Human Resources Generalist
5 days ago
New York
Job Description Position Summary This position is responsible for delivering core HR operational processes while providing HR business partner support to managers and leaders across the organization. The role has accountability for key HR operations activities, including onboarding and offboarding, payroll and benefits administration and ongoing employee support. In addition, the role partners with leadership on employee relations, performance management, job architecture, and people development initiatives. The position contributes to the effective operation of the HR function and supports the development of a compliant, engaged, and high-performing workforce aligned with business objectives. Key Responsibilities • Act as an HR business partner to managers and employees, providing guidance on employee relations, performance management, coaching, and conflict resolution, • Manage and resolve employee relations matters, including conducting investigations and ensuring outcomes are consistent, fair, and compliant with employment legislation, • Partner with leaders to support performance management processes, including goal setting, feedback cycles, performance improvement plans, and corrective action, • Own end-to-end employee lifecycle processes, including onboarding, offboarding, internal transfers, promotions, and role changes, ensuring consistency and quality of execution, • Manage day-to-day HR operations, including payroll administration, benefits enrollment and changes, leave of absence administration, and compliance-related activities, • Serve as the primary liaison with the PEO, resolving employee benefit queries, ensuring data accuracy, and supporting audits and compliance initiatives, • Maintain and enhance HR policies, procedures, and documentation to support operational efficiency, scalability, and compliance, • Contribute to job architecture and job family frameworks, including role leveling, career pathways, and compensation alignment, in partnership with leadership, • Support organizational design and workforce planning initiatives as the organization evolves, • Collaborate with managers to identify learning and development needs and support the delivery of programs aligned to leadership development, manager capability, and employee growth, • Support company culture, engagement, inclusion, and belonging initiatives in collaboration with senior leaders, • Analyze HR data and trends, including attrition, engagement, and performance metrics, providing insights and recommendations to leadership, • Support annual HR cycles such as performance reviews, compensation planning, engagement surveys, and compliance training, • Provide support to the Chief People Officer on ad hoc initiatives, projects, and priorities, • 5+ years of progressive HR experience covering HR operations and HR business partnering responsibilities, • Strong knowledge of employee relations, performance management practices, and U.S. employment law, • Experience managing payroll and benefits administration through a PEO model, • Experience contributing to job architecture, role leveling, and career framework initiatives, • Proven ability to partner with managers and senior leaders, providing clear, practical, and compliant HR guidance, • Strong analytical skills with experience using HR data to inform recommendations and decision-making, • High level of discretion and judgment when handling confidential and sensitive employee matters, • Strong organizational and prioritization skills within a dynamic business environment, • Be recognized for your contribution through a discretionary annual cash bonus, linked to individual and company performance., • Work flexibly with the option to work remotely for up to 100 days per year., • Take time to recharge with vacation entitlement that increases as you progress through career levels., • Access medical and dental insurance from your first day of employment. About EquiLend EquiLend is a global financial technology firm at the center of the securities finance industry. Since 2001, we have built the infrastructure that financial institutions rely on to trade, manage, and report. This includes products such as our NGT trading platform, Post Trade Suite, DataLend market intelligence, RegTech solutions, and EquiLend Clearing Services. We operate across North America, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific, working with banks, broker dealers, asset managers, and custodians to bring greater efficiency, transparency, and automation to the securities finance lifecycle. Our teams combine deep market expertise with a focus on building technology that works at scale, under real-world conditions, for some of the world's most demanding financial institutions. EquiLend is Great Place to Work Certified™ in the U.S., UK, Ireland, and India, and has been recognized as Global Data Provider of the Year and Regulatory Solution of the Year at the Securities Finance Times Industry Excellence Awards 2025. Diversity & Inclusion We know that the best solutions come from teams that bring different perspectives, backgrounds, and ways of thinking to the table. At EquiLend, we are committed to building a workplace where everyone feels they belong and aim to reflect this in how we hire, develop, and support our people. We are actively working to ensure our teams are as diverse as the global markets and clients we serve. That means creating an environment where different viewpoints are sought out and where people can do their best work regardless of background. If you require any reasonable adjustments or accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to make it happen. #LI-Hybrid