People Operations Manager

Role Overview

People Operations Manager at Embarc Advisors. This role manages the firm’s day-to-day people operations and serves as the primary point of contact with its PEO.

The position owns recruiting, onboarding/offboarding, and professional development across all three practice groups, and also covers compliance, workforce performance planning, HR budget alignment, vendor/benefits negotiations, compensation/bonus design input, and performance-metrics frameworks. As the firm scales, the role applies AI tools to optimize HR processes.

Location / Work Mode

• Remote
• Preference for candidates residing in Mountain and Central time zones
• Full-time

Responsibilities

PEO Coordination & HR Administration

• Act as the primary liaison to the PEO for:
  • benefits enrollment
  • payroll processing
  • compliance filings
• Coordinate open enrollment, benefits changes, and leave administration with the PEO
• Maintain accurate employee records and ensure data consistency between internal systems and the PEO platform
• Handle employee HR inquiries and resolve/escalate as needed

Recruiting

• Lead full-cycle recruiting:
  • job postings, sourcing, screening
  • interview coordination
  • offer administration
• Partner with practice leads to set hiring criteria and implement structured, work-sample-based interview processes
• Administer employee referral programs
• Produce recruiting reporting (e.g., pipeline, time-to-fill, source effectiveness, cost-per-hire)

Onboarding, Professional Development & Offboarding

• Own new-hire onboarding, including:
  • paperwork
  • systems-access coordination with the PEO
  • orientation
  • 30/60/90-day ramp plans
• Design and deliver professional development/training programs; track completion and effectiveness
• Support career-pathing and competency frameworks with practice group leaders
• Manage termination processing (voluntary and involuntary) with PEO coordination

Workforce Performance & Strategic HR Operations

• Oversee workforce performance including:
  • staff needs forecasting
  • offshoring relationships
• Ensure multi-state employer compliance (payroll, benefits, 401(k) administration)
• Own HR budget alignment and cost management
• Lead or support vendor and benefits negotiations
• Provide compensation expertise for offer and bonus design
• Build performance-metric frameworks
• Manage capacity/utilization planning across practice groups

Requirements

• Not specified in the provided excerpt.

Nice-to-haves

• Not specified in the provided excerpt.