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Savvy Wealth · 18 hours ago

People Operations Lead

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$145K/yr - $175K/yr

6+ years exp

Savvy Wealth is a pioneering company in the wealth management industry, focused on modernizing financial advice through technology. As a People Operations Lead, you will play a crucial role in transitioning payroll and benefits in-house and enhancing the overall employee experience, ensuring that processes are seamless and aligned with the company's innovative platform.

Financial ServicesFinTechInformation TechnologyPersonal FinanceWealth Management

Responsibilities

Lead our PEO transition: Fully migrate payroll, benefits administration, and compliance from the PEO into our HRIS, ensuring a seamless cutover with zero pay errors and minimal employee disruption

Run payroll and benefits flawlessly: Own day-to-day administration, audits, and employee support across payroll, benefits, and compliance

Elevate onboarding: Manage and improve our onboarding program to ensure 100% of new hires are set up for success in their first 30 days

Keep us compliant & clear: Build and maintain people policies that are compliant, accessible, and easy to understand

Drive engagement: Support recognition and employee experience programs that make Savvy a place people are proud to work

Strengthen our infrastructure: Maintain accurate systems, reporting, and processes that scale with us as we grow

Qualification

People Operations experiencePayroll administrationBenefits administrationHRIS proficiencyPolicy writingService-mindedEmployee engagementDetail-orientedAdaptabilityProblem-solving

Required

You have 6+ years of experience in People Operations, HR Generalist, or similar roles in fast-paced, high-growth environments

You're hands-on with payroll and benefits administration, ideally in Rippling or similar HRIS

You know how to write clean, compliant policies and communicate them clearly to employees

You're process-oriented, detail-obsessed, and thrive on creating scalable systems

You're service-minded, approachable, and responsive — employees trust you to have answers

You're adaptable and love solving challenges in an environment where priorities shift quickly

Preferred

Experience leading a PEO to in-house payroll/benefits transition

Exposure to designing onboarding and recognition programs in a scaling company

Familiarity with multi-state payroll and compliance requirements

Experience with HR analytics or reporting to support decision-making

Benefits

Competitive salary and equity package

Unlimited PTO + paid company holidays

Access to holistic medical, dental, and vision plans

Company 401(k), Commuter, and HSA/FSA plans

NYC office in the heart of Manhattan

Lunch and snacks provided in the office

Access to virtual mental health care (Spring Health), vision related benefits (XP Health), and health concierge (Rightway) to help you find the right care

Access to counseling for stress management, dependent care, nutrition, fitness, legal, and financial issues (Guardian WorkLifeMatters EAP)