HR Manager

Dingoblu Financial • Charlotte, NC

11d • Onsite

About The Position

DingoBlu is seeking an experienced, hands-on HR Manager to build and maintain the people operations foundation for a growing team of approximately 30–40 full-time employees. This high-visibility individual-contributor role owns the full employee lifecycle, from recruiting and onboarding through performance management, employee relations, and offboarding. The HR Manager supports a fast-moving, regulated financial technology environment, maintains compliant policies and practices, and serves as a trusted resource for employees and leaders. Prior experience supporting HR at a bank or credit union is strongly preferred.

The role is based on-site at DingoBlu’s Charlotte, North Carolina headquarters. Standard hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with occasional additional hours during peak hiring, open enrollment, or year-end HR processes. The position reports to the Head of HR / VP of People and works in direct partnership with HR and company leadership.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of progressive HR generalist experience, including recruiting, onboarding and offboarding, employee relations, and policy administration.
• Working knowledge of federal and North Carolina employment law, including FLSA, FMLA, ADA, EEO, and at-will employment.
• Demonstrated experience managing full-cycle recruiting and onboarding for a growing organization.
• Experience coaching managers through performance reviews, disciplinary actions, and difficult employee conversations.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with sound judgment and discretion.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage a high volume of administrative tasks and competing priorities.
• Proficiency with HRIS/HCM platforms and general office software.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to build trust across organizational levels.
• Ability to work as a hands-on generalist in a lean, fast-moving startup without a large HR team.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting HR functions at a bank, credit union, or other regulated financial services company.
• PHR, SHRM-CP, or equivalent HR certification.
• Experience supporting a company through rapid headcount growth, such as scaling from approximately 20 to more than 50 employees.
• Familiarity with banking or fintech regulatory training requirements, such as BSA/AML, fair lending, and code of conduct.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• PHR, SHRM-CP, or similar certification.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruiting, including job postings, sourcing, screening, interview coordination, and offer preparation.
• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements and develop effective, compliant job descriptions.
• Maintain the applicant tracking system and candidate pipelines, supporting a positive and timely candidate experience.
• Support employer branding and outreach to attract candidates with banking, fintech, or financial services experience.
• Manage new-hire onboarding, including offer letters, background checks, I-9/E-Verify, benefits enrollment, and orientation.
• Ensure new employees complete required compliance and regulatory training on schedule.
• Manage offboarding, including exit interviews, final-pay coordination, benefits termination, and knowledge transfer.
• Improve onboarding and offboarding workflows as the organization grows.
• Administer and maintain the employee handbook, HR policies, and standard operating procedures in line with applicable employment laws.
• Ensure HR practices align with financial-services regulatory expectations and internal audit requirements.
• Maintain accurate, audit-ready employee files and HR records.
• Monitor and communicate employment-law changes, updating policies and training as needed.
• Act as a day-to-day point of contact for employee HR questions, concerns, and workplace issues.
• Coordinate performance reviews, including goal setting, mid-year check-ins, and annual evaluations.
• Coach managers on feedback, performance improvement plans, and disciplinary conversations.
• Investigate and help resolve employee relations issues and complaints, escalating appropriately and maintaining documentation.
• Administer disciplinary actions with management, ensuring consistency, fairness, and legal compliance.
• Coach and guide employees and managers on conflict resolution, communication, and workplace expectations.
• Administer benefits enrollment, changes, and open enrollment in partnership with the benefits broker or carrier.
• Support payroll administration by maintaining accurate and timely employee data for hires, changes, and terminations.
• Maintain and improve HRIS data integrity and provide leadership with reports and metrics such as headcount, turnover, and time-to-fill.
• Coordinate leave administration, including FMLA, ADA accommodations, and state-specific leave requirements.
• Assist with compensation administration, including offer benchmarking and annual compensation review cycles.
• Help plan and execute employee engagement initiatives, recognition programs, and culture-building events.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed