People And Culture Associate Manager

In 2010, we started making sun care products to protect ourselves, our families, and our friends from the damaging rays of the sun. Since then, we’ve grown and expanded into haircare, skincare, and lip care products, and even launched Baby Bum, our rad plant-based baby skincare line. Along the way, we’ve been building an amazing, like-minded global community of friends that encourage us and help us be better. Today, we are looking for a few more talented and passionate people to join our crew – not for the money or the awesome location to live and work, but for the opportunity to change the world a little with us.

SUMMARY

Based in Encinitas, CA and reporting to the Director of People & Culture, Business Partner the PxC Associate Manager is responsible for the support side of our People and Culture Business Partner team. This person will act as a generalist for everything People and Culture and be the backbone of the team by providing support in running Payroll, managing our benefits program, supporting our talent acquisition and more!!!

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

PAYROLL and BENEFITS

• Act as the payroll subject matter expert on the People and Culture team and point-person to resolve payroll-related issues.
• Support the total comp process as needed.
• Lead the quarterly and year-end review process to capture all taxable payments and ensure accurate W-2’s. Submit accurate + timely payroll-related filings.
• Manage payroll reconciliation + reporting, partnering with the accounting team on monthly, quarterly + annual payroll reporting + account reconciliations.
• Track accruals and monitor requests for sick + vacation balances.
• Process semi-monthly + weekly payrolls for 100+ multi-state exempt and non-exempt employees (US + AUS) including new hires, terminations, deductions, garnishments, direct deposits + fringe payments, expat taxes + payments.
• Manage the relationship + proactively partner with Paychex to resolve payroll issues and find ways to amplify tools + services.
• Other duties as reasonably assigned
• Support annual business planning + budgeting.
• Administer health benefits, 401(k), FSA, workers’ comp, as well as drive internal communication + education with internal partners.
• Track + provide clarity on variances between actual expenses + personnel plan/forecasts, as well as review audit benefit enrollment and invoicing.

TALENT ACQUISITION

• Phone Screens – After potential candidates have been identified by the PxC BP’s and hiring managers, support the team by conducting thorough and effective phone screens.
• Onboarding – support new hires through their onboarding journey from new hire paperwork, new hire journey in Skillsoft, benefits enrollment, etc…
• Partner with PxC Business Partners to support the talent acquisition process.

RECORDKEEPING

• OSHA – support the Director of PxC BP with efforts related to OSHA and act as the recordkeeper for our Safety Program.
• Employee recordkeeping – manage employee and compensation spreadsheet and files; keeping confidential records accurate and compliant.
• Provide timely support for audits, including but not limited to: financial, bank, 401k, workers comp, etc.
• Act as “admin” on our various systems.

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

• Focus on building relationships with every member of the team so that they feel safe, seen and heard when interacting with the People & Culture team.
• Maintain an open door for all employees.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Experience running payroll for an organization with 100+ employees.
• Experience in HR within the state of California.
• 5+ years of experience with at least 3 years in an HR role.

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to handle pressures of deadlines, diverse assignment loads and high work volumes.
• Ability to work well within a cross-functional team environment and diverse communities.
• Thrive in an intense, do-it-yourself, start-up environment.
• Good sense of humor and doesn’t take themself too seriously.

$$65,600-$86,500 is the salary range for this position. It represents a portion of the overall package, and there is flexibility based on the candidate's qualifications.