Human Resources Operations Business Partner
About The Position
It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. Basic Function and Scope of Responsibilities: The Human Resources Operations Business Partner is responsible for building, maintaining, and scaling the organization’s People Operations infrastructure. This role owns benefits administration, HR systems execution (primarily Workday), HR data governance, compliance, and operational discipline across core People processes. Serving as a trusted business partner, this role collaborates closely with HR, leadership, Payroll, Finance, and external vendors to ensure People systems, policies, and programs are accurate, compliant, and consistently executed. The HR Operations Business Partner leads team member wellness and engagement initiatives, ensuring programs are well-planned, effectively communicated, and operationally sound. The ideal candidate brings deep Workday and benefits expertise, a strong compliance and systems mindset, and a passion for building scalable, data-driven People Operations that support a high-quality team member experience.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or related field required
- 4-7 years of HR Generalist or HR Operations experience with significant focus on benefits administration
- Extensive hands-on experience with Workday, particularly benefits configuration, reporting, and business processes
- Strong knowledge of benefits compliance and regulatory requirements
- Demonstrated experience with HR data governance, reporting, and analytics
- Proven project management and cross-functional collaboration experience
- Strong business partner mindset with excellent communication and problem-solving skills
- High attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree preferred but not required
- Workday configuration experience
- Experience supporting a growing or scaling organization
- Advanced reporting, dashboarding, or people analytics experience
- Experience managing benefits renewals and vendor negotiations
Responsibilities
- Benefits Operations, Vendor Management & Financial Integrity
- Own the administration of all team member benefit programs, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement, HSA, and ancillary benefits
- Serve as the primary point of contact for benefits brokers, carriers, and third-party vendors
- Manage benefit enrollments, changes, eligibility, terminations, EOI, COBRA updates, and post-termination activity in Workday
- Lead annual open enrollment planning, execution, communications, and follow-up
- Support HSA account creation, 401(k) enrollments, rollovers, distributions, and ongoing maintenance
- Review, validate, and reconcile benefits invoices, payroll uploads, funding, and deductions in partnership with Payroll and Finance
- Identify discrepancies, resolve billing issues, and maintain audit-ready documentation
- Track and report on vendor costs, enrollments, and discrepancies
- HRIS, Data Governance & Reporting
- Act as a primary Workday administrator for benefits, business processes, reporting, and data integrity
- Maintain HR data governance standards, documentation, and audit readiness across People systems
- Develop, maintain, and deliver recurring and ad hoc HR and benefits reports
- Optimize Workday workflows, integrations, and reporting to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability
- Compliance, Policies & Risk Management
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment and benefits regulations
- Prepare and submit required regulatory filings and reports
- Maintain compliance documentation and respond to audits, subpoenas, and inquiries
- Support the ongoing review, standardization, and execution of People policies, SOPs, and required notices
- Team Member Experience, Communications & Wellness
- Coordinate and distribute benefits-related communications, required notices, and enrollment materials
- Proactively communicate benefit changes, deadlines, and follow-ups to team members
- Support the planning, coordination, and execution of team member wellness and engagement initiatives
- Develop and maintain an annual wellness and engagement calendar aligned with benefits offerings and organizational priorities
- Partner with internal stakeholders and vendors to execute wellness campaigns, events, and communications
- Track participation, engagement trends, and program effectiveness to inform continuous improvement
- Business Partnership & Operational Excellence
- Serve as a consultative HR Operations partner to leaders and team members
- Lead and support cross-functional HR projects and initiatives
- Apply project management best practices to deliver improvements on time and within scope
- Continuously identify opportunities to improve processes, data quality, and the overall team member experience
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
