Manager, HRBP

WHO WE ARE:

Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. is not the traditional law firm. We think differently, we act differently and we are different. We are the largest minority and women owned law firm in the country. The firm is comprised of exceptional lawyers and staff who all have unique and different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and ideas to guide the firm to success and address our clients’ needs. Diversity is at our core and is the foundation of our success.

QPWB supports its staff with our dedicated training and resource center which is available at the time of hire and throughout employment with the firm. QPWB offers employees a professional and social environment where talented people with diverse backgrounds and skills come together to serve the interests of clients. The firm maintains a tightly integrated network of 55+ offices nationwide.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Manager, HR Business Partner (HRBP) serves as a strategic advisor to business leaders, aligning people strategies with organizational goals. This role balances employee relations expertise, compliance, and culture leadership to drive performance, engagement, and risk mitigation across the organization. You’ll manage the intersection of people and performance; guiding and coaching leaders through complex employee relations matters and best practices, and employees through questions, concerns, policies while ensuring a consistent, legally compliant employee experience across multiple jurisdictions.

This role supervises HRBP’s and Onboarding/Admin personnel. Ensuring workflows, case management processes, compliance protocols, and people operations are executed efficiently and consistently. The Manager, HRBP partners closely with attorneys, paralegals, corporate liaisons, and administrative teams to support people centric service delivery and ensure operational excellence within the employee life cycle. This is a hybrid role that requires supervision of on-site team members to ensure daily HR support and coverage.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist the Director, HR in a wide range of tasks such as employee relations, employment laws and regulations, pay and leave compliance, performance management, policy interpretation and guidance, and talent management.
• Serve as the primary managerial point of contact for employee relations issues, including disciplinary actions, investigations and conflict resolution.
• Provide guidance on leave management; FMLA, ADA, STD, state specific, and accommodations.
• Support audits, documentation, and reporting requirements (e.g., EEO, leave tracking).
• Mitigate risk through consistent application of policies and employment laws across jurisdictions.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws (multi-state environment).
• Partner on development and maintenance of employee handbooks, addendums, policies, frameworks and SOP’s.
• Manage the onboarding and offboarding functions to include new hire orientation, processes, asset provisioning and return in collaboration with IT, Operations and respective office management.
• Manage onboarding and offboarding compliance aspects, i.e., background checks, verifications, adverse actions, work authorizations, last pay, time off payouts, and related audit items.
• Ensure a seamless onboarding and offboarding experience to include cross collaboration with respective support teams; talent, hiring managers, corporate liaisons, IT, payroll, benefits, finance, accounting, training, and shared support services.
• Support HR projects such as HRIS implementations, process improvements, and culture initiatives.
• Support law clerk program, ad hoc events and projects related to hiring, employee engagement, and community events.
• Drive adoption of new programs, tools, and processes across client groups.
• Use data and insights to inform decision-making and measure impact.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in business or HR Management preferred. SPHR or SHRM-SCP certification highly desired.
• Five to seven years of progressive leadership experience in human resources management and leading a team of HR support services.
• Experience in a law firm or professional services environment preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex workflows, full employee life cycle and high-volume employee relations processes.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications required (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams).
• Proficiency in HRIS/HCM/AI and case management systems highly desired.
• Must have good communication and organizational skills. Ability to interact effectively with all staff levels and able to influence others.
• Must be self-starter and take initiative. Ability to work independently.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage a function independently and exercise sound judgment with minimal supervision.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

This position is considered to be mostly sedentary and will require the employee to sit for extended periods of time. It will also require the employee to occasionally stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. They may engage in bending, stretching, reaching and other motions in the course of a working day. They will be engaged in using office equipment and computers. They may engage in lifting supplies and materials up to 20 pounds from time to time. While performing duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to see, talk and hear.

This job is located primarily in an indoor office environment with varying noise levels. There may be varying degrees of temperature. The employee may be interrupted from time to time.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed for this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and activities required of the position

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