Senior HR Generalist

Role Summary / Purpose

The Senior HR Generalist is responsible for the day-to-day administration and execution of the organization's human resources programs, policies, and processes. This role supports the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, employee records administration, benefits coordination, performance management processes, policy administration, employee relations support, compliance activities, and offboarding.

The Senior HR Generalist serves as a primary resource for employees and managers regarding HR policies, procedures, and employment-related matters, ensuring consistent application of company practices and compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Through the effective administration of HR programs and processes, the position helps support a positive employee experience, organizational effectiveness, and business operations.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Positively communicate and demonstrate the company’s Core Values by developing trust and respect among peers and associates, building strong teams and partnerships, and driving results.
• Provide guidance and input regarding HR strategies that support the vision, culture, and business needs of the organization.
• Contributes to and supports the weekly payroll processing provided by the finance team and analyzing payroll data for compliance reporting and activities. Maintain department records and reports. Ability to monitor HR and Payroll analytics and communicate with management.
• Onboarding new employees and maintaining the electronic onboarding process.
• Timely exit process.
• Benefits – open enrollment, new hire enrollments, and life events. Assist with open enrollment roll-out and employee messaging, as well as tracking participation throughout the process and ensuring updates are communicated properly to the carriers
• Posting and maintaining requisitions for recruiting across all locations.
• Maintain current knowledge of applicable federal and state laws and educate managers on new developments when necessary.
• Ensure employee posters, notices, and forms are current.
• Facilitate management and employee understanding of payroll, benefit, and recruitment procedures.
• Provide support to managers for all employee related issues. Facilitate and manage employee relations concerns.
• Participate in developing departmental goals and objectives. In partnership with business leaders, lead and drive the execution of all HR programs. Build trusting consultative relationships with associates and leaders
• Collaboration and coordination with external HR Consultants as needed for programs and services.
• Leverage Excel and data analysis to identify issues within the business and develop plans to address and minimize disruption.
• Special projects as assigned.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years Human Resources experience or High School diploma with 15 years of progressive Human Resources experience.
• 3+ years of the required experience must include recruitment activities and OFCCP/ AAP/EEOC compliance experience.
• 3+ years of the required experience must include ownership of HR practices (ex: payroll, recruitment). Basic experience in payroll & benefits administration.
• Prior experience coaching leaders at various levels. Good interpersonal skills including the ability to interface with staff at all levels.
• Comfortable in PrimePoint payroll software or similar
• 1 year experience using HRIS software
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Desired Characteristics

• Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality. Ability to energize and lead in complex, matrix, goal-driven organizations.
• Strong sense of personal accountability.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbally. Excellent collaboration, influencing, project management, organizational and change agent skills.
• Ability to identify areas of opportunity for improvement and present to Executive Management.

·         Excellent time management and organizational skills and experience establishing guidelines in these areas for others. Ability to prioritize and multi-task to meet deadlines.

• Capable of handling multiple issues and/or projects simultaneously and executing to completion. Able to function in a complex, agile, fast-moving, cross-functional workplace and adapt to the changing environment.
• Developed (oral and written) communication and diplomacy skill set with the ability to influence others by presenting sound and logical arguments tailored to the audience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to assess situations and make judgments based on practice or previous experience.

Benefits
Because our people are our greatest assets, we also offer competitive benefits that include:

·         Health and Dental Insurance after 90-day period

·         Paid Holidays

·         SIMPLE retirement account

Is relocation for this position offered: No