What You'll Do The HR Generalist supports the People Partner processes across Avalara’s US operations. You will provide administrative assistance to the People Partners, including employee status updates, change request submissions, reporting and termination process. You will report to a Senior Director of Human Resources working hybrid out of the Durham, NC area. (#LI-Hybrid) What Your Responsibilities Will Be As an HR Generalist, you will: · Lead projects and contributing to projects to support the People Partner team goals and plans. · Support the US People Partners in People change projects. · Ensure accurate data quality for audits and reporting. · Provide advice, guidance, and daily support to department managers to manage and resolve people issues (team changes, employee relations, performance management, talent reviews, change management plans), ensuring all actions conform to regulatory/ legislative requirements. · Assist the US People Partner team in implementing programs and policies throughout the businesses they support through communications planning, project management, data gathering and analysis. · Partner with COEs for issue resolutions, including employee relations, legal, and self-service through ServiceNow. · Provide procedure guidance to employees and management. · Maintain knowledge of federal and state employment law and compliance requirements. · Participate in improving HR processes. · Work with Employee Relations and serve as the primary liaison with business/areas on ER matters, such as performance issues, accommodations, policy violations, job eliminations, escalating up to Sr or Global People Partners. · Provide administrative and tactical support to the US People Partners. Partner with other areas of HR (total rewards, recruiting, TM/LD, HR Services) to improve processes and encourage collaboration. What You'll Need to be Successful · You have a Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field required. · You have Professional HR certification. · You have 3+ years of experience in a global organization. Experience with HR systems (HRIS, ATS). · You maintain strict confidentiality with sensitive information and documentation skills. · You work independently on a broad variety of projects establishing relationships within all levels of the Organization. How We'll Take Care of You Total Rewards In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses. Health & Wellness Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance. Inclusive culture and diversity Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship. Learn more about our benefits by region here: Avalara North America What You Need To Know About Avalara We’re Avalara. We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech. We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing nearly 40 billion customer API calls and over 5 million tax returns a year. Last year, we became a billion-dollar business, and our tribe expanded by a cool thousand people - there’s nearly 5,000 of us now. Our growth is real, and we’re not slowing down - not until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world. We’re bright, innovative and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. Ownership and achievement go hand in hand here. We instill passion in our people through the trust we place in them. We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too. We’re An Equal Opportunity Employer Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.