People & Culture Operations Specialist

Amplifier; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ethan Conrad Properties, Inc. in Sacramento, CA is seeking a People Operations Generalist to lead onboarding, offboarding, HRIS administration, payroll preparation, and benefits support for a workforce of about 225 employees.

Reporting to the Chief People Officer, you will coordinate with managers and external providers to ensure accurate employee services, compliance, and timely payroll processing. This onsite role emphasizes hands-on administration and data accuracy.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of progressive HR operations or Generalist experience.
• Experience coordinating onboarding, offboarding, HRIS transactions, and employee record audits.
• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience considered.
• PHR or SHRM-CP certification preferred.
• Spanish language proficiency preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administer daily HR processes consistently with company policies and maintain confidential employee records.
• Maintain HRIS data, approved status changes, attendance, and other workforce reports.
• Coordinate retirement plan census data, audit requests, and filing documentation with providers.
• Own onboarding after offer acceptance and coordinate offboarding after separation.
• Collect approved payroll changes, monitor timecard and time-off approvals, and validate hours, earnings, deductions, and employee data.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc payroll reports and supporting reconciliations for P&C and Finance; respond to employee pay questions.
• Administer benefit eligibility, enrollments, life events, terminations, carrier invoices and deduction reconciliations.
• Coordinate annual enrollment communications and vendor follow-ups for benefit programs.
• Track leave documentation, notices, dates, pay treatment, and benefits continuation; escalate accommodations and return-to-work decisions.
• Provide administrative support for workers’ compensation records and reporting.

Skills

HR operations

Payroll administration

Benefits administration

HRIS & payroll platforms

Excel/Office suite

AI tools familiarity

Spanish proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR / Business Admin

PHR or SHRM-CP certification preferred

Equivalent experience considered

Tools

HRIS systems

Paylocity

Payroll platforms

Excel

Job description

Ethan Conrad Properties, Inc. in Sacramento, CA is seeking a People Operations Generalist to lead onboarding, offboarding, HRIS administration, payroll preparation, and benefits support for a workforce of about 225 employees.

Reporting to the Chief People Officer, you will coordinate with managers and external providers to ensure accurate employee services, compliance, and timely payroll processing. This onsite role emphasizes hands-on administration and data accuracy.