Human Resources Generalist

About the role

Boos & Associates is growing, recently named one of the Fastest Growing Accounting Firms and Businesses in the Fresno area by the Fresno Business Journal. This growth has led to expanding into different markets, necessitating the addition of a dynamic and experienced HR Generalist to the People & Culture team. The role is open to candidates located in Fresno, CA.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and manage job advertisements across various platforms.
• Experience in the recruitment process, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and hiring.
• Ensure a welcome and positive onboarding experience for new team members.
• Regularly review and update I-9s.
• Assist with conflict resolution and promote a positive, professional workplace culture.
• Handle and respond to employee grievances in a professional and timely manner.
• Maintain open lines of communication between employees and management.
• Process and monitor requests for Leave of Absence (LOA), maternity leave, sick leave, and other time-off requests.
• Aid with overtime requests and process in collaboration with management.
• Develop, review, and update training and development programs and policies.
• Conduct one-month follow-up meetings with new hires to gather feedback and address concerns.
• Address and resolve performance issues, providing support and corrective actions as needed.
• Aid with preparation of the annual performance process.
• Support the offboarding process including terminations, resignations, and exit interviews.
• Ensure completion of all final paperwork and transition processes.
• Enter and maintain employee payroll data, including wage changes, deductions, and tax updates.
• Audit payroll reports for discrepancies and resolve errors before final processing.
• Ensure payroll practices comply with federal, state, and local labor laws (overtime, meal/rest breaks, minimum wage changes, etc.).
• Maintain accurate payroll records for audits, reporting, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide HR support for staff management, including hiring, terminations, and disciplinary actions.
• Monitor and establish HR processes; ensure timely resolution of escalated HR issues.
• Serve as a point of contact for various requests and approvals, facilitating timely resolutions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficiency in HR software and systems (e.g., ADP Workforce Now, Hub, Navigator).
• Excellent organizational and time management abilities.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality.
• Problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in a Human Resources Generalist or HR-related experience.
• In-depth knowledge of labor laws and HR best practices.
• Experience in a professional services or accounting firm, required.

Benefits

Compensation Information: Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

About Boos & Associates

Boos & Associates is a Certified Public Accountant and Consulting firm established in February 2004. Prior to founding the firm, our Managing Director was a Tax Director with a Big 4 accounting firm with over 30 years of public accounting experience. We currently have a staff of approximately 130 and anticipate continued expansion opportunities in the near and long term. Our greatest strength is our people. We foster and support innovative, strategic ideas that can transform developments in accounting, tax, and consulting into practical solutions for our clients. Our Fresno office is a first-class facility located in the Fig Garden Financial Center. The firm is paperless and uses the latest in technology to assist our associates in performing in a more efficient and effective manner. The firm provides above market performance-based compensation and offers competitive employer-paid employee benefits and a generous personal time off policy. We continually invest in our people by providing extensive training and career advisor programs. We recognize our unique opportunity to embrace the cultural and ethnic opportunities our clients and people have to offer. We are committed to optimizing this opportunity to hire outstanding individuals of diverse backgrounds, and to offer them a dynamic, challenging environment to develop their skills as trusted advisors to our clients. Our commitment to diversity encompasses all people within our firm, professionals, and administrative support alike, including people of different races, religions, cultural backgrounds, national origins, disabilities or medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and ages. We are an independent member of the BDO Alliance USA. As an independent member of BDO Alliance USA, our shared Core Purpose is Helping People Thrive Every Day. Our Core Values reflect how we manage our work, our relationships and ourselves. As an employee of the firm, you will live true to our Core Values of people first, being exceptional every day in every way, embracing change, feeling empowered through knowledge, and choosing accountability. Our Core Values are the standards by which we conduct ourselves day in and day out, both internally and externally.