Manager, HR & Payroll

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado, +10 more states.

📋 Description

• Take charge of managing human resources and payroll across various industries and company sizes.

• Offer HR and payroll assistance to clients.

• Oversee HRIS and Payroll implementations for clients.

• Act as an internal expert on clients' HR technology stacks, ensuring platforms are configured, integrated, compliant, and optimized.

• Manage comprehensive payroll processing, ensuring accuracy and compliance across relevant states.

• Handle payroll calendars, tax filings, garnishments, and off-cycle runs.

• Address payroll discrepancies and audits as needed.

• Administer and sustain core HRIS platforms, including workflows, permissions, and data integrity.

• Oversee integrations among HRIS, performance, payroll, benefits, and downstream tools.

• Lead client configurations for new payroll and HCM systems, manage change, roll out modules, and upgrade systems.

• Develop and uphold automated workflows to minimize manual HR tasks.

• Convert process requirements into system designs in collaboration with People team leaders.

• Maintain HR data integrity, reporting, and readiness for audits.

• Ensure payroll and HRIS practices comply with federal, state, and local regulations.

• Provide dashboards and reporting to support workforce planning and OKRs.

• Enhance HR processes, policies, and systems for greater efficiency and compliance.

• Implement onboarding, employee relations, and policy development practices.

• Provide guidance on compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience managing payroll and HRIS/HCM systems.

• Background as an HR Generalist or HRBP with extensive exposure throughout the employee lifecycle.

• Proven experience working directly with clients in consulting, professional services, PEOs, or agencies.

• Required hands-on administrative experience with a core HRIS and Payroll platform (e.g., HiBob, Dayforce, and/or Rippling).

• In-depth knowledge of multi-state payroll compliance, tax, and wage/hour regulations.

• Strong systems thinking capabilities with the ability to independently troubleshoot integrations.

• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and advisory abilities.

• Comfort in a lean, fast-scaling environment with high expectations for ownership.

• Generalist across livingHR's focus areas (tech, payroll, innovation, people analytics, operations, people, and culture), with proficient data storytelling skills.

• Client and project management expertise; responsible for relationships, deadlines, and end-to-end delivery.

• Facilitation skills; confidently leads implementation workshops and stakeholder sessions.

• Innovative mindset; explores ways to scale work and enhance processes.

• Ability to work remotely from any of the specified states: Florida, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine, Connecticut, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, or Texas.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first work model (Work from Where it Makes Sense – WfWiMS).

• Contract consultants engaged on a project-by-project basis.

• Potential consideration for multiple full-time or part-time opportunities over time as part of the long-term talent community.