HR Generalist

As an HR Generalist at ether.fi, you run HR operations across our four offices in the Cayman Islands, New York, Denver and Dubai. You manage everything from employment compliance and payroll to onboarding, benefits and employee engagement. Since our people function is being built now, you help shape the policies and processes the company scales on, working closely with Operations, Recruitment, Finance and Legal.

What you'll do

• Keep ether.fi compliant with employment law in the Cayman Islands, New York, Colorado and the UAE, working with Legal and external advisers
• Prepare and maintain employment contracts and templates for each location, in partnership with Legal and Recruitment
• Manage our Employer of Record partner for UAE hires, including visas and moves to Dubai
• Keep employee records accurate and give managers and leadership clear reporting on headcount and time away
• Take over from Recruitment once a candidate accepts, and guide them from offer to first day, managing work permits, visas, flights, temporary housing and relocation allowances
• Run onboarding for every new hire and use what you learn to improve the process
• Document core HR processes as clear, repeatable SOPs so the team works consistently as you scale
• Partner with Finance to run US payroll and the 401(k) program, and answer benefits questions for employees across all offices
• Keep benefits documentation current and look for ways to improve what you offer
• Run your pulse survey, analyze the results and turn them into actions agreed with leadership
• Plan company off-sites
• Run offboarding and exit interviews, and turn what you hear into changes

What you bring

• 4+ years in HR or People Operations, including at least 1 year as the main HR operator at a startup or scale-up
• Experience with employment law, contracts and benefits in more than one country
• Working knowledge of US employment requirements, including payroll, benefits administration and state-level rules
• Experience owning an HRIS and building your own reports
• Clear writing and the ability to turn a messy process into a simple SOP
• Good judgment with confidential and sensitive situations
• Comfort working across time zones

Nice to have

• Experience in crypto, fintech or another regulated financial business
• Experience managing an EOR relationship or sponsoring work visas
• Familiarity with Gusto, Betterment, Remote.com or Shapes
• A recognized HR qualification such as CIPD or SHRM

About ether.fi

ether.fi is a DeFi neo-bank with offices in the Cayman Islands, New York, Denver and Dubai. The app lets people save, spend and borrow with crypto, including through the ether.fi card, and the team is growing quickly.