HR Consultant

Gusto, Inc.; Meriden (CT); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Equity (RSUs)

Job summary

Gusto is seeking an HR Consultant to drive people operations for designated small business clients. You will lead talent attraction, onboarding, and retention initiatives while shaping people plans and governance with cutting-edge technology.

Ideal candidates bring 4–8 years of HR generalist/people operations experience, strong communication, and comfort with modern HR tools and data analytics. This role offers a hybrid office setup in major U.S. cities.

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of HR experience across industries and scales.
• Excellent communication skills across all levels.
• Comfort with new technology and HR software.

Responsibilities

• Lead clients to achieve People objectives, including attracting, hiring and onboarding talent.
• Influence business and talent initiatives to support goals.
• Provide coaching on performance, feedback, and employee engagement.
• Engage in strategic workforce planning and identify gaps.
• Translate business needs into comprehensive People Plans.
• Provide organizational development support and change management.
• Serve as primary contact for assigned clients.
• Process and maintain HR data including onboarding/offboarding, payroll, benefits, and compliance.

Skills

HR experience

Communication

Tech-savvy

Data analytics

Tools

HR software

Google Suite

Slack

Asana

Zoom

Job description

About Gusto

At Gusto, we’re on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we support more than 500,000 small businesses nationwide and are building a workplace that reflects the people we serve.

All full-time employees receive competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs) — because everyone who helps build Gusto should share in its success. Offer amounts are determined by role, level, and location. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.

AI is a fundamental part of how work gets done at Gusto. We expect all team members to actively engage with AI tools relevant to their role and grow their fluency as the technology evolves. AI experience requirements vary by role and will be assessed during the interview process.

About the Role:

As a HR Consultant, you will drive people operations for designated small business clients on behalf of Gusto. In this role, you will excel in dynamic and challenging environments, applying your passion for developing and refining processes and practices. You will be skilled at leveraging cutting edge technology and systems to drive efficiency within the organization you support.

About the Team:

Gusto’s is growing and scaling! As our business scales and becomes more complex, we’re helping our clients in new and different ways to help them find success. Join our team to be part of our journey to support our clients HR needs.

Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:

• Lead the organizations you support to achieve People objectives, including attracting, hiring and onboarding great talent, developing and retaining staff, and achieving goals around helping companies stay compliant.
• Influence business and talent initiatives that support short and long-term business goals, including driving practices that enable high performance and operational excellence.
• Initiate and maintain effective communications with leadership and employees; provide coaching and guidance on matters related to performance management, offer feedback on style and behaviors to improve employee productivity and engagement.
• Engage in strategic workforce planning by assessing organizational capabilities; identify competency and talent gaps, ensure development of people resources; and introduce succession planning.
• Identify and translate current and future business needs into a comprehensive People Plans.
• Provide organizational development support through interventions such as organization design, development solutions, leadership coaching, and proactive change management.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned clients.
• Process and maintain client HR data, including employee onboarding and offboarding, help administer payroll, benefits, and other HR functions, and ensure clients stay up-to-date on HR regulations and compliance requirements.
• Provide excellent customer service

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• 4-8 years of HR experience as a People Operations Specialist and/or HR Generalist across various industries and scales.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of clearly and concisely conveying information to employees at all levels.
• Strong proficiency with cutting edge technology across the workplace and high level of comfort in quickly adopting new technology.
• Proficiency with HR software, Google Suite, and modern productivity tools (Slack, Asana, Zoom, etc.)
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and competing priorities, demonstrating urgency and adaptability to changing business needs.
• Significant experience with workforce analytics, using data and reporting to drive strategic decisions.
• Demonstrated agility and ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced, and dynamic environments.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle issues ethically and with integrity.
• A perpetual learner who strives for excellence while remaining laser focused on our mission to help clients thrive

Our cash compensation amount for this role is between $98,000 - $115,000/year in Denver and most other major cities, and between $119,000 - $140,000/year for New York & San Francisco. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location, experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role). The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles, Gusto’s subsidiary, whose physical office is in Scottsdale.

Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas.

When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required. This includes non-office days for hybrid employees.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because we make our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto.

Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Gusto considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gusto is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. We want to see our candidates perform to the best of their ability. If you require a medical or religious accommodation at any time throughout your candidate journey, please fill out this form and a member of our team will get in touch with you.

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