HR Technology Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Support or lead HRIS implementation initiatives from the discovery phase and requirements gathering through to configuration, testing, go-live, and post-launch support.

• Configure benefits administration systems, encompassing plan setup, eligibility criteria, rates, and both enrollment and life events.

• Collaborate with carriers, brokers, and vendors on integrations and file feeds; troubleshoot any data and integration challenges.

• Develop and execute test plans, document configuration choices, and ensure data accuracy prior to go-live.

• Evaluate clients’ existing HR processes, systems, and workflows to pinpoint inefficiencies, compliance gaps, and automation prospects.

• Propose practical solutions, which may include process redesign, system modifications, or new tools, and construct business cases.

• Convert business requirements into system and process specifications, and translate system limitations into straightforward options.

• Provide guidance to client HR teams and managers on employee relations matters, including investigations, corrective actions, performance issues, and separations.

• Exercise judgment regarding employment law and compliance risks, escalating issues to legal counsel when necessary.

• Draft, update, and standardize HR policies, procedures, handbooks, and standard operating procedures.

• Create process documentation and job aids.

• Design and deliver both virtual and in-person training sessions for client HR teams, administrators, and end users.

• Develop user guides, quick-reference materials, and recorded walkthroughs.

• Generate standard and custom reports, dashboards, and audits within client systems.

• Analyze HR, benefits, and payroll data to uncover trends, errors, and actionable recommendations.

• Oversee ACA reporting from start to finish, including the preparation, validation, and submission of Forms 1094-C and 1095-C.

• Monitor full-time status utilizing monthly or look-back measurement methods and apply affordability safe harbors.

• Audit HRIS, payroll, and benefits data for accurate offer management, safe harbor application, and coverage code assignment.

• Coordinate IRS electronic filing and distribution of employee forms; manage corrections and IRS penalty notifications.

• Advise clients on employer mandate exposure and relevant state individual mandate reporting requirements.

• Act as the primary point of contact for assigned projects, managing expectations, timelines, and scope.

• Conduct status meetings, track deliverables, and highlight potential risks.

• Identify opportunities for enhancing client value and communicate these to firm leadership.

• Contribute to the development of internal tools, templates, and best practices for delivery.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive HR experience, encompassing both HR operations and HR technology.

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with at least one HRIS or HCM platform, including configuration work, not solely end-user tasks.

• Experience in configuring or administering a benefits administration system.

• Solid understanding of benefits eligibility, open enrollment, qualifying life events, and carrier file feeds.

• Strong knowledge of ACA regulations, with practical experience in at least two ACA filing seasons, including employer mandate rules, measurement periods, affordability safe harbors, and coding and filing of Forms 1094-C/1095-C.

• Experience managing employee relations issues and applying federal and state employment laws, such as FMLA, ADA, FLSA, Title VII, COBRA, and ACA.

• Proven experience in drafting HR policies, procedures, or handbooks.

• A history of training users and creating documentation.

• Strong Excel capabilities, including lookups, pivot tables, and data cleaning, along with experience generating reports in an HR system.

• Experience with at least one full lifecycle system implementation.

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Preferred: prior experience in consulting, implementation partnerships, or client-facing professional services.

• Preferred: exposure to multiple HRIS platforms.

• Preferred: Workday certification or experience with Workday Benefits, HCM, or reporting.

• Preferred: payroll experience or an understanding of payroll and benefits deduction integration.

• Preferred: experience in process improvement methodologies such as Lean or Six Sigma, or documented efficiency achievements.

• Preferred: experience collaborating with benefits brokers and carriers.

• Preferred: familiarity with integration tools and file formats such as EDI 834, CSV, SFTP, or EIB.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement.