HR & Payroll Consultant

The role

You will own and operate human resources and payroll across various industries and company sizes. You will also lead HRIS and Payroll implementations for clients.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end payroll processing, accuracy, and compliance across all applicable states
• Manage payroll calendar, tax filings, garnishments, and off-cycle runs
• Serve as the point of escalation for payroll discrepancies and audits
• Administer and maintain the core HRIS platform including workflows, permissions, and data integrity
• Manage system integrations across HRIS, performance, payroll, benefits, and other downstream tools
• Lead configurations for clients implementing new payroll and HCM systems
• Build and maintain automated workflows to reduce manual HR admin
• Partner with People team leaders to translate process needs into system design
• Own HR data integrity, reporting, and audit readiness across systems
• Ensure payroll and HRIS practices meet federal, state, and local compliance requirements

Required qualifications

• 5+ years running payroll and HRIS/HCM systems
• HR Generalist or HRBP background with broad exposure across the employee lifecycle
• Experience working directly with clients in consulting, professional services, PEOs, or agencies
• Hands-on administrator experience with a core HRIS and Payroll platform (e.g., HiBob, Dayforce, and/or Rippling, etc.)
• Deep knowledge of multi-state payroll compliance, tax, and wage/hour requirements
• Strong systems thinking with the ability to troubleshoot integrations independently
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and advisory skills
• Comfort operating in a lean, fast-scaling environment with high ownership expectations

About the company

livingHR is the remote-first, professional services "work agency" created to make work better. They partner with organizations to deliver human-centric, future-of-work-ready HR-managed services, professional services, and products.