HR Business Partner

About the Role

The HR Business Partner (HRBP) serves as a strategic advisor to business leaders while also supporting the day-to-day execution of core human resources functions. This role bridges strategy and operations—aligning HR initiatives with organizational goals while ensuring smooth delivery of HR services at the employee level.

The HRBP partners with leadership to drive talent management, workforce planning, employee engagement, and organizational development. They provide guidance on performance management, coaching, succession planning, and change management, helping leaders build effective, high-performing teams.

A critical component of this role includes managing employee relations matters. The HRBP acts as a trusted resource for both employees and managers, addressing workplace concerns, conducting investigations, resolving conflicts, and providing guidance on disciplinary actions. The HRBP approaches employee relations with professionalism and impartiality, ensuring decisions are grounded in company policy, consistency, and sound judgment.

In addition to a strategic focus, this role carries responsibility for core HR administrative functions, including supporting the employee lifecycle such as full-cycle recruiting, onboarding & offboarding, maintaining employee records, leave of absence management, administering HR policies and programs, coordinating benefits, training & development, and ensuring compliance with employment laws and company policies.

The ideal candidate combines a strategic mindset with a hands-on approach, executing operational HR tasks with accuracy and efficiency. Strong interpersonal skills, business acumen, and attention to detail are essential for success in this dual-capacity role.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic advisor to business leaders on talent management, workforce planning, and organizational development.
• Provide guidance on performance management, coaching, succession planning, and change management.
• Manage employee relations matters, including conducting investigations, resolving conflicts, and providing guidance on disciplinary actions.
• Support the full employee lifecycle: recruiting, onboarding, offboarding, and leave of absence management.
• Maintain employee records and ensure compliance with employment laws and company policies.
• Administer HR policies, programs, and benefits coordination.
• Coordinate training and development initiatives.
• Contribute to compensation and benefits administration, data analytics, and reporting.
• Act as a back-up for the Sr. Payroll Administrator.
• Support communications, culture initiatives, and learning & development planning.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in human resources or a related field with at least 8–10 years of demonstrated related experience (a combination of education and experience may be substituted).
• Deep knowledge of ADP Workforce Now and Workforce Manager preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience managing employee relations matters, including conducting investigations, resolving workplace conflicts, and providing guidance on policy application.
• Demonstrated experience managing and/or overseeing complex leaves of absence, including FMLA, ADA accommodations, medical leaves, and state-specific leave laws.
• Intermediate skills in MS Office software, with an emphasis on Excel.
• Knowledge of general HR functions and employment-related laws.
• Full-cycle recruiting experience (LinkedIn Recruiter experience preferred).
• Broad knowledge of benefits and insurances such as health, life, dental, vision, STD, LTD, FSA, AD&D, COBRA, Workers Compensation, unemployment, FMLA, 403(b), and pension plans.
• PHR/SPHR certification or willingness to pursue certification.

Skills & Attributes

• A team player who pitches in where needed and asks for assistance when required.
• A confident self-starter who understands the impact of their work on others and strives for excellence.
• A lifelong learner with the desire to grow alongside the HR team.
• A pleasant and professional demeanor with the ability to have fun at work.