HR Generalist

Heritage Vet Partners and their Partner Clinics•Omaha, NE

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

Heritage Vet Partners (HVP) is seeking an HR Generalist to own day-to-day HR Operations. This role will cover benefits administration, onboarding and offboarding, leave of absence (FMLA/state leave), payroll support, and front-line employee relations triage. Complex or high-risk matters will be escalated to the HR BP or HR Leadership. This is an excellent career development opportunity within a rapidly growing company and HR team.

Requirements

2-4 years of experience in an HR generalist or HR operations role covering multiple functional areas.
Working knowledge of US employment law fundamentals (FLSA, FMLA, ADA, COBRA).
Deep, hands-on expertise in EITHER US payroll processing OR FMLA/leave of absence administration (at least one required).
Comfort working across benefits, onboarding/offboarding, and employee relations even outside area of deepest expertise.
Familiarity with HRIS platforms (e.g., Paylocity or similar).
Strong attention to detail and sound judgement handling confidential information.

Responsibilities

Coordinate new hire paperwork, I-9/E-Verify, orientation scheduling, benefits enrollment setup, and system account provisioning.
Process terminations and resignations, conduct exit interviews, monitor/issue COBRA notices, and coordinate final pay with payroll.
Handle day-to-day benefits enrollment, qualifying life events, employee benefits questions, and vendor issue coordination; support open enrollment.
Administer standard FMLA, WC, company leave, and state leave requests, track leave balances and return-to-work dates, and coordinate leave pay status with payroll.
Process and validate biweekly payroll inputs, timesheet corrections, and new hire/termination payroll setup; respond to routine payroll inquiries.
Serve as the first point of contact for employee questions and concerns, document and route issues appropriately.
Maintain accurate, complete employee records in the HRIS.
Support required postings, recordkeeping, and other basic HR compliance tasks.