Consultant II, Outsourced Human Resources

At Wipfli, people count.

At Wipfli, our people are core to everything we do—the catalyst behind our ability to create exceptional impact and extraordinary results.

We believe in flexibility. We focus on relationships. We encourage each individual to follow their own path.

People truly matter and they feel it. For those looking to make a difference and find a professional home, Wipfli offers a career-defining opportunity.

Under the direction of a Senior Consultant or Manager, the Consultant II provides HR Outsourcing support and advisory services to clients. This role assists clients with day-to-day human resources needs, including employee handbooks, workplace policies, compliance, employee lifecycle processes, and the application of HR best practices. The Consultant II independently manages assigned responsibilities and smaller client work streams while collaborating with senior team members on more complex matters.

This position regularly interacts with clients and is expected to provide responsive, practical, and well-documented HR guidance.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provide ongoing HR Outsourcing support to assigned clients, responding to day-to-day HR questions and service needs.
• Research and apply federal, state, and local employment requirements and help clients implement practical HR practices aligned with organizational needs and recognized best practices.
• Draft, review, and update employee handbooks, workplace policies, procedures, templates, and other HR documentation.
• Support employee lifecycle activities, including onboarding, employee changes, performance management, leaves of absence, employee relations, and offboarding.
• Coordinate employee benefits administration, including enrollments, terminations, status changes, leave impacts, open enrollment, vendor coordination, and employee communications.
• Manage smaller client engagements or defined portions of larger engagements, coordinating activities, monitoring progress, maintaining documentation, and meeting established deadlines.
• Communicate HR information clearly and professionally to clients and team members, adapting the level of detail and delivery method for different audiences.
• Identify and elevate matters requiring additional review, keeping project leaders informed of potential scope, budget, quality, compliance, scheduling, capacity, or availability concerns.
• Stay current on employment developments and HR trends while contributing to internal tools, templates, resources, and process improvements that strengthen HR Outsourcing service delivery.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, organizational development, or a related field.
• 3+ years of work experience in a professional services firm or 4+ years of private industry experience in a HR Generalist capacity.
• Work toward obtaining professional HR certification within first year of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional HR certification, or demonstrated progress toward obtaining an appropriate certification.
• Experience providing HR support to multiple departments, business units, locations, or clients.
• HR consulting, outsourced HR, professional services, or advisory experience.
• Experience supporting employee relations, performance management, leaves of absence, onboarding, offboarding, or compliance initiatives.
• Experience working with multistate employers or researching state-specific employment requirements.

Wipfli is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All candidates will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender…