Director of HR and Payroll

## Director of HR and Payroll Apply:
Indianapolis, IN (MEP HQ):
Full time:
Posted Today:
JR108223
** Primary responsibilities
**** HR governance and employee relations*
* · Develop, maintain, interpret, and administer HR policies, procedures, handbook provisions, and employment practices.
· Advise leaders on employment law, investigations, complaints, corrective action, performance improvement plans, accommodations, leave, and termination.
· Lead formal investigations and maintain complete, confidential, and legally defensible documentation.
· Oversee FLSA, FMLA, ADA, EEOC, E-Verify, I-9, unemployment, employment records, regulatory reporting, and HR audits.
** Payroll, benefits, compensation, and systems*
* · Direct payroll operations, payroll tax filings, year-end reporting, deductions, garnishments, PTO accruals, prevailing-wage compliance, and payroll controls.
· Oversee benefits administration, open enrollment, brokers, carriers, employee communications, and applicable benefit-plan compliance.
· Administer pay structures, approved compensation changes, incentive-plan documentation, and compensation processes.
· Own HRIS and payroll-system administration and employee-data integrity.
· Partner with the Controller on payroll accounting, labor-cost allocation, reconciliations, benefit accounting, budgets, and financial reporting.
** Recruiting administration and screening*
* · Maintain approved job descriptions, classifications, compensation ranges, requisitions, and selection documentation.
· Conduct or coordinate application review, minimum-qualification screening, background checks, drug testing, references when required, and employment-eligibility verification.
· Prepare and administer approved offers, employment documents, new-hire records, and required notices.
· Review interview questions, scoring tools, candidate records, and hiring practices for compliance.
** Leadership and administration*
* · Lead, train, and cross-train HR and payroll personnel and establish service standards and measurable goals.
· Provide the Controller with timely operational, compliance, staffing, budget, and risk information while protecting need-to-know confidentiality.
· Improve HR and payroll workflows through automation, standardization, and continuous improvement.
** Required coordination and escalation
**** Coordination points*
* · Coordinate with People & Culture before changes affecting recruiting workflow, onboarding experience, engagement, leadership development, employee communication, or retention.
· People & Culture refers policy, pay, benefits, leave, accommodation, complaints, investigations, discipline, termination, and other formal employment matters to HR.
· Notify the Controller promptly of material compliance, payroll, benefit, staffing, budget, litigation, or employment risk.
· Escalate executive employment matters, significant legal exposure, and unresolved role conflicts to the President