HR Operations Intern

About us

Many clients have been coming in since the firm opened in 1994. We share a building with a title company and a dentist.

About the role

The People Team is small and growing. You will help onboard new joiners, update policies, run surveys and keep records clean. You can work from home anywhere in the US. We have no office requirement. Few meetings, lots of written updates. Good written English matters here, since most updates are written.

Day to day

• Prepare offer letters, appointment letters and experience letters from templates
• Build simple HR dashboards in Excel: headcount, attrition, joining and exit trends
• Track attendance and leave data and flag gaps to managers before the payroll cut-off
• Run online engagement activities like virtual quizzes, birthday shoutouts and town hall polls
• Maintain employee records in the HRMS (Keka, Zoho People or BambooHR) and Google Sheets
• Support the payroll team with input sheets and document checks

Requirements

• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2026, 2027 or 2028
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Responsive on Slack or email during working hours
• Laptop with MS Office or Google Workspace and stable internet
• Basic understanding of HR functions from coursework: recruitment, onboarding, payroll, labour law
• Ability to keep employee information confidential
• Organised and comfortable with routine documentation work
• Clear written English for letters, emails and policy drafts

What you get out of it

• Exposure to employee engagement in a fully remote company
• How onboarding, attendance and payroll inputs connect to each other
• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion
• You will draft at least one policy that goes to the leadership team

Duration: 12 weeks

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $17.00 - $24.00 per hour

Perks

• Paid sick time
• Return offer opportunities
• Company laptop
• Learning and development stipend

Interview process: a phone call, a meeting with the hiring manager, and a final conversation with the team.

Duration: 12 weeks. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Waterbury Certified Public Accountants.