sales-driven/commission-related payroll environment experience
- Experience with audits, garnishments/deductions, and timekeeping systems
- Experience supporting onboarding and benefits workflows
- Compensation and Benefits
- This is a full-time position with office hours from 8:00am-5:00pm, Monday-Friday
- Pay will be based on Experience
- Roper Kia is closed on 5 major holidays: New Years Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day and Christmas Day. Additional days may be added at the discretion of the Executive Team
- Employees are eligible for health insurance after 60 days and vacation days after 1 year. Additional life and health insurance is also available
Details
Hours of work
This position will work 8:00am-5:00pm in the office. Roper Kia is closed on Sunday.
Overtime expectations
Any overtime should be approved ahead of time by department manager.
Work environment
This role will work alongside the office staff in the office building and with other staff as needed. This role with have an office, allowing for discretion in this HR role.
Dress requirements
All office employees will dress in business casual during the week. On Friday and Saturday, nice jeans may be worn. If choose, can purchase Roper Kia polos to wear.
- What Success Looks Like (First 90 days)
- Month 1: You understand our payroll rhythm, policies, and employee file system
- Month 2: You’re the go-to for routine HR/payroll questions and paperwork flow is consistent
- Month 3: Payroll runs cleanly, records are organized, and you’ve identified 1–2 process improvements
- Roper Kia specifics
- Roper Kia believes that everyone deserves to be treated well- and that includes our employees. Multiple employee appreciation meals and events will take place throughout the year
- The Frost family creates a monthly newsletter to highlight important information upcoming at the dealership and standout employees
- We believe that it’s important to give back to the community and will work together throughout the year to serve at various local organizations
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