HR Generalist: Payroll, Benefits & Onboarding Remote

Novel Services; Fairfield (CA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

401k plan

Job summary

Novel Financial Holdings is seeking a People Operations Generalist to support day-to-day HR operations across its affiliated entities in California and other states. This role handles payroll, benefits, recruiting, onboarding, offboarding, performance management, policy administration, compliance, and employee support.

You will standardize processes, maintain HR records, run the HRIS, support audits, and partner with managers to resolve routine issues while escalating complex matters.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field; or Associate's degree with relevant HR experience; or High School diploma with progressive HR experience.
• Three to five years of progressively responsible experience in Human Resources.
• Experience supporting multiple HR functions, including payroll, benefits administration, recruiting, onboarding, employee records, and HR operations.
• Working knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws and HR compliance.
• Experience using an HRIS and payroll system; ADP Workforce Now experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administer bi-weekly payroll processing across multiple legal entities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
• Administer employee benefit programs, including enrollments, qualifying life events, terminations, COBRA administration, and annual open enrollment.
• Coordinate recruiting activities, including job postings, applicant tracking, interview scheduling, background checks, and offer documentation.
• Administer onboarding activities, including new hire paperwork, employment eligibility verification, system access coordination, orientation scheduling, and benefits enrollment.
• Coordinate offboarding activities, including separation documentation, benefit transitions, final payroll coordination, and system access removal.
• Administer performance review processes, including scheduling, documentation, system administration, reporting, and follow-up.
• Assist with the administration and documentation of employee status changes, including promotions, transfers, compensation changes, and other employment actions.
• Maintain accurate employee personnel files, employment records, and HR documentation in accordance with company policy, regulatory requirements, and record retention standards.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for routine employee questions related to HR policies, employment processes, and employee lifecycle events, applying established policies and exercising sound judgment while appropriately escalating more complex or sensitive matters.
• Coordinate and support recurring HR programs and annual processes, including performance reviews, open enrollment, policy updates, and compliance activities.

Skills

HR policies

Payroll knowledge

Benefits administration

Recruiting

Compliance

Education

Bachelor's in HR/Business

Tools

HRIS (ADP)

Payroll system

Job description

Novel Financial Holdings is seeking a People Operations Generalist to support day-to-day HR operations across its affiliated entities in California and other states. This role handles payroll, benefits, recruiting, onboarding, offboarding, performance management, policy administration, compliance, and employee support.

You will standardize processes, maintain HR records, run the HRIS, support audits, and partner with managers to resolve routine issues while escalating complex matters.