People Operations and Payroll Specialist

Skills

About the Role

You will manage the people platform, payroll operations, employee data, benefits, onboarding, and offboarding. You will lead new-hire orientation, complete I-9 and E-Verify documentation, maintain audit-ready records, support payroll tax registrations, create reports, and answer employee questions about payroll, benefits, and people systems.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in HR operations, payroll, or people systems
• Hands-on experience with Rippling or a similar HRIS such as ADP, Gusto, or Paylocity
• Experience running new-hire onboarding and orientation
• Working knowledge of I-9 and E-Verify requirements
• Working knowledge of payroll operations and payroll tax registrations
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills, including lookups, pivot tables, and reconciliations
• Sound judgment and discretion with confidential employee and compensation data
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and customer-service skills

Responsibilities

• Own Rippling as the people platform, maintaining accurate HR, payroll, benefits, and employee data
• Manage Rippling cases through resolution and keep stakeholders informed
• Run payroll operations accurately and on time
• Manage payroll tax registrations and agency notices
• Own the new-hire onboarding experience from offer acceptance through the first 30 days
• Lead new-hire orientation
• Design first-week experiences and role-specific onboarding plans
• Complete I-9 and E-Verify requirements and maintain audit-ready onboarding documentation
• Manage offboarding through the final paycheck
• Audit employee data and build headcount, audit, and leadership reports
• Serve as the first point of contact for employee payroll, benefits, and people-systems questions
• Support ad hoc People and Talent projects