People Operations Analyst

Axiom

People Operations Analyst managing pre-employment checks and onboarding for legal talent at Axiom. Coordinating operational processes with a focus on compliance, efficiency, and quality.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $52,000 - $60,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Processing of pre-employment checks: Coordinating the end-to-end management of our due diligence process for legal talent across North America.
Processing of pre-employment checks: Independently managing own workload to effectively process background checks, right to work verification, and managing pre-employment paperwork.
Processing of pre-employment checks: Proactive decision making to resolve screening issues and escalating to Associates or manager where appropriate to achieve 100% screening completion in all cases.
Processing of pre-employment checks: Contributing to weekly progress meetings to review turnaround times and completion rates against agreed SLAs.
Processing of pre-employment checks: Monitoring automated employment agreements for new hires and ensuring 100% completion rate by start date.
Responsible for actioning a wide scope of operational business processes: Direct engagement with new hires and hiring managers to answer onboarding questions and to offer live support with onboarding completion in our HRIS, Workday.
Responsible for actioning a wide scope of operational business processes: Daily review of onboarding progress trackers for all hired candidates in North America.
Responsible for actioning a wide scope of operational business processes: Daily processing of new legal talent hires in North America.
Responsible for actioning a wide scope of operational business processes: Processing absence returns and job updates for legal talent employees returning to active engagement.
Commercial pipeline support: Independently managing client attestation requests, contributing to client surveys and Request For Proposal (RFP) documents, and knowing when to escalate as necessary.
Reporting and auditing: Contributing to internal audits to stay ahead of client audit requests and ensure compliance with client screening requirements.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Previous experience of working towards targets/KPIs.
Experience handling multiple tasks simultaneously, adapting to changes, and being able to creatively problem solve.
Legally eligible to work in the United States of America.
Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline (or sufficient work experience in lieu of degree).
Highly organized and effective at managing own workload within competing deadlines.
Confident in applying own judgement and taking initiative to deliver against targets.
Able to follow internal process guides and repeat processes quickly with low error margin.
Team player who can confidently develop and maintain remote relationships.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Healthcare
Life and disability coverage
401K with company match
Paid sick and personal time off
Paid parental leave
Bonus opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

pre-employment checksbackground checksright to work verificationonboarding processesHRISWorkdayreportingauditingclient attestationRequest For Proposal (RFP)

Soft Skills

proactive decision makingtime managementproblem solvingorganizational skillsinitiativeteam playercommunicationadaptabilityrelationship buildingworkload management