People Enablement Lead: Payroll & HR Systems for US Growth

Neko Health; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Neko Health is hiring a People Enablement Lead, Payroll and HR Systems to partner on the operational backbone that will support our US expansion. You'll run payroll, help us expand to new states, keep our systems accurate, and maintain the documentation that helps employees and partners get answers fast.

This is a high-ownership role on a small team— the work is detail-oriented and process-driven, with real visibility into how we build People infrastructure as we grow from ~100 to 300+

Qualifications

• 6-8 years in payroll and HR operations roles.
• Experience running multi-state payroll (NYC and California).
• ADP Workforce Now experience preferred.
• Workday proficiency at the transaction level.
• Strong writing and documentation skills.
• Based in NYC and able to work in-office two days per week.

Responsibilities

• Run bi-weekly US payroll end-to-end via ADP Workforce Now, across a multi-state footprint.
• Manage Workday transactions: onboarding, changes, offboarding, and ongoing record accuracy.
• Own knowledge base documentation in SharePoint (and later Atomicwork): employee-facing guides, internal process docs, and partner resources.
• Support state payroll registrations as we expand into new jurisdictions.
• Flag process gaps and help build the systems and guides that close them.

Skills

Payroll management

HR operations

Multi-state payroll

Workday

ADP Workforce Now

Documentation

AI fluency

Data accuracy

Tools

SharePoint

Atomicwork

HRIS

Job description

Neko Health is hiring a People Enablement Lead, Payroll and HR Systems to partner on the operational backbone that will support our US expansion. You'll run payroll, help us expand to new states, keep our systems accurate, and maintain the documentation that helps employees and partners get answers fast.

This is a high-ownership role on a small team— the work is detail-oriented and process-driven, with real visibility into how we build People infrastructure as we grow from ~100 to 300+