Job Opportunity: HR Generalist (Canada) – Rippling

Job Description

Location: Canada (Remote)
Salary Range: 70,000 – 115,500 CAD per year
Employment Type: Full-time

About Rippling

Rippling is a unified platform that combines HR, IT, and Finance operations for businesses. It allows companies to manage the entire employee lifecycle—from hiring to offboarding—through a single system, including payroll, benefits, devices, and third-party applications like Slack and Microsoft 365.

Based in San Francisco, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from top investors and was recognized as one of America’s Best Startup Employers by Forbes.

Rippling also operates as an Employer of Record (EOR), enabling companies to legally hire employees globally without establishing a local entity.

Role Overview: HR Generalist (HR Advisor)

As an HR Generalist / HR Advisor, you will support Rippling’s EOR services in Canada, helping companies hire, manage, and transition employees while ensuring compliance with local labor laws. This role involves advising clients, handling employee relations, claims, and payroll, and improving workflows for hiring, onboarding, and offboarding.

You will also act as a Power of Attorney (POA) for supported legal entities, ensuring compliance with local employment regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Policy & Procedure Development: Draft and implement SOPs and policies for leave management, performance management, terminations, investigations, claims, and grievance handling.
• Employee Relations & Risk Mitigation: Manage complex employee relations cases, including regulatory risk matters.
• Workflow & System Setup: Configure, test, and optimize HR workflows in collaboration with product, engineering, and compliance teams.
• Client & Employee Support: Respond to inquiries, create resources, and ensure accurate HR service delivery.
• Knowledge Transfer & Training: Coach internal HR Advisors on Canada-specific requirements.
• Process Optimization: Design scalable processes to improve HR service delivery.
• POA Responsibilities: Sign employee documentation and ensure local employment compliance.

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years in Canadian HR advisory, consulting, or internal HR roles; 3+ years in payroll administration.
• Knowledge: Deep understanding of Canadian labor laws, employment regulations, and cultural nuances, particularly British Columbia laws.
• Claims Management: Expertise in unemployment, disability/leave benefits, workers’ compensation, and grievance claims.
• Technical Skills: Super-user proficiency in HRIS platforms.
• Project Management: Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and time management.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written skills; client-focused.
• Languages: Professional working proficiency in English.
• Preferred: Experience in benefits/pension administration and multi-country HR support.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary: 70,000 – 115,500 CAD/year
• Remote-friendly, inclusive work environment
• Opportunity to work with innovative HR technology solutions
• Equal opportunity employer with commitment to diversity and accessibility