HR Specialist

Join Aerial Core - the back office that keeps pace with your ambition

Aerial Core is a modern, tech-enabled back-office partner that supports growing businesses through accounting, finance, and people operations services. We’ve intentionally broken the mold of traditional accounting firms by placing relationships, collaboration, and innovation at the center of how we work.

At Aerial Core, we believe HR is strategic, insightful, and human-driven. Our people-first culture values trust, independence, and efficiency, empowering every team member to do their best work while helping clients thrive.

We’re now looking for a tech-savvy, organized, and people-focused HR Specialist to join our remote team. Please be informed that this is a contractor position and we will require your CNPJ. This is the perfect opportunity for an experienced HR professional who values autonomy, flexibility, and performance-based rewards. You’ll work directly with clients, support their day-to-day people operations, and leverage technology to deliver efficient, practical, and high-quality HR support.

Please note: To be considered for this position, applicants must submit their resume in English. Applications with resumes submitted in other languages will not be considered.

• Provide day-to-day HR support for assigned clients, acting as an extension of their internal team and primary point of contact for HR-related matters.
• Manage employee lifecycle processes, including onboarding, employee changes, leave, offboarding, and maintaining accurate employee records.
• Support clients with HR administration, policies, procedures, employee communications, and general HR questions.
• Coordinate new hire onboarding, including HRIS setup, employment documentation, I-9 and W-4 processes, benefits enrollment, and onboarding materials.
• Support recruiting activities, including job descriptions, candidate communications, interview coordination, offers, and pre-employment processes.
• Assist managers and employees with employee relations matters, workplace concerns, performance issues, and policy questions.
• Support and document employee relations matters and workplace investigations, escalating complex or sensitive issues when appropriate.
• Assist with benefits administration, open enrollment, employee communications, and coordination with benefits providers and brokers.
• Maintain and update employee handbooks, HR policies, forms, templates, and other HR documentation.
• Research and support compliance with applicable federal, state, and local employment requirements.
• Coordinate with external payroll, benefits, accounting, legal, and other professional service providers as needed.
• Manage and maintain HRIS systems and workflow platforms.
• Communicate with clients and team members through various communication channels like Slack, Zoom, and Google Workspace.
• Use Asana and Everhour to track projects, deliverables, client requests, and timelines.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve HR processes, automate administrative tasks, and increase efficiency.
• Develop clear employee-facing communications, manager resources, training materials, and HR guides.
• Ensure HR work is accurate, timely, confidential, and aligned with Aerial Core’s quality expectations.

• Fluent in English
• Strong knowledge of day-to-day HR processes and the employee lifecycle.
• Experience supporting employee relations and handling confidential employee matters with discretion.
• Strong understanding of HR administration, onboarding, benefits, compliance, and HR policies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and ability to manage multiple clients and priorities independently.
• Flexibility around working hours, with the understanding that some tasks may require availability during US business hours (mainly Pacific Time).
• Comfortable working directly with clients and providing professional, practical HR guidance.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, remote-first environment using digital tools.
  

• Some familiarity with US employment practices and HR compliance, including federal and state employment requirements.
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