Human Resources Generalist - Crest Insurance Group

Crest is looking for an HR Generalist to provide professional level payroll, benefits, and human resources service to our expanding company. This is an opportunity of a lifetime to have a career in a fast-growing insurance brokerage firm where you can obtain experience administering HR across multiple states including Arizona, Colorado, California, Nevada, and Wyoming.

Examples of Duties:

Assists with ensuring employment and payroll activities related to hiring, personnel status changes, and terminations are properly documented and maintained in personnel files and entered in to HRIS/Payroll system accurately.
Responsible for processing payroll; verifying hours are entered correctly, deductions are accurate, processing tax and direct deposit changes, entering and processing garnishments and various payroll duties.
Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies.
Conducts recruitment efforts for personnel, including development and placement of advertisements, screening for qualified applicants, scheduling of interviews and assisting with interviews as necessary.
Ensures compliance with USCIS Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification.
Administers benefits by entering, approving, and processing new hire benefits, qualifying events, and enter benefit information into carrier sites not set up on file feeds.
Assist with facilitating Open Enrollment meetings, new hire benefit meetings, and billing reconciliations.
Prepares HR-related reports using various systems by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
Assist with FMLA, submitting STD/LTD claim paperwork and, entering information into payroll as necessary.
Assist with departmental compliance audits for human Resources, 401K, payroll, and benefits.
Files EEO-1 report annually; maintains other records, reports, and logs to conform to EEO regulations.
Responsible for required federal, state, and municipal employment poster requirements.
Responsible for coordinating with various departments regarding employee business card orders, name plates, licensing status and marketing information for company website.
Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks.
Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
Participates in developing department goals, objectives, and systems.
Responsible for various administrative and clerical needs of the HR department.
Performs other related duties as required and assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum of two (2) years of Human Resources Generalist experience and 1 year of payroll experience; OR
Three (3) years of HR Coordinator experience and 1 year of payroll experience; OR
An equivalent combination of education, experience and/or training.
Must have intermediate level Excel skills.
Must have solid computer skills to navigate multiple shared company drives.
Must be able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with a high level of quality and productivity.
Must be able to work extended hours when necessary to meet critical deadlines such as payroll and benefits open enrollment.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience administering HR or Payroll for employees located in California and Colorado.
Experience with iSolved HRIS/Payroll.
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business or Public Administration.
Professional in Human Resources (PHR), or SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) certification.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of and skill in applying the principles, practices, and procedures of human resources administration in the areas of recruitment and employment.
Knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action guidelines and laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Knowledge of and skill in interpreting and applying state and federal statues and applicable rules and regulations related to the management of human resources.
Skill in effectively using a variety of communication processes.
Skill in organizing, tracking, and prioritizing assignments and tasks.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to exercise poise, tactfulness, and diplomacy in sensitive and confidential situations, as well as the ability to negotiate win-win outcomes.

Crest is an equal opportunity employer, ensuring that no applicant for employment or employee is denied equal opportunity because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, or military service.