
Leave Unit Specialist-Payroll-Mount Sinai Hospital-Full Time-Days
New York, NYFull-time$27.11–33.83/hrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Leave Unit Specialist provides payroll information to leave vendors and guidance on paid and unpaid leave policies. The role investigates employee inquiries, audits sick leave balances, and calculates leave payouts. It also tracks employees on paid family leave and supports accurate absence-management and timekeeping entries. The position requires a bachelor’s degree or relevant experience, at least two years in leave, payroll, or HR benefits, and knowledge of HR policies and Oracle HR/Payroll.
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Job Description
Position Title:
Leave Unit Specialist-Payroll-Mount Sinai Hospital-Full Time-Days
Position Summary:
Provide payroll information to FMLA/LOA/PFL vendors for BU and NBU employees. Provide guidance on Paid/Unpaid leave policies and procedures to employees and managers; investigate and resolve employee inquiries utilizing knowledge of FMLA/PFL hospital policies and procedures and/or Collective Bargaining Agreements; audit sick/sick savings balances (7 consecutive sick days report) during preliminary payroll; calculate LOA payouts.
Qualifications
Education Requirement:
- Bachelors degree or relevant experience
Experience Requirement:
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2 years minimum, preferably 5 years, in a Leave position, Payroll or HR Benefits
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Knowledge and understanding of HR policies and procedures
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Knowledge of Oracle HR/Payroll system
Compensation Statement:
The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides salary ranges that comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $27.11 - $33.83 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and operational need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
Non-Bargaining Unit, 517 - Payroll - MSH, Mount Sinai Hospital
Responsibilities
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Respond to inquiries from Aetna and all other Leave vendors;
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Calculate and process LOA and PFL payouts;
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Review 7 consecutive sick days report and make adjustment in the system;
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Investigate and resolve employee/department FMLA/LOA/PFL inquiries.
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Provide guidance to other departments about FMLA/LOA/PFL policies.
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Keeping track of employees on PFL to ensure correct Absence Management, WEB and KRONOS entries.
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All other duties as assigned.
About Us
Strength through Unity and Inclusion
The Mount Sinai Health System is committed to fostering an environment where everyone can contribute to excellence. We share a common dedication to delivering outstanding patient care. When you join us, you become part of Mount Sinai’s unparalleled legacy of achievement, education, and innovation as we work together to transform healthcare. We encourage all team members to actively participate in creating a culture that ensures fair access to opportunities, promotes inclusive practices, and supports the success of every individual.
At Mount Sinai, our leaders are committed to fostering a workplace where all employees feel valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We strive to create an environment where collaboration, fairness, and continuous learning drive positive change, improving the well-being of our staff, patients, and organization. Our leaders are expected to challenge outdated practices, promote a culture of respect, and work toward meaningful improvements that enhance patient care and workplace experiences. We are dedicated to building a supportive and welcoming environment where everyone has the opportunity to thrive and advance professionally. Explore this opportunity and be part of the next chapter in our history.
About the Mount Sinai Health System:
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes more than 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics, top 5 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and top 20 in Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 11 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer, complying with all applicable federal civil rights laws. We do not discriminate, exclude, or treat individuals differently based on race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are deeply committed to fostering an environment where all faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve feel respected and supported. Our goal is to create a healthcare and learning institution that actively works to remove barriers, address challenges, and promote fairness in all aspects of our organization.
Compensation Statement
Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $27.105 - $33.8272 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
How this job compares
Set against the 616 open Payroll Specialist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$27.11–33.83/hr
- US median$27–33/hr163 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $30.47/hr, is close to the US median midpoint ($30/hr) — in the middle half of Payroll Specialist hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 41 open Payroll Specialist jobs in New York and 616 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Payroll Specialist postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (429 postings).
- Education
- 35 of the 616 open Payroll Specialist jobs (6%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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