HR Generalist

HR Generalist – Full-Time

Organization: American Dental Companies (ADC)

Location: Phoenix, AZ (Office-based)

Position Type: Full-Time, Exempt (

Career Level:

P-1 / Professional)

Reports To: VP, Human Resources

Compensation: $70,000 – $85,000 / annually (Commensurate with experience)

Benefits: Comprehensive Corporate Benefits Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, 401k, and Professional Development)

American Dental Companies is rapidly expanding, and we are actively building a world-class HR foundation to champion our practices, empower our leaders, and support our team members across the organization.

We are seeking a dynamic, hands-on, and service-oriented HR Generalist to join our People Operations team. This is a high-visibility role tailored for an HR professional who excels in a multi-site, distributed workforce environment. Reporting directly to the VP of Human Resources, the ideal candidate will blend operational excellence with a strong customer-service mindset-bringing order to complex data, resolving front-line workforce matters with urgency, and supporting scalable HR practices as we grow.

As our HR Generalist, you will provide critical day-to-day support across the entire employee lifecycle, manage HRIS data integrity, support employment compliance, and serve as an essential operational partner to our field leadership and corporate teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Employee Lifecycle & HR Operations: Oversee transactional excellence for employee onboarding, offboarding, internal transfers, promotions, status changes, and personnel records. Monitor HR inboxes and tasks to ensure swift, high-touch resolution.
• Employee Relations & Manager Support: Provide direct guidance to practice managers on routine policy interpretation, attendance management, and conduct expectations. Partner with Field HR leadership to help prepare corrective actions and document employee relations matters.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate closely with Recruiting, Payroll, Benefits, Field HRBPs, and Regional Operations leadership to ensure employee changes are processed accurately, timely, and with flawless data handoffs.
• Benefits & Leave Integration: Assist with the intake and operational routing of leaves of absence (LOA), accommodation requests, workers' compensation, and return-to-work coordination, aligning closely with dedicated benefits partners.
• Compliance, Audits & Data Integrity: Maintain absolute confidentiality while managing multi-state HR compliance, I-9 verification, license/certification tracking, handbook updates, and strict HRIS reporting/dashboard metrics.
• Process Architecture & Practice Integration: Identify recurring workflow gaps to help create and refine standardized HR templates, SOPs, and checklists. Support new practice acquisitions through diligent data collection and field stabilization activities.

• Experience: 3+ years of progressive, hands-on Human Resources experience (specifically spanning HR operations, employee relations support, and employee data administration) is required
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• Education: High School Diploma/GED required; a Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field is highly preferred
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• Industry Footprint: Background supporting multi-site healthcare, dental, retail, hospitality, or similarly distributed work forces is strongly preferred (multi-state experience is a major plus
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• Core Competencies: Strong foundational knowledge of federal and state employment compliance, corrective action workflows, leave intake protocols, and advanced HRIS workflows.
• Systems Fluency: Highly proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, videoconferencing tools (Teams), reporting dashboards, and mainstream Applicant Tracking and HRIS platforms.
• Professional Credentials: SHRM-CP, PHR, A-PHR, or equivalent professional HR certification is preferred
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This is a rare opportunity to help build and strengthen the HR infrastructure of an aggressively growing dental partnership organization. At ADC, you are stepping into a collaborative, solutions-focused corporate culture where you can take true ownership of your work, influence process improvements, and directly impact our organizational scale. We offer a competitive salary range of $70,000 to $85,000
, robust career development, and a supportive executive leadership team.

American Dental Companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.