Human Resources Business Partner / Project Manager

Escalon Services provides essential back-office services and PeopleOps support to growing companies across multiple industries. The Human Resources Business Partner / Project Manager will support the full scope of human resources responsibilities, advise clients on PeopleOps matters, and lead strategic HR initiatives and projects. The role covers HR strategy, compliance, HRIS, benefits, payroll, employee relations, performance management, and onboarding and offboarding.

Responsibilities:

• General: With guidance and mentorship from an HRBP Manager, assist companies with all its HR needs while they focus on growing their business. Responsibilities can range from full-cycle HR to project based
• HRBP Strategy: Accountable for developing and implementing HR strategies and initiatives aligned with the client’s overall business strategy; develop, and monitor overall HR strategies, systems, tactics, and procedures that enhances the client’s company growth
• HR Administration & Compliance: Ensure clients have a strong HR infrastructure and ensure compliance. Provide recommendations and assist in creation of company policies to ensure consistency, compliance and efficiency (creating and writing employee handbooks, travel & entertainment policies…etc.), FSLA classifications and audit, support required employee training
• Mergers & Acquisitions: Ensure clients are due diligence ready by providing best practices when services are started
• HRIS Systems: Lead and/or partner with our People Support team to implement and administer all major PeopleOps related software systems including but not limited to HRIS, payroll, 401(k), benefits administration and performance evaluation
• Benefits: Research, recommend, implement and perform benefits administration and management, including enrollments, terminations, claims resolution and invoice auditing. Assist in putting together a strategic benefits package (plan evaluations and selection, open enrollment planning, 401(k), LOA, COBRA, etc.). In addition, Escalon has its own benefits brokerage and the Benefits team can work in partnership with the HRBP on this effort
• Onboarding/Offboarding: Recommend new hire orientation and termination processes and partner with the PeopleOps HR Support team to ensure completion
• Payroll: Partner with Payroll team and oversee the implementation and/or process payroll processing for multiple clients in a timely manner and assist employees with questions
• Leave of Absence: Partner with clients to draft parental leave policies and customize and deliver each employee LOA packet, support employee questions, and ensure leave is compliant based on local, state, and federal laws
• Employee Relations: Recommend, implement, and support clients with feedback process, and support employee relations questions, demands, grievances, or other issues
• Performance Management : Assess needs and provide recommendation to design, customize, and implement performance management selection and processes, ensuring all employees receive timely and actionable feedback for applicable clients
• Culture & Employee Relations: Assess, recommend, and develop programs designed to enhance employee morale and productivity, and recognize employees for their contributions to the company’s success. Assist with preventing and resolving concerns. Collaborate with managers to resolve issues and assist to prepare corrective action

Requirements:

• Must have 3+ years of human resources/people operations experience
• Must have knowledge of startup HR best practices, while thriving in an entrepreneurial environment
• Strong business acumen and a passion for HR; people-oriented and results driven
• Must have exceptional knowledge of local, state, and federal employment laws
• Ability to exercise autonomy, independent judgment, and decision making; providing sound recommendation to clients to resolve issues and mitigate risk while providing excellent client delivery
• Ability to handle pressure and manage multiple projects with frequently changing priorities, and possess an eye for detail
• Professional demeanor and excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Strong interpersonal skills, high level of professionalism and integrity
• Ability to professionally handle confidential data and information
• Self-motivated, with a strong work ethic and demonstrated initiative with a sense of urgency
• Knowledge of HRIS, Payroll and Recruiting systems (Gusto, Zenefits, Namely, Rippling, ADP, Paychex, Paylocity, Intuit, TriNet, Justworks, Sequoia, Greenhouse, Lever, etc.)
• Experience scaling and supporting venture and/or private equity backed companies preferred
• Bachelor's degree and/or PHR certification preferred
• Experience with Mergers & Acquisitions and best practices & processes are preferred