Human Resources Business Partner; EAP

Human Resources Business Partner

Ecology Auto Parts, Inc. is seeking an experienced Human Resources Business Partner whose primary operational mandate is complete, hands-on ownership of payroll across the company's affiliated entities. This individual is personally accountable for payroll preparation, validation, execution, reconciliation, controls, reporting, compliance, and timely resolution of payroll discrepancies.

In addition to payroll ownership, the position functions as the organization's lead HR authority and primary advisor to executive and operational leadership, with responsibility for employee relations, benefits administration, HRIS governance, employment compliance, performance management, and HR policy administration across a multi-site workforce. Professional fluency in both English and Spanish, along with demonstrated hands-on payroll experience, is required. The ideal candidate will also bring direct Paylocity experience, prevailing-wage and certified-payroll knowledge, and prior experience supporting a transportation or logistics workforce.

Responsibilities include:

• Own the complete payroll lifecycle, including preparation, review, validation, execution, reconciliation, reporting, and resolution of payroll discrepancies.
• Administer payroll through Paylocity and maintain accurate employee, earnings, deduction, tax, timekeeping, and payroll-control data.
• Coordinate payroll inputs across business entities, departments, locations, schedules, and employee classifications; enforce submission deadlines and approval controls.
• Review time records, regular and overtime hours, premiums, bonuses, commissions, garnishments, deductions, paid leave, and final-pay requirements for accuracy and compliance.
• Administer prevailing-wage and certified-payroll processes, including rate validation, required reporting, record retention, and audit support.
• Maintain payroll calendars, standard operating procedures, reconciliations, exception reports, and supporting documentation for internal and external review.
• Partner with Finance on payroll funding, general-ledger coordination, reporting, tax matters, audits, and corrective action while maintaining appropriate segregation of duties.
• Advise executives and operational leaders on employee relations, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, performance management, and consistent application of company policy.
• Build credible working relationships with leaders and employees across corporate, transportation, field, and operational environments.
• Translate business needs into practical HR actions, communicate risk clearly, and provide timely recommendations supported by policy, documentation, and applicable law.
• Provide clear, professional HR guidance and employee support in both English and Spanish, including during investigations, payroll and benefits matters, policy discussions, and workplace communications.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on workforce needs, selection processes, offer alignment, onboarding, and staffing transitions without duplicating recruiting ownership.
• Support organizational change, job and reporting-structure reviews, succession planning, retention efforts, employee engagement, and management development.
• Lead prompt, objective, and well-documented workplace investigations involving complaints, conduct, policy violations, retaliation, harassment, discrimination, and other employee-relations concerns.
• Guide managers through coaching, corrective action, performance improvement plans, separations, and other employment decisions with consistent documentation and appropriate escalation.
• Maintain working knowledge of California and federal employment requirements, including wage and hour, leaves of absence, reasonable accommodation, equal employment opportunity, and recordkeeping obligations.
• Develop, interpret, maintain, and communicate HR policies, procedures, forms, and practices; monitor consistent application throughout the organization.
• Coordinate with executive leadership and legal counsel on sensitive employee matters, claims, audits, agency inquiries, and significant compliance risks.
• Oversee employee benefit administration, including eligibility, enrollment, life-event changes, employee communications, invoice review, vendor coordination, and issue resolution.
• Administer leave-of-absence and accommodation processes in coordination with employees, managers, providers, carriers, and legal resources as appropriate.
• Own HRIS data integrity and workflow governance in…