Principal, People Operations

Hut 8•Miami, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Hut 8 is seeking a Principal, People Operations to own the transactional and compliance backbone of the employee experience. This role is crucial for ensuring every hire, change, and exit is accurately recorded and defensible. The position is hands-on within a small People team supporting HQ and multiple sites across several states.

Requirements

4+ years in People / HR Operations with personal ownership of both onboarding and offboarding
Hands-on HRIS transactions (Workday, UKG, ADP, Paylocity, BambooHR or similar)
Direct I-9 verification and I-9 recordkeeping experience
Multi-state US employment administration, including state-specific documentation and notices
Experience maintaining employee records and personnel files to a defensible standard
Intermediate Excel or Sheets skills (lookups, pivots, reconciliation between two systems)
Proven discretion with compensation, medical, leave, and separation information
Ability to write clearly for employee-facing letters or policies without rewrite

Nice To Haves

Experience in a public company, high-growth, or multi-site environment, especially one that hired into new states rapidly
Experience on the responding side of an audit (internal, external, SOX, I-9, benefits) and owned the evidence
Experience with AuditBoard or a comparable controls platform
Experience supporting an hourly or site-based population alongside corporate
Experience with LOA administration with an external provider (Sedgwick, Lincoln, MetLife), including FMLA and state leave
Relocation coordination experience
HRIS implementation or migration experience
SHRM-CP or PHR certification
Proficiency in Spanish

Responsibilities

Onboarding end to end (paperwork, I-9, background checks, system setup, Day 1, relocation)
Offboarding end to end (separation docs, access removal, equipment, final pay, termination workflows)
Managing all lifecycle changes in the HRIS (promotions, transfers, title, comp, manager, LOA)
Maintaining complete and retained employee records
Preparing termination letters and separation documentation
Processing resignation paperwork
Producing employee records when Legal requests them
Ensuring multi-state compliance (notices, I-9s, recordkeeping, state-specific documentation, compliance calendar)
Administering LOA with providers
Supporting benefits enrollment with Total Rewards
Processing pay-impacting changes ahead of payroll cutoff
Serving as the first point of contact for the People shared inbox and request queue, meeting SLAs
Handling verifications and letters
Maintaining the employee handbook, knowledge base, and templates
Owning AuditBoard (evidence, audit responses, remediation)
Conducting recurring audits of employee data and files
Generating metrics on completion, SLAs, and open items
Identifying recurring gaps and manual work and proposing fixes
Partnering with Payroll, Benefits, Recruiting, IT, Finance, Legal, and People Systems