HR Specialist
Company Overview
Unchained offers a suite of bitcoin financial services built on top of a unique collaborative custody model. These include: buying and selling bitcoin directly to and from cold storage, bitcoin retirement accounts, bitcoin-backed loans, concierge services to educate clients on best security practices, and cold storage solutions for institutions and other businesses.
Job Overview
As the HR Specialist, you will help facilitate various HR activities and processes throughout the organization, ensuring that we adhere to legal standards and in-house policies. From maintaining personnel files to processing FMLA and disability, you will be a strategic partner in providing support and guidance on people compliance-related matters. You will be in-office three or more days per week.
Who You Are
You are a people person and recognize that people are a company’s greatest asset. You have an impeccable eye for detail and a high standard for accuracy. You thrive in fast-paced environments and ambiguity does not scare you away.
You can juggle multiple tasks at once, keeping stakeholders informed and on track when necessary. You have experience with benchmarking, incentive plan design, and have familiarity with equity plans. You have a solid understanding of employment law and have administered employee benefits plans. You are thoughtful, responsive, dependable, and you keep immaculate records.
What You Will Do
- Serve as internal point-of-contact for benefits and payroll questions
- Administer various forms of employee leave (basic PTO, FMLA, PFML, etc.)
- Ensure accurate and timely processing of payroll updates including new hires, terminations, and changes to pay rates
- Maintain employee handbook, code of conduct, and other policies
- Manage annual open enrollment in partnership with our broker
- Ensure compliance with state and local agencies for payroll purposes
- Maintain compliant workers’ compensation policies
- Maintain personnel files and HRIS
- Monitor the complex and rapidly changing network of federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, spot compliance issues, propose and then implement solutions
- Support the annual compensation review process, providing benchmarking data and recommendations to management
- Monitor our background check reviews and third-party ethics hotline
- Provide guidance to managers on employee performance matters, including performance improvement plans and terminations
- Various office management responsibilities on an as needed basis, including mailings, office lunches, and vendor management
Who You Are
- 3+ years in a similar role with payroll and benefits administration responsibilities
- Experience navigating payroll systems, human resources information systems, and applicant tracking systems
- 1+ year of experience working for a startup, preferably in the fintech/crypto space
Even Better
- Bachelor’s degree
- Basic understanding of bitcoin
- Experience with various HRIS and ATS systems
What We Offer
- Company paid medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401k with match and stock options
- Unlimited PTO
- Training & development opportunities
- Remote work flexibility