About the Role:
To help bring our mission to life, you will build, develop and streamline our internal extended workforce program with a focus on compliance, customer service, and vendor management. This is a strategic position that is critical to helping us scale and build for the long term. This role will be instrumental in the design, development, and scaling of the extended workforce program.
About the Team:
As part of the broader People team, you’ll be the second member of the HR Compliance Team, working closely with partners both on the People Team (HRIS, Employee Relations, Shared Services, etc.) and cross-functionally (Legal, Procurement, IT, Vendor Ops and Onboarding) to creatively problem solve while still controlling for risk and compliance.
Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:
- Ensure adherence with state and federal law as you scale Gusto’s Extended Workforce strategy and program to meet Gusto’s business needs
- Guide hiring managers, leaders and vendors to follow processes within our shared service model that align with our company values
- Assess, manage, and drive our vendor relationships to ensure we’ve got the right partners and level of service to support our growing needs. This includes coaching relevant partners on leveraging contingent workforce in talent strategy conversations
- Onboarding & offboarding coordination that includes classification support in partnership with hiring managers, Shared Service Teams, Legal and People Partners
- Partner with Gusto's CX organization and external vendor to support seasonal needs for extended workforce. Oversee vendor performance, SLAs and evaluate cost-effectiveness.
- Potential project work includes VMS implementation, refreshing Compliance Training for managers, and working with IT on improving the Onboarding program for extended workers
Here’s what we're looking for:
- 8-12 years of total professional experience within HR and/or Recruiting
- At least 5 years of direct program management experience with a focus on contingent workforce program management and/or development.
- You thrive in structuring programs, optimizing processes and developing frameworks that ensure compliance, efficiency and a seamless experience for hiring managers, vendors and contingent workers.
- You have strong understanding of classification requirements, contingent workforce laws and regulations, including 1099/IC compliance and the ability to work collaboratively with Employment Legal and HR Compliance in implementation
- A thorough understanding of end-to-end Payroll/Employer of Record, Statement of Work, Staffing, and Independent Contractor operations and processes
- Ability to work both independently and cross functionally to achieve business objectives with polished communication and enthusiasm for collaborating with others. You bring a “one team” mentality to the HR Compliance Team and lend support in other adjacent areas like policy work, regulatory reporting and auditing.
- You have demonstrated the ability to influence to achieve consensus, working both independently and cross functionally to achieve business objectives
- Ability to drive program level project initiatives that focus on consistency, transparency and support for our extended workforce population and assignment managers
- A keen eye for detail. You build processes with checks and balances to ensure the utmost accuracy
Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $136,000/yr to $160,000/yr in San Francisco. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location, experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.
