Senior People Operations Generalist

Savvy Wealth

full-time

Posted on: 9/11/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • New York

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💰 $145,000 - $175,000 per year

Senior

Spring

About the role

Lead PEO transition: fully migrate payroll, benefits administration, and compliance from the PEO into our HRIS with a seamless cutover, zero pay errors, and minimal employee disruption
Run payroll and benefits: own day-to-day administration, audits, and employee support across payroll, benefits, and compliance
Elevate onboarding: manage and improve onboarding to ensure 100% of new hires are set up for success in their first 30 days
Build and maintain people policies that are compliant, accessible, and easy to understand
Drive engagement: support recognition and employee experience programs
Strengthen infrastructure: maintain accurate systems, reporting, and processes that scale with growth
Partner across the company: touch every function to shape the employee experience and operational backbone

6+ years of experience in People Operations, HR Generalist, or similar roles in fast-paced, high-growth environments
Hands-on with payroll and benefits administration, ideally in Rippling or similar HRIS
Ability to write clean, compliant policies and communicate them clearly to employees
Process-oriented, detail-obsessed, and able to create scalable systems
Service-minded, approachable, and responsive to employee needs
Adaptable and comfortable solving challenges in a rapidly shifting environment
(Nice to have) Experience leading a PEO to in-house payroll/benefits transition
(Nice to have) Exposure to designing onboarding and recognition programs in a scaling company
(Nice to have) Familiarity with multi-state payroll and compliance requirements
(Nice to have) Experience with HR analytics or reporting to support decision-making