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KalshiKalshiNew York, NY

People Ops

HR Specialist owning onboarding, compliance, benefits, payroll, and day-to-day HR administration for a fast-growing fintech startup. Requires 2-4+ years of HR experience with hands-on payroll expertise and strong compliance knowledge.

100k – 130k/yr
On-site2+ YOEPeople Ops

About the role

Responsibilities

Compliance & Contracts

  • Draft, review, and coordinate hiring contracts and offers to ensure accuracy and compliance
  • Ensure all hiring, recordkeeping, and employee practices meet federal, state, and regulatory requirements
  • Maintain clean HR documentation and stay ahead of labor law updates
  • Support immigration, background checks, and other compliance workflows

Onboarding Excellence

  • Ensure new hires have everything they need on day one: contracts, systems, equipment, and a clear path to ramping up
  • Partner with managers to create structured onboarding plans that set people up for success

Benefits & Employee Support

  • Administer benefits programs (healthcare, retirement, leave, perks) and be the go-to resource for employee questions
  • Work with leadership to review and improve offerings as we scale

Payroll & Systems

  • Own and run payroll end-to-end, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance across all employee types
  • Manage HR tools and keep data accurate
  • Identify opportunities for automation and process improvements across HR workflows
  • Support reporting and other core People Ops tasks
  • Update and maintain job boards, ensuring postings are current, compliant, and reflective of our brand

Requirements

  • 2–4+ years in HR, People Ops, or a related field
  • Hands-on payroll experience — you've run it before and know how to do it right
  • Familiarity with employment laws, compliance, and HR best practices
  • Strong organizational and communication skills; detail-obsessed but also people-oriented
  • Adaptability, resourcefulness, and a builder's mindset — you like creating processes that actually work

Skills

Payroll AdministrationHr ComplianceEmployment LawOnboarding ProcessesBenefits AdministrationHris SystemsProcess AutomationRecordkeepingImmigration SupportBackground Checks

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