HR Generalist: Compliance, Payroll & Talent Acquisition

Experience Champaign Urbana; Urbana (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Experience Champaign Urbana is seeking an HR professional to ensure adherence to HR policies and legal requirements, support appointments, payroll time reporting, recruitment, and leave management. The role acts as the main HR contact for calls and emails, coordinates onboarding, and maintains system data and reports.

Strong compliance knowledge and attention to detail are essential for accurate, compliant processes.

Responsibilities

• Ensures adherence to HR policies and legal requirements through tracking, training, and internal reviews.
• Identifies areas of concern related to adherence to HR policies and legal requirements.
• Responsible for employee appointments, troubleshooting transactions to ensure accurate results and escalating complex issues as needed.
• Enters routine and non-routine data and pulls reports. Ensures accuracy of input data and reports and/or resolves minor discrepancies. May develop new reports.
• Participate in appropriate systems testing and/or feedback.
• Process payroll and timesheets. Address complex timesheet/leave issues and return timesheets/leave requests as needed. Process routine and non-routine pay adjustments.
• Inform staff of all regulations/policies relating to time reporting and payroll.
• Responsible for independently coordinating search, hiring, and onboarding processes for varied hiring needs, including recruitment efforts. Communicate and implement search procedures aligned with best practices and compliance needs, advising search committees and hiring managers.
• Communicate with applicants and new hires, facilitating interview, hiring, and onboarding processes including work authorization.
• Develop job postings.
• Administer and track FMLA, PLFA, or other managed leave categories.
• Counsel and resolve issues related to leave.
• Inform staff of all regulations/policies relating to leave usage.
• Participate in appropriate systems testing and/or feedback.
• Serve as main HR point of contact for calls, visitors/guests, and email.
• Monitor and maintain NRES-HR group email inbox.

Job description

Experience Champaign Urbana is seeking an HR professional to ensure adherence to HR policies and legal requirements, support appointments, payroll time reporting, recruitment, and leave management. The role acts as the main HR contact for calls and emails, coordinates onboarding, and maintains system data and reports.

Strong compliance knowledge and attention to detail are essential for accurate, compliant processes.