The Corporate HR Generalist supports day-to-day corporate HR operations and serves as a hands-on resource for employees, managers, and leaders. This role supports employee relations, recruiting, onboarding, compliance, benefits, HRIS administration, performance management, and employee lifecycle activities. The position also has a strong emphasis on payroll oversight, payroll-related compliance, timekeeping review, employee data accuracy, and effective use of ADP Payroll.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as an HR resource to employees, managers, and leaders, supporting HR programs, policies, processes, and employee lifecycle activities.
- Provide guidance on HR policies, employee matters, staffing needs, position changes, and documentation requirements.
- Coach managers and employees on workplace expectations, performance concerns, employee relations matters, and documentation.
- Support investigations, corrective action, conflict resolution, and employee issue resolution.
- Support recruiting, candidate selection, onboarding, and employee lifecycle processes.
- Coordinate performance management, goal setting, reviews, training, and employee development initiatives.
- Provide payroll oversight by reviewing timekeeping records, pay changes, deductions, special earnings, new hire entries, termination data, and other payroll inputs.
- Use ADP Payroll to support payroll processing, employee data maintenance, reporting, audits, and resolution of payroll discrepancies.
- Process biweekly payroll and other special payments as needed.
- Support compensation administration, job evaluations, salary recommendations, and annual review processes.
- Lead healthcare benefits administration and enrollment.
- Oversee employee leaves of absence and support open enrollment.
- Prepare and analyze HR metrics while maintaining accurate and confidential HRIS, payroll, benefits, and employee records.
Qualifications
- 3–5 years of progressive HR Generalist or operational HR experience preferred.
- Experience across employee relations, HR operations, compliance, recruiting, onboarding, benefits administration, payroll oversight, and employee lifecycle support.
- Hands-on experience with ADP Payroll and HRIS systems strongly preferred.
- Corporate, manufacturing, industrial, multi-site, payroll administration, or HR business partner experience preferred.
- Strong knowledge of HR operations, employment law, compliance requirements, and HR best practices.
- Strong communication, coaching, conflict resolution, relationship-building, and organizational skills.
- Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Psychology, or a related field preferred; equivalent HR experience may be considered.
- SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR certification preferred.