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People Operations & Payroll Coordinator (US)
Location: Remote (US) with bi-monthly in-person team days in Chicago, IL
Salary: $52,000 – $65,000
About the opportunity
Via is supporting a US-based organisation in their search for a People Operations & Payroll Coordinator.
The business supports a growing workforce across multiple states, with a strong focus on ensuring employees are paid correctly, onboarded smoothly, and supported throughout their time with the company.
As the organisation scales, they are strengthening their People Operations function to maintain accuracy, structure, and consistency across all people-related processes.
About the role
This is a People Operations & Payroll Coordinator role supporting the day-to-day running of HR, payroll, and employee lifecycle processes.
You will sit within the People team, helping ensure systems are accurate, payroll processes run smoothly, and employees have a positive experience across onboarding and ongoing support.
What you’ll be doing
- Supporting payroll coordination and preparation
- Maintaining HR systems and employee records
- Assisting with onboarding and offboarding processes
- Handling employee queries in a clear and professional way
- Supporting compliance and documentation processes
- Helping improve how people operations are delivered
What we’re looking for
We are looking for someone who is:
- Highly organised and detail-oriented
- Comfortable working with structured processes
- Reliable, calm, and consistent
- Good at handling sensitive information
- Interested in HR, payroll, or people operations
Helpful backgrounds:
- HR or admin support
- Payroll or finance administration
- Office coordination or operations support
- Early-career HR or business administration
Why this role
- Exposure to HR, payroll, and people operations
- Stable, structured environment with clear processes
- Opportunity to develop into HR or People Ops specialisms
- Broad visibility across the organisation
Fully remote across the US, with semi-regular (every 2 months) in-person team days in Chicago, Illinois (expenses paid).
This is a role for someone who enjoys structure, accuracy, and ensuring things run smoothly behind the scenes in a growing organisation.
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