Human Resources Manager

Who We Are Looking For

We are seeking a highly responsive, detail-oriented Human Resources Manager to lead and support our HR and payroll functions. This role is ideal for someone who can efficiently manage core HR operations, including payroll, benefits, and hiring, while also providing strategic advisory support. We need a proactive individual who can identify issues, recommend improvements, and ensure our team's stability as we continue to grow.

This position replaces a prior contractor, emphasizing the need for increased availability, stronger communication, and a clear owner capable of proposing process enhancements, not merely executing tasks.

Who You Are (Our Ideal Candidate)

We are looking for someone who meets these essential criteria:

• 5+ years of payroll experience with strong operational ownership.
• Profound knowledge of payroll practices and compliance across federal, state, and local laws.
• Flexible, detail-oriented, and adept at multitasking in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to interpret complex documents and provide clear responses to employee and regulatory inquiries.
• Experience developing training programs and supporting performance review processes.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience managing remote teams across multiple states (and ideally countries).
• Familiarity with EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System).

Tools You Should Already Know

You should be comfortable working in (or learning quickly with minimal support) the following tools:

• Gusto
• Upwork
• 401(k) management platforms/processes
• Google Drive
• LinkedIn
• Indeed

The Work

As an integral part of our Operations Team, your responsibilities will include:

• Managing all aspects of payroll processing, including reviewing timesheets, salaries, taxes, garnishments, and deductions to ensure accurate and timely bi-weekly payroll.
• Maintaining the employee payroll database, encompassing new hire setups, terminations, pay changes, withholdings, and deductions.
• Ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local regulations and reporting requirements affecting HR functions.
• Serving as the primary contact for employee support related to payroll, benefits, and HR policy questions.
• Overseeing benefits administration (including 401(k)), vacation/leave management, and required HR documentation workflows.
• Leading hiring operations with input from company leadership, including managing effective job postings, screening and organizing applicants, communicating with candidates, and leading the tactical and brand-specific aspects of the onboarding process.
• Providing advisory support on team morale, cohesion, productivity, and dispute handling (exercising strong judgment and discretion).

Who We Are: Krishtel

Krishtel is a facilitation and coaching practice founded on the belief that professional workplaces, especially legal and corporate environments, can be transformed into healthier, more equitable, and more human spaces.

We offer coaching, workshops, and strategic programs to empower leaders, lawyers, and organizations in fostering meaningful conversations at the intersection of leadership, business, and well-being. Our approach acts as both a mirror and a roadmap, guiding clients to self-reflection, outward leadership, and the creation of workplaces where individuals feel seen, safe, and supported.

Founder Rudhir Krishtel, a former law firm partner and senior counsel at Apple, transitioned from legal practice to dedicate himself to cultivating a healthier legal profession. He creates environments for dialogue around challenging topics, both through 1:1 coaching and group settings. Rudhir's training includes yoga instruction, mindfulness instruction, and executive coaching, enabling him to serve the workplace community and enhance corporate culture. Alongside a team of Associate Coaches, Rudhir collaborates with professionals individually and in group coaching environments, as well as with firms and organizations on custom workshops and programs. Our collective aim is to improve work environments, build resilience, encourage difficult conversations, address biases, foster diverse workplaces, and enhance overall well-being.

Our Company Values

• Holding Space for Each Person’s Humanity
• Going Big with Ease
• Taking Enthusiastic Ownership
• Battling Systemic Injustice
• Making Clients Feel…
• Invested in Each Other’s Growth
• Committed to Difficult Conversations
• Working In Your Superpower
• Doing the Inner Work
• Generating Compassion

Our Business Conduct Values

• Step Up to Support and Step Off to Give Space
• Making a Process of Everything
• Come to Meetings Prepared (clear agenda)
• Be Present and Listen
• Raise Issues and Accolades Quickly
• Complete Work Before Passing Along (incl. Offering Solutions to Problems)
• Communication Preferences (Zoom, Monday, Slack, Email)
• Aesthetic in Our Work Product Matters (external and internal) (keep things organized)
• Take a Breath, Review, Hit Send
• It’s OK to Get It Wrong

What We Offer

Help us reshape the legal and professional workplace one workshop or coaching session at a time, and you'll enjoy:

• Remote working
• A fun culture with approachable, understanding, and inclusive leadership and team
• Fulfilling your sense of purpose
• Working at the center of your superpower
• Investment in your personal and professional growth
• Bonus potential

Equal Employment Opportunity

Krishtel provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics, sexual orientation, political affiliation, military veteran status, domestic violence victim status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Key skills/competency

• Payroll Processing
• HR Compliance
• Benefits Administration
• Hiring & Onboarding
• Employee Relations
• HR Policy Development
• Performance Management
• Training & Development
• HR Systems Management
• Strategic HR Advisory