HR Associate: Onboarding, Payroll & HR Analytics

Westlake Chemical Corp.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Westlake is seeking an HR Associate to support onboarding, payroll, timekeeping, and HR administration within the Corporate HR Business Partner team. You will help manage candidate experience, onboarding, and ongoing HR processes to ensure a polished, confidential experience for employees and managers.

The role emphasizes accuracy, discretion, and a service mindset, leveraging tools like Workday, Excel, and PowerPoint to deliver timely reporting and streamlined administrative workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 1-2 years of related experience, preferably in Human Resources and full-cycle recruiting.
• Working proficiency in Workday; SAP experience preferred.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, verbal and written.
• Professionalism, discretion, and respect for confidentiality when handling sensitive information.
• Strong initiative, attention to detail, and accuracy.
• Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate New Hire Onboarding and New Hire Orientations.
• Facilitate the Cleared to Hire process, including communication and coordination with managers and candidates.
• Maintain the onboarding tracker.
• Track new hire compliance with assigned training through completion.
• Provide oversight of I-9 documentation, reverification, and retention.
• Conduct annual compliance audit.
• Produce the Weekly Recruiting Report.
• Handle third-party reimbursements for job candidates.
• Prepare reports and documents in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, including formatting, editing, and printing of text, data, and graphics.
• Complete Workday transactions to support organizational changes.
• Set up vendors in the system and code vendor invoices in the vendor invoice management system.
• Assist with monthly budget review summaries.
• Run various Workday reports upon request.
• Collect and verify complex information from multiple sources for consolidated reporting and build dashboards and automated reports where appropriate.
• Develop and maintain a well-organized physical and electronic filing system that permits easy reference and retrieval of complex information.
• Communicate payroll updates to managers on a periodic basis.
• Conduct timekeeper review of timesheets for submission to payroll on a bi-weekly basis.
• Assist with the offboarding process for exiting employees, including preparing and processing exit paperwork, coordinating the return of company equipment, and coordinating the removal of system access.
• Act as primary monitor of the general HRBP mailbox, checking inbox daily and responding to emails.
• Distribute Service Recognition Certificates to managers on a timely basis.
• Coordinate scheduling of random drug testing
• Identify opportunities to streamline manual processes using automation and AI tools.
• Assist with special projects, as needed.
• Comply with all Company policies and procedures.

Skills

Workday

SAP

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Communication skills

Discretion

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Power BI

Power Automate

Microsoft Copilot

Job description

Westlake is seeking an HR Associate to support onboarding, payroll, timekeeping, and HR administration within the Corporate HR Business Partner team. You will help manage candidate experience, onboarding, and ongoing HR processes to ensure a polished, confidential experience for employees and managers.

The role emphasizes accuracy, discretion, and a service mindset, leveraging tools like Workday, Excel, and PowerPoint to deliver timely reporting and streamlined administrative workflows.