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Remote Hris Specialist jobs are open across the U.S. in sectors like healthcare, technology, financial services, and professional services, where distributed HR teams need specialists who can manage HRIS platforms without being on-site. Remote-first firms and large enterprises with distributed workforces are actively hiring, from coordinator-level roles to senior HRIS analysts and implementation leads. Employers hiring remotely right now include Software Technology, CIEE, and Patriot Bank, N.A. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Cardinal Senior Living | Ohio Region
Full-Time | Hourly | Remote- Must live in Ohio
Become the person everyone calls when ADP gets weird.
Cardinal Senior Living is growing, and we’re adding a Regional Payroll & HRIS Specialist to support our Ohio communities.
We’re looking for someone who likes systems, catches details other people miss, and gets a strange amount of satisfaction from figuring out why something isn’t working and fixing it.
You’ll help own payroll for an assigned group of communities while becoming a go-to resource for ADP Workforce Now, payroll questions, HRIS data, timekeeping, workflows, and system troubleshooting.
And you do not need to have spent the last 10 years in payroll.
If you’re smart, organized, comfortable with data, quick to learn systems, and willing to become an expert, we’re interested.
You’ll probably love this role if you like to:
- Figure out why the numbers don’t match
- Learn a system well enough that other people start coming to you for answers
- Catch errors before they become problems
- Work through a problem until you understand the root cause
- Build spreadsheets, reports, checklists, and processes that make work easier
- Help someone solve a system issue without making them feel stupid for asking
- Have clear deadlines and take pride in hitting them
- Work independently once you understand the expectations
- Turn repetitive questions into better processes or training
- Become the ADP person everyone knows they can call
What You’ll Own
Payroll
You’ll help execute accurate, timely payroll for assigned Cardinal communities.
That includes:
- Reviewing time and payroll inputs
- Processing pay changes, bonuses, deductions, and terminations
- Reviewing payroll previews and exception reports
- Identifying discrepancies before payroll is finalized
- Coordinating payroll corrections when something isn’t right
- Maintaining clean payroll records, calendars, and controls
- Helping make sure employees are paid accurately and on time
Because when payroll is wrong, it matters.
Become Our ADP Workforce Now Expert
A major part of this role is becoming a trusted resource for ADP Workforce Now.
You’ll be the first stop for many of the day-to-day questions coming from our community leaders and teams.
You’ll help troubleshoot:
- Timekeeping
- Employee information
- Payroll
- Workflows
- User access
- System questions
- Reporting
- Common ADP issues
Sometimes you’ll know the answer.
Sometimes you’ll need to investigate.
Sometimes you’ll know when the problem needs to be escalated.
What matters is that you own the question until there is an answer.
Keep Our People Data Clean
As Cardinal grows, clean data becomes increasingly important.
You’ll help maintain accurate HRIS information for:
- New hires
- Transfers
- Compensation changes
- Employment status changes
- Deductions
- Terminations
- Employee records
You’ll also run audits, identify missing or inconsistent information, and work with the right people to get it corrected.
If seeing bad data makes you want to fix it, you’ll probably fit in well here.
Solve Problems, Not Just Tickets
We do not want someone who simply answers the same question 50 times.
We want someone who eventually asks:
Why are we getting this question 50 times?
You’ll help us:
- Identify recurring payroll and HRIS problems
- Find the root cause
- Simplify processes
- Create job aids and checklists
- Train community users
- Improve self-service
- Strengthen payroll and HRIS discipline across the organization
As we add communities, you’ll also help support new-community onboarding, system setup, testing, training, and stabilization.
You Don’t Need to Be a Payroll Veteran
We mean that.
Previous payroll or ADP experience is valuable, but we are absolutely open to someone earlier in their career who has the right horsepower.
Your background could be in:
- Payroll
- HR or HRIS
- Accounting
- Business administration
- Finance support
- Customer or technical support
- Data-heavy operations
- Another role where accuracy, systems, deadlines, and problem-solving mattered
What we care about most is whether you can learn quickly, think through problems, work accurately, protect confidential information, and take more ownership as you grow.
What We’re Looking For
Required:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Strong attention to detail
- Comfort working with numbers, reports, and data
- Working proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Office
- Strong organization and deadline management
- Ability to troubleshoot problems logically
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Ability to handle confidential employee information appropriately
- Willingness to learn quickly and accept coaching
- Ability to work independently as your expertise grows
Preferred, but not required:
- Associate or bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Accounting, Business, or a related field
- Payroll experience
- HRIS experience
- ADP Workforce Now experience
If you have ADP experience, great.
If you don’t, but you’re the person who usually figures out new software before everyone else, we still want to hear from you.
Why Cardinal?
Cardinal Senior Living is growing.
Growth creates opportunity, but it also requires stronger infrastructure behind the scenes.
We’re adding this role intentionally to create more capacity in our payroll operation, strengthen our HRIS expertise, improve support for our communities, and build a system that can scale with us.
That means this is not just a job processing payroll.
It is an opportunity to learn the business, become a subject-matter expert, solve meaningful problems, and grow your responsibility as Cardinal grows.
If you’re detail-oriented, systems-minded, curious, and ready to become the person people trust when payroll or ADP gets complicated, we want to meet you.
Apply today and help us build the payroll and HRIS engine behind Cardinal Senior Living’s next stage of growth.
Cardinal Senior Living LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote hris specialist jobs.
- Experience administering Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, or ADP Workforce Now
- Proficiency in HRIS data management, reporting, and system configuration
- Strong Excel or data analysis skills for auditing and workforce reporting
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, information systems, or a related field
- Knowledge of HR processes including payroll, benefits, onboarding, and compliance
- Experience with system integrations, data imports, and troubleshooting HRIS issues
Tips for Your Remote Hris Specialist Job Search
Show your HRIS platform depth upfront
Remote employers screen for self-sufficiency, so list the specific modules you have configured in Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, UKG, or similar platforms. Name the workflows you built, the reports you automated, and the integrations you managed. Generic software lists do not move your application forward.
Demonstrate async communication in your application
Remote HRIS teams run on written handoffs and documentation, not hallway conversations. Use your cover letter and any take-home tasks to show you can explain a system issue or a data discrepancy clearly in writing. Clear, structured communication is a signal remote hiring managers actively look for.
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote hris specialist openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your platform experience and apply directly. Remote roles close fast when they are a strong fit, so checking current openings regularly gives you an edge.
Prepare for remote HRIS interview scenarios
Remote interviews for this role often include scenario questions about troubleshooting system errors without IT on-site or walking a manager through a data discrepancy over a video call. Practice explaining your diagnostic process out loud, step by step, as if the person you are helping cannot see your screen.
Remote Hris Specialist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote hris specialist job?
Target companies that run distributed HR teams, since they have the infrastructure and culture for remote HRIS work. Remote employers screen heavily for self-direction, clear written communication, and hands-on experience with platforms like Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, or UKG. Candidates who can document system configurations they have built, troubleshooting they have led, and reporting they have delivered independently stand out from those who list software names alone.
Which companies hire remote hris specialists?
Companies hiring remote hris specialists right now include Software Technology, CIEE, and Patriot Bank, N.A., based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote openings for this role are most common at remote-first technology firms, large healthcare networks with distributed workforces, and financial services companies running centralized HR operations across multiple locations.
Can you get a remote hris specialist job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level HRIS roles are harder to land because you are expected to troubleshoot and configure systems independently from day one. Your strongest path is demonstrating platform familiarity through HRIS vendor certifications, coursework in Workday or SAP, or hands-on exposure from internships or HR coordinator roles. Companies that are growing their HR tech stack in remote-first environments are most likely to take a chance on an entry-level hire who can show practical system knowledge.
Do you need a degree for remote hris specialist jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers care more about demonstrated platform expertise and HR process knowledge than a specific degree. Certifications in Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, or UKG, combined with a history of configuring workflows or producing HR data reports, can substitute for or complement a formal HR or IT degree, especially at technology companies and remote-first organizations that evaluate candidates on what they can actually do.
Which industries hire the most remote hris specialists?
Remote hris specialist roles concentrate in Technology & Software, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors rely heavily on HRIS platforms to manage compliance, payroll, and workforce data across geographically distributed teams where centralized on-site HR is not practical.
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