HR Generalist

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Full Time Miami, FL, US

Job Summary

As the Human Resources Generalist / Employee Success Leader, you are expected to drive Human Resources programs, practices, processes, and policies that have a huge impact on the organization, including organizational development, employee relations, employee engagement and satisfaction, performance management, and compensation analysis. This role serves as the primary evangelist of the culture, working directly with the Company’s most important asset, the employees.

Below is a list of primary responsibilities for this position. The employee must be able to exercise discretion and independent judgment on matters of significance to KLI. Those areas are outlined below.

May be required to occasionally work irregular hours, nights, and weekends as required.

General Accountabilities:

HR Related Tasks (90%+):

Recruitment and Staffing

Develop and implement effective recruiting and staffing strategies.

Conduct initial screenings and coordinate the hiring process.

Collaborate with hiring managers to identify staffing needs.

Manage the onboarding process for new employees.

Employee Relations

Work with Leadership to help address employee relations issues and conduct investigations as needed.

Guide disciplinary actions and terminations.

Coordinate employee leave administration including FMLA, ADA accommodations, parental leave, medical leave, and applicable state leave programs with ADP EOR.

Serve as liaison between employees, managers, and ADP EOR throughout the leave process.

Performance Management

Implement and manage performance appraisal processes.

Coach managers on performance conversations, documentation, employee relations, and best HR practices.

Develop and implement performance improvement plans.

Training and Development

Support managers with soft skill training needs and coordinate training programs.

Create and maintain training records.

Compensation and Benefits

Administer and explain employee benefits programs.

Assist in the development of compensation structures.

Conduct salary surveys and analyze compensation trends.

Form Management:
Owning the end-to-end collection, verification, and processing of all employee 401(k) enrollment forms, loan requests, and contribution change forms.

Signature Auditing:
Physically auditing submitted paperwork to catch and fix compliance errors—such as ensuring employees print and physically sign documents when vendors (like Employee Fiduciary) reject digital signatures.

Payroll Setup:
Manually updating and auditing employee benefit deductions directly within the payroll system to guarantee accurate cycle runs.

Payroll Administration

Payroll Lifecycle Administration:
Own the comprehensive system data entry and administrative setup for all recurring and off-cycle payroll runs—including processing new hire configurations, localized multi-state tax updates, and 401(k) or benefit deduction modifications—ensuring complete data integrity across human resources and compensation platforms.

Coordinate payroll inputs with ADP EOR, including bonuses, commissions, reimbursements, PTO adjustments, and compensation changes.

Audit payroll reports received from ADP EOR prior to processing.

Resolve payroll discrepancies with employees and ADP EOR.

Pre-Execution Auditing & Submission :
Conduct meticulous pre-payroll audits on all variable compensation changes, hourly logs, and submitted expense adjustments to safeguard company funds, packaging the finalized data to submit to leadership for final review, approval, and financial execution.

Policy Development and Compliance

Develop, update, and communicate HR policies and procedures.

Ensure compliance with labor laws and regulations.

Conduct regular audits to ensure policy adherence.

HRIS Management

Maintain and update employee records in the HRIS (Human Resources Information System).

Generate reports for management as needed.

Ensure data accuracy and confidentiality.

Updating the company intranet with regard to HR matters

Serve as the administrator and point of contact for ADP EOR.

Coordinate onboarding, offboarding, employment changes, promotions, salary adjustments, and terminations through ADP EOR.

Ensure all required documentation is submitted accurately and on time.

Manage escalations and resolve employee issues with ADP EOR.

Employee Engagement

Develop and implement employee engagement…