Human Resources Generalist

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First Palmetto Bank

Human Resources Generalist

Columbia, SC
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    THIS IS AN IN-PERSON POSITION IN EITHER OUR COLUMBIA OR CAMDEN SC OFFICES*
    *REMOTE APPLICANTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED     **
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    **SUMMARY
    ** The Human Resources Generalist position supports and oversees daily HR functions, including recruitment, onboarding, payroll, benefits, employee relations, compliance, and reporting to management. This role also acts as a contact point for employees to ask questions or inquiries and helps foster and uphold positive employee relations.

    ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Assists in the full cycle of talent acquisition by posting jobs, screening resumes, conducting interviews, and reviewing background checks.
    • Onboarding process to include communicating with new hires and organizing and scheduling orientation.
    • Process employee timecards to ensure information is accurate and complete; assist with payroll preparation and processing.
    • Draft, prepare, and send correspondence like internal memos and letters to employees.
    • Gather, analyze, and compile data to prepare a variety of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for management and various required agencies, ensuring reports are accurate, complete, and delivered on schedule. This also includes fulfilling both internal and external audit requests.
    • Help manage employee benefits programs.
    • FMLA management.
    • Assist in fostering effective employee relations by answering questions, resolving disputes, conducting investigations, and guiding managers on performance management.
    • Maintain confidentiality; file data in employee records and keep multiple centralized files.
    • Review current administrative processes, provide recommended suggestions to improve workflow and efficiency, and assist in managing the implementation of new processes and software when applicable.
    • Treats people with respect; keeps commitments; earns the trust of others; works ethically and with integrity; upholds organizational values; accepts responsibility for own actions.
    • Supports the Bank's goals and values while collaborating with employees to promote the same, fostering a positive workplace.
    • Demonstrates knowledge of and complies with Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policy; shows respect and sensitivity toward cultural differences; educates others on the importance of diversity; promotes a work environment free of harassment and discrimination of any kind.
    • Ensures compliance with all Bank policies, procedures, and processes, as well as all relevant state and federal banking laws, rules, and regulations; follows Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) responsibilities specific to the position.
    • Completes all tasks accurately and promptly.
    • Performs the position safely, without endangering their own or others' health or safety, and is expected to report any potentially unsafe conditions. The employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued under the OSHA Act of 1970 that apply to their actions and conduct.

    **SECONDARY DUTIES
    ** The Human Resources Generalist position performs duties specific to the role and other assigned functions.

    **SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY
    ** The Human Resources Generalist position is not responsible for supervising any employee(s).

    **ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
    ** This position is in a non-confined office-like environment where the employee is free to move around as needed. The role involves driving a bank or personal vehicle about 10% of the time, which includes exposure to outdoor weather and moving mechanical parts. It may also involve minor nuisances such as noise, odors, drafts, and similar inconveniences.

    The employee, while performing this position, spends time writing, typing, speaking, listening, lifting (up to ten pounds), driving, carrying, seeing (including close, color, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus), sitting, pulling, walking, standing, squatting, kneeling, and reaching.

    The employee may operate any or all of the following: telephone, smartphone, copier/scanner, calculator, computer, laptop, or other equipment as directed.

    The work environment characteristics described here are typical of what an employee experiences while performing the main duties of this job.

    The physical demands outlined here are typical of what an employee must meet to effectively perform the essential functions of this job.

    Reasonable accommodations can be provided to help individuals with disabilities carry out the essential functions.

    **MENTAL DEMANDS
    ** The employee must be able to read documents, perform detailed tasks, solve problems, contact employees and third-party administrators, and use reasoning, logic, mathematics, language, and presentation skills. They should also have strong verbal and written communication, analytical reasoning, resilience to stress, and the ability to handle multiple tasks and interruptions simultaneously.

    **MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
    ** These specifications provide general guidelines based on the minimum experience typically considered necessary for satisfactory performance in this position. The requirements listed below reflect the knowledge, skill, and/or ability needed to perform the job adequately. Individual abilities may lead to some variations from these guidelines.

    • Bachelor's degree in business with a focus on human resources. Work and internship experience should be related to human resources, business, or the financial industry.
    • Knowledge of human resources, labor laws, and policies.
    • Effective communication and social skills to handle confidential or sensitive matters with employees, including resolving conflicts and issues.
    • Knowledge of standard office procedures.
    • Moderate to advanced analytical skills
    • Adept in Microsoft Word, Excel, and other human resources-related software.
    • Typing skills to meet the production needs of the position.
    • Math skills: calculate payroll, taxes, etc.; perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division across all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; identify routine mathematical errors; compute rate, ratio, and percent.
    • Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to apply common sense and logic to carry out instructions, train personnel, interpret documents, understand procedures, draft reports and correspondence, and speak clearly to employees and third-party administrators.
    • Ability to handle issues involving multiple aspects and variables in standardized situations.
    • Excellent organizational and time management skills.
    • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while handling duties.
    • Current driver's license and a vehicle with valid insurance coverage, if required to drive while performing assigned duties and responsibilities.

    EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
    First Palmetto Bank is an equal opportunity employer and affords employment to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability or genetic information.