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HR Manager

Westborough, MA 01581

Posted: 09/05/2024 Employment Type: Direct Hire/Perm Job Category: Accounting & Finance Job Number: 621592 Country: United States Is job remote?: No

Job Description


The HR Manager is a business partner to the leadership team, will assist in the direction of routine HR functions (including hiring, employee life cycle, employee relations, and policy administration), and may oversee the administration of payroll and benefits for approximately 230 employees.  This position reports to the HR Director and is onsite 4 days per week.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Partners with the leadership team to understand and execute the organization’s human resource and talent strategy particularly as it relates to current and future talent needs, recruiting, retention, and succession planning.
  • Oversees the daily workflow of the department, including oversite of direct report(s)
  • Provides support and guidance to HR team members when complex, specialized, and sensitive questions and issues arise.
  • Supports the talent acquisition process, which may include recruitment, interviewing, and hiring of qualified job applicants, particularly for managerial, exempt, and professional roles; collaborates with departmental managers to understand skills and competencies required for openings.
  • Assists in oversight of employee relations matters
  • Maintains compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; reviews policies and practices to maintain compliance.
  • Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law.
  • Assist in overseeing the administration of payroll and benefits as needed; act as liaison for employee matters as they relate to payroll and benefits as needed. 
  • Coordinate with third party administrator to manage disability claims according to the plan.
  • Oversee leave administration
  • Administer COBRA enrollments/changes and responds to and manages unemployment claims and workers compensation cases.
  • Collaborate and liaise with headquarters HR team on various aspects of the HR function. 
Key Knowledge & Skills:
  • Must have strong background in human resources business partnership.
  • Must have strong knowledge of a variety of computer software applications including payroll, benefits, time & attendance and HRIS and self-service systems. 
  • Must have a high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations.
  • Strong understanding of Human Resources processes and terminology, payroll and benefit processes and procedures, including eligibility and enrollment rules and benefit procedures. 
  • Analytical skills and ability to create useful and actionable reports from data.
  • Possess strong written and verbal communications skills.
  • Possess strong organization skills and ability to complete multiple tasks and high volume of work on deadline.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Excellent time management, organizational, and follow-through skills
Education & Experience:
  • Previous HR Business Partner or HR Manager experience
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • Proven experience & ability administering payroll and benefits processes.
  • Experience with ADP and SAP systems a plus.
  • Bilingual English and Korean preferred. 

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The Planet Group and our companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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