HR Generalist

Paradigm; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Vacation and leave

Remote work flexibility

Home office budget

Work-life balance

Medical, vision, dental insurance

401k match

Equity grants

Company retreats

Job summary

Paradigm is seeking an HR Generalist to manage payroll, onboarding, benefits, and employee relations in a fast-paced SaaS startup.

You will handle payroll records, compliance, and HR documentation while partnering with Finance and other teams to support a growing workforce. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR or related field required.
• 3–5 years in HR role with payroll and benefits exposure.
• Knowledge of labor law and employment equity regulations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain payroll records and coordinate semi-monthly payroll processing with Finance.
• Oversee onboarding, benefits setup, and new-hire documentation.
• Maintain employee records and HR documents.
• Assist with employment agreements and confidentiality documents.
• Be the first point of contact for employee HR inquiries.
• Administer benefits and reconcile deductions with providers.
• Support performance management and HR compliance training.

Skills

HR Generalist experience

Payroll management

Benefits administration

Onboarding

Compliance

Communication

Problem solving

Customer service

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources

Tools

Paylocity

Job description

What is the role?

We are looking for an HR Generalist with outstanding communication, organizational, and time management skills. This person will also have strong administrative and IT skills. This person will also have strong administrative and IT skills with the ability to multitask and adapt in a fast-paced environment. A successful HR Generalist at Paradigm will also display strong problem solving and decision-making skills coupled with a deep understanding of compliance, benefits administration, and payroll. Candidates will have meticulous attention to detail and excel at customer service for all employees. This is an exempt role that reports directly to the Controller.

In this role, you will:

• Maintain all records and systems related to payroll in a timely manner and partner with Finance to review/approve semi-monthly payroll across all companies
• Manage the new employee onboarding process, including payroll and benefit setup, issue all mandated information to new hires, assist with benefit enrollment, and perform orientations and update records of new staff
• Maintain digital copies of employees’ records
• Assist with drafting documents related to employment including offer letters, confidentiality agreements and comp agreements
• Maintain employee relationships and be the first point of contact across employees for general HR questions
• Benefits administration including: main point of contact with benefit providers; answer employees’ inquiry and resolve any issues; monthly reconciliation to ensure benefit deduction are correct
• Assist managers with performance management procedures
• Keep up-to-date with HR compliance: assist managers in scheduling required trainings and staff communication
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or a related field
• 3 to 5 years of experience in Human Resources
• Exposure to Labor Law and employment equity regulations
• Effective HR administration and people management skills
• Exposure to payroll practices; experience with Paylocity is a plus
• Understanding of HR functions and best practices

Who is the ideal candidate?

• Analytical: can find meaning in numbers, and be a data-driven decision-maker
• Excellent communicator: written and oral
• Possess a high sense of urgency, excellent time management and organizational skills
• Adept at learning web-based tools
• Resourceful: able to figure out how to achieve results creatively with finite resources
• Thrives in a nimble, lean, unstructured, fast-paced startup
• Impeccable integrity and ethical standards
• Self-aware, accepting, honest, open, polite, and respectful of others
• Ability to create and execute on processes for a growing SaaS startup using best practices
• An undying commitment to personal growth and development

Why should you join Paradigm?

Paradigm offers a suite of legal practice software solutions that help lawyers manage, automate, and grow their firms. More than 50,000 lawyers across 170 countries use our products to shift the paradigm of how they practice law. With four world-class all-in-one legal practice management platforms - PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase, and LollyLaw - in addition to payments and accounting solutions powered by Headnote and TrustBooks, Paradigm empowers lawyers across the spectrum of practice area, geography, and business needs. At Paradigm, we are fast-paced, ambitious, and unified by a common vision to build the best legal technology products in the world.

Benefits/Perks

• Competitive salary
• Paid vacation + sick and parental leave
• Remote working flexibility
• Budget for home office improvements
• Company culture that encourages work / life balance
• 100% paid PPO medical, vision, and dental insurance, 401k matching, equity grants
• Bi-annual company retreats and many other fun activities to bring our team together as often as possible!