Human Resources Specialist

About the role

We are seeking professionals with deep, hands-on experience in the administrative and operational work that keeps HR and people functions running the "back office" of a company's human resources department, people-operations team, or HR shared-services center.

Core Workflows

You should actively own one or more of the following:

• Onboarding & Employee Lifecycle: new-hire onboarding, offer/contract processing, I-9/E-Verify, HRIS data setup, employment verification, transfers, and offboarding
• Benefits Administration: benefits enrollment, open enrollment, qualifying life events, leave of absence (FMLA/ADA), and COBRA administration through carrier and broker portals
• Payroll & Time: payroll processing, timekeeping, deductions, garnishments, corrections, and off-cycle payments
• Compensation Operations & Reconciliation: payroll register and GL reconciliation, benefits-invoice reconciliation, and posting against pay cycles
• Vendor & Compliance Operations: benefits broker/carrier management, HRIS vendor configuration, EEOC/ACA/state reporting, unemployment claims, and audits
• HR Records & People Operations: personnel/employee records administration, document and release-of-information handling, and day-to-day HR office operations

Requirements

• 3+ years of daily, hands-on experience in an HR administrative / people-operations back-office role
• Direct experience with the systems this work runs on: HRIS / HCM platforms (Workday, ADP, UKG, Paycom, BambooHR, Rippling, Gusto), payroll systems, benefits-administration portals, and/or ATS / onboarding tools
• Currently working in an HR administrative role
• Based in the United States

Ideal Backgrounds

• HR Administrator / HR Coordinator
• People Operations Specialist / HR Operations Analyst
• Payroll Specialist / Payroll Coordinator
• Benefits Administrator / Benefits Coordinator
• HRIS Analyst / HRIS Administrator
• Onboarding / Employee Lifecycle Specialist
• Leave of Absence (LOA) Specialist
• HR Compliance Specialist
• Total Rewards / Compensation Operations