Employee Experience Partner

Jobtailor; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Madison, WI is seeking an HR Operations professional to manage payroll, budgeting, and expense flows within the employee lifecycle.

You will coordinate onboarding, support administrative processes, and act as a trusted liaison across teams, ensuring accurate data, confidentiality, and responsive service to staff.

Responsibilities include developing HR processes, handling inquiries, and ensuring compliant financial transactions while contributing to strategic HR initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience building positive relationships and delivering responsive support to employees or stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements HR processes and procedures for trainings, recruitments, compensation, and payroll.
• Responds to inquiries in person, via email, or other channels and relays information to appropriate entities.
• Facilitates and processes complex transactions and programs per policies and procedures.
• Contributes to strategic plans and directs staff implementation of initiatives.
• Serves as a consultative HR resource and liaison.
• Performs monthly expense analysis and financial reconciliation, including budget reviews and SIRs.
• Manages funding transactions including non-salary cost transfers and payroll adjustments.
• Maintains costing allocations for hires and personnel actions to support payroll and reporting.
• Enhances candidate and employee experience through welcoming, inclusive processes.

Skills

Payroll Management

Budget Tracking

Expense Analysis

Transaction Processing

Cost Allocation

Relationship Building

Effective Communication

Attention to Detail

Professionalism

Empathy

Job description

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements processes and procedures for one or many various HR functions such as employee trainings, recruitments, compensation, and payroll
• Receives and responds to inquiries in‑person, via email, and through various communication mediums and relays information to appropriate entities
• Facilitates and processes complex transactions and programs according to established policies and procedures
• Contributes to the development of strategic plans and directs staff implementation of initiatives in alignment with strategic goals
• Serves as a consultative Human Resources resource and liaison
• Conducts monthly expense analysis and financial reconciliation activities, including review of budget workbooks, monitoring expenditures, and processing backup requisitions and Shared Investment Requests (SIRs) in accordance with established procedures
• Processes and monitors financial funding transactions, including non‑salary cost transfers, accounting adjustments, payroll accounting adjustments, and other funding reallocations
• Maintains position and employee costing allocations by entering, updating, and validating funding strings for new hires, position changes, and ongoing personnel actions to support accurate payroll and financial reporting
• Enhances the candidate and employee experience by coordinating welcoming, inclusive, and supportive experiences throughout the employment lifecycle

Requirements

• Experience building positive relationships and providing responsive support, guidance, or service to employees, students, customers, or other stakeholders in a complex organization
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, establish trust, and foster a welcoming and inclusive environment while working with individuals from diverse backgrounds and perspectives
• Experience managing multiple priorities, adapting to changing needs, and maintaining organization and attention to detail in a fast‑paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgement, maintain confidentiality, and navigate sensitive situations with professionalism, empathy, and discretion
• Experience supporting administrative, operational, financial, or budgeting processes, including reviewing, tracking, reconciling, or processing transactions and related information

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Payroll Management
• Budget Tracking
• Expense Analysis
• Transaction Processing
• Cost Allocation

Soft Skills

• Relationship Building
• Effective Communication
• Attention to Detail
• Professionalism
• Empathy