HR Operations Specialist: Onboarding & Payroll

Cape; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Full medical, dental, and vision for你u

12 weeks paid parental leave

Stipends

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Cape is seeking a People Operations Associate in New York City to help scale our back-office processes as we grow. You will own reporting, onboarding, and employee support, collaborating with Finance, Recruiting, HR and IT to keep processes running smoothly.

We value automation, precise data handling, and privacy-focused operations. You will manage payroll data with Cape’s PEO (Sequoia) and support compliance through HRIS dashboards as the team expands.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in HR Operations.
• Instinct for automating repetitive HR workflows (forms, reminders, reporting).
• Led and coordinated payroll processes.
• HRIS experience; Sequoia experience required.

Responsibilities

• Reporting & triage: run recurring new-hire/headcount reports and answer HR questions.
• Onboarding: coordinate cross-functionally and run orientations for new hires.
• Employee Support: be the first point of contact for leave, benefits, and policy questions.
• Payroll & Benefits: manage data handoffs to payroll and coordinate with our PEO (Sequoia) and EoR (Remote).
• Reporting & Compliance: maintain HR files and build dashboards for leadership.
• Scale Cape: improve back‑office processes as the company grows.

Skills

HR Operations

Automation

Payroll coordination

HRIS experience

Sequoia experience

Tools

HRIS systems

Job description

Cape is seeking a People Operations Associate in New York City to help scale our back-office processes as we grow. You will own reporting, onboarding, and employee support, collaborating with Finance, Recruiting, HR and IT to keep processes running smoothly.

We value automation, precise data handling, and privacy-focused operations. You will manage payroll data with Cape’s PEO (Sequoia) and support compliance through HRIS dashboards as the team expands.