HR Specialist, Wattpad
Webtoon, 6 Month Contract
Salary pay range (USD): $25 - $30 an hour
Platform for sharing original writing
Open for applications
Platform for sharing original writing
1001+ employees
Open for applications
Salary pay range (USD): $25 - $30 an hour
1001+ employees
Company mission
Wattpad's mission is to create a world where everyone's story can be heard, and anyone can belong.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will be resourceful, detail-oriented, and adept at following administrative procedures to ensure smooth operations
- We’re looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, can manage multiple priorities with ease, and is highly organized
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
- 3+ years of experience in benefits administration, health insurance claims processing, payroll, onboarding, or related HR functions
- Knowledge of health benefits, fringe benefits, and payroll processes
- Strong attention to detail with a focus on accuracy
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Familiarity with ADP or similar HRIS platforms is highly preferred
What the job involves
- Please note that this is a temporary role (6 months, 40 hours/week)
- We are seeking a Temporary HR Specialist (6 months) to provide critical support across benefit administration, invoicing, payroll, and new hire orientation
- In this role, you will collaborate with both internal teams and external clients to ensure all processes are executed accurately and on time
- Ensure all new hires and full-time (FT) employees are enrolled in benefits within 30 days of their start date
- Strong communication skills and the ability to stay on top of tasks are essential for success in this role
- Regularly update and review employee profiles in ADP to ensure accurate benefit information
- Serve as the point of contact for employees with questions regarding benefit offerings
- Ensure benefit vendors are updated promptly with new hire information
- Process health insurance claim payments through both auto-debit and manual methods, ensuring timely and accurate transactions
- Reconcile claims and expenses in the internal finance system, including vendor registration updates, budget allocation to relevant vendors and codes, and processing payment requests
- Conduct end-of-month reconciliation for health insurance claims across affiliate companies, ensuring consistency and financial accuracy
- Provide invoice processing support for various HR-related expenses, including talent acquisition, audits, and payroll, ensuring accuracy and timely resolution
- Manage fringe benefit submissions, streamlining communication and approval workflows between employees, managers, and relevant stakeholders via email and Slack
- Respond to employee inquiries regarding fringe benefits, providing clear guidance on policy details and submission procedures
- Ensure the timely submission and processing of fringe benefit payments to employees, maintaining accuracy and efficiency
- Oversee bi-weekly timecard and Paid Time Off (PTO) request approvals to ensure accurate payroll processing
- Coordinate with People Partner Team to ensure all timecard exceptions and missing items are addressed
- Work closely with the payroll team to handle payroll-related calculations, retroactive payments, and communications with employees
- Manage and submit state tax notices, including payment reconciliations and tax rate updates, via ADPCompliance
- Conduct New Hire Orientation on a weekly basis according to the new hire schedule
- Review ADP profiles to ensure accuracy for exempt and non-exempt employees
- Present an overview of health and fringe benefits during orientation
- Provide guidance on HR Navigator for benefit enrollment and next steps
- Act as the primary point of contact for any benefit or fringe-related questions for new hires
Our take
Content is king and Wattpad has managed to create a platform that aggregates the most loved original writing content in the world, turning the traditional publishing industry on its head.
Where authors used to submit drafts to dozens of publishing houses in the hope of getting some eyeballs on their work, Wattpad opened up the process to millions of young authors by letting them easily submit their work, and fostering a community around their software that offers feedback and help.
The e-reading platform is now looking to double down on its strategy of taking its user-generated fiction and turning it into successful intellectual property upon which original series and movies can be based. However a significant challenge for Wattpad is in producing original, marketable content from its platform given the popularity of fanfiction, stories which are based on existing intellectual property.
Another challenge for Wattpad is the current economic conditions which have affected much of the tech sector and are not sparing digital publishing. Having shelved bold plans for the future it also laid off 15% of its workforce in March 2023. Having realigned for its current business needs however, it is now well placed to weather the current market downturn.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2018
$51m
LATE VC
Apr 2014
$46m
SERIES C
Total funding: $117.8m
Company benefits
- Full health benefits
- Career development & Mentorship opportunities
- RRSP matching
- Generous parental Leave top-up
- Flexible hours
- Regular hackathons
- Healthy snacks & drinks
- Your choice of hardware
- Monthly work-from-home allowance
- Beautiful offices in Toronto and Halifax
- Easy access to transit
Company HQ
St. Lawrence, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Allen lau
(CEO)Lau attended University of Toronto where he earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering followed by a master's in the same subject. Thereafter he briefly worked as a software engineer for Brightspark before founding his first notable company, Tira Wireless, a mobile development startup. He is also the co-founder of Two Small Fish Ventures, a fund that invests in Toronto and Waterloo-based early-stage internet companies with strong network effects.
Ivan Yuen
(CSO)Prior to Wattpad, Ivan co-founded FeedM8 and served as the company’s CTO. Before that he was one of the first employees of Tira Wireless, where he helped grow the technical team and developed new and emerging wireless technologies. Ivan graduated from the University of Waterloo with a degree in Computer Engineering and also earned an MBA from the Rotman School of Management.
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