HR Generalist

Company: Foundation Software
Location: Strongsville
Posted on: June 6, 2021

Job Description:

Position Summary

The HR Generalist will support a rapidly growing, employee-oriented, high-performance culture that emphasizes empowerment, quality, productivity, and goal attainment while driving the development of a superior workforce. This position will report to the Director of Human Resources and will focus primarily on total rewards/compensation and benefit administration but will also serve as back-up to the payroll specialist and be responsible for various employee programs and HR initiatives within the organization.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Administer employee insurance and savings plans using HRIS system, working with insurance brokers and plan carriers.
• Audit employee insurance and savings plans, correcting issues and answering employee questions as they arise.
• Research employee benefit and health and safety practices and recommend changes or modifications to existing policies.
• Educate employees on benefit plan options and assist in LMS content relevant to benefits and employee development.
• Evaluate job positions, determining classification, exempt or non-exempt status, and salary.
• Ensure company compliance with federal and state laws, including reporting requirements.
• File all necessary federal and state employment reports.
• Prepare occupational classifications, job descriptions, and salary scales.
• Provide advice on the resolution of classification and salary complaints.
• Research job and worker requirements, structural and functional relationships among jobs and occupations, and occupational trends.
• Advise managers and employees on state and federal employment regulations, benefit and compensation policies, personnel procedures, and classification programs.
• Prepare reports, such as organization and flow charts, and career path reports to summarize job analysis and evaluation and compensation analysis information.
• Plan, develop, evaluate, improve, and communicate methods and techniques for selecting, promoting, compensating, evaluating, and training workers.
• Assess need for and develop job analysis instruments and materials.
• Observe, interview, and survey employees and conduct focus group meetings to collect job, organizational, and occupational information.
• Review occupational data on Alien Employment Certification Applications to determine the appropriate occupational title and code, and provide local offices with information about immigration and occupations.
• Assist with recruiting, hiring, and onboarding as needed.
• Maintain employee files consistent with recordkeeping laws and regulations.
• Conduct verifications of employment.
• Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions as back-up.
• Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies as back-up.
• Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system.
• Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records as back-up.
• Record employee information, such as exemptions, transfers, and resignations, to maintain and update payroll records.
• Issue and record adjustments to pay related to previous errors or retroactive increases.
• Support all other employee programs, HR initiatives or projects as assigned.
• Teamwork and high level of interaction requiring regular and predictable on-site attendance.

• Face-to-face interaction and coordination of work with other employees.
• All other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• At least three years of experience in a human resources role.
• Knowledge of medical insurance and auxiliary benefits including HDHP, HRA, HSA, 401(k), etc.
• Experience with H1B Visa workers a plus.
• Experience in working with EOR a plus.
• Experience in recruiting for a technology company a plus.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain relationships with managers and hiring teams.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of basic employment laws and EEO.
• Computer skills including competence with Microsoft Office, facility with basic internet research.

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