Senior People Operations Generalist

About the Team

The People Team partners with our employees to give them the tools and education they need to be the best they can at their job, and enjoy life at Sovrn while they’re doing it. We break down the walls of traditional people's actions to adapt to the evolving workforce. Our commitment to the Sovrn team: Do more of what you love. Less of what you don’t.

About the Job

The Senior People Operations Generalist demonstrates a broad knowledge of human resources functions and employment law and is responsible for helping administer and implement various human resources activities, policies, and programs. This role participates in a wide range of HR functions to deliver maximum value to the People Team and organization.

What You’ll be Doing:

• Partner with the People Operations Team to facilitate timely and compliant onboarding and offboarding.
• Lead the company’s compensation philosophy, benchmarking and merit processes.
• Manage benefits administration: employee enrollment and questions, support open enrollment changes and communication, assist with claims resolution, maintain and set up carrier feeds with our HRIS, audits benefit bills on a monthly basis, 1095c generation and distribution.
• Manage 401k administration including rollovers, annual audit and be the point of contact for employee 401k questions and assistance.
• Manage employee leave of absence process, including short term disability conversations, sending statutory FMLA notices, and maintaining leave of absence worksheets for payroll.
• Support legal compliance, following statutory federal and state employment guidelines including filing the EEO1 annually.
• Manage all immigration and visa issues for the organization and partner with legal counsel as needed.
• Execute special projects, including potential acquisition activities, as needed. 
• Manages material HR system implementations (e.g., HRIS, performance management, and compensation tools).
• Helps implement HR systems and is the go-to person for HR system questions and issues.
• Generates periodic monthly reports and updates People team metrics regularly.
• Respond to Unemployment Claims and Verification of Employment requests.
• Partner with the entire People Team on employee engagement initiatives.
• Support the company’s annual employee wellness program.

About You

You are meticulous. Being organized and detail oriented is your lifeblood. You like working hard and take pride in your work. You enjoy being on a supportive and collaborative team and you are an excellent communicator. No job is too small. Numbers and excel spreadsheets make you tick, but you also enjoy building relationships with your coworkers. The successful candidate will be skilled in areas such as benefits administration, immigration compliance, federal and state HR related law/regulations and compliance, HRIS administration, on-boarding, off-boarding, unemployment insurance submissions and employee engagement initiatives.

The successful candidate will have:

• 6+ years of Human Resources related experience as a generalist in people operations
• 4+ years experience administering compensation and benefits programs.
• Experience with global mobility and immigration programs, benefits administration, onboarding and offboarding and employee engagement initiatives.
• Experience with Google suite, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Working knowledge of HRIS platforms and ability to learn new technology as needed
• Superb organizational skills, strong attention to detail, deadline-driven and punctual
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and work with highly sensitive data and information.
• Strong interpersonal skills, an approachable style and the ability to manage complex relationships and difficult conversations.
• Ability to work independently and be proactive in identifying opportunities and recommending solutions.
• Ability to organize, multi-task, and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment. 
• Willingness to learn about all aspects of People Operations and support the team as needed.

Bonus Points

• Experience in a technology-based growth company is preferred.
• Knowledge of the online publishing (media) industry.
• SHRM-CP or PHR.
• Bachelor’s degree in human resources or related field.

This position reports to: General Counsel 

Location: Boulder, Colorado

We understand that no candidate is perfectly qualified for any job. Experience comes in different forms; many skills are transferable; and passion goes a long way. Even more