HR Manager – Operations & Total Rewards

About the role

Tareen Dermatology is a growing, multi-state dermatology practice committed to providing compassionate, state-of-the-art dermatologic care with an emphasis on early diagnosis, patient education, and comprehensive skincare. Our vision is to exceed our patients' expectations by providing individualized, expert, and ethical care while continuing to be a leader in medical, surgical, and cosmetic dermatology.

As our organization continues to grow, we are looking for an experienced HR Manager – Operations & Total Rewards to join our Human Resources team and help build scalable, accurate, and employee-focused HR operations. The HR Manager – Operations & Total Rewards is a key member of the Human Resources team responsible for the operational infrastructure that supports our employees across Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota. Reporting to the Human Resources Director, this position owns critical HR functions including multi-state payroll, employee benefits, HRIS administration, compensation and total rewards administration, HR analytics, vendor management, operational compliance, and process improvement. This is both a hands-on and strategic role. The successful candidate will be comfortable personally managing payroll and benefits processes while also analyzing data, strengthening internal controls, improving systems, managing vendor relationships, and bringing forward recommendations that improve the employee experience and HR operations. The position is primarily based in Minnesota with hybrid work flexibility available as business needs allow.

Responsibilities

• HR Operations & Multi-State Payroll: You will own our bi-weekly multi-state payroll process and ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll administration across Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota. This includes payroll audits and reconciliations, pay changes, deductions, garnishments, PTO, overtime, year-end processes, internal controls, and resolution of payroll discrepancies. Beyond processing payroll, we are looking for someone who can identify root causes, strengthen controls, improve workflows, and reduce recurring errors.
• Benefits, Leave & Total Rewards: You will manage the day-to-day administration of our employee benefit programs and serve as a primary resource for employees, vendors, brokers, and carriers. Responsibilities include benefits enrollment and changes, annual open enrollment, benefit audits, employee communications, COBRA and ACA administration, leave coordination, carrier reconciliation, vendor relationships, renewals, and ongoing benefit-plan administration. You will also partner with the HR Director on the continued development of Tareen Dermatology's broader total rewards strategy.
• Compensation: You will support compensation administration and analysis, including market pricing, salary-range maintenance, internal equity reviews, compensation benchmarking, pay compression analysis, merit processes, promotion and pay-change recommendations, and implementation of approved compensation changes.
• HRIS, Data & Analytics: You will help maximize the effectiveness of our HR technology and maintain the integrity of employee, pay