The Voleon Group

People Operations Specialist

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Berkeley, CA

Hybrid

90K-90K Annually

Mid level

Financial Services

The Role

The People Operations Specialist will streamline HR operations, maintain Workday systems, ensure compliance, and support employee life-cycle processes while improving HR efficiency.

Summary Generated by Built In

Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art AI and machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. For nearly two decades, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying AI/ML to investment management. We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future.

Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in artificial intelligence and machine learning research as well as highly experienced finance and technology professionals. The people who shape our company come from other backgrounds, including concert music performances, humanitarian aid, opera singing, sports writing, and BMX racing. You will be part of a team that loves to succeed together.

In addition to our enriching and collegial working environment, we offer highly competitive compensation and benefits packages, technology talks by our experts, a beautiful modern office, daily catered lunches, and more.

We’re looking for a People Operations Specialist to support and improve how our People systems and processes function behind the scenes. In this role, you’ll ensure that our day-to-day HR operations are efficient, accurate, and compliant while also driving improvements that help us scale and better support our employees. This role is ideal for someone who is detail-oriented, process-minded, and comfortable navigating both structure and ambiguity.

In this role, you will be part of a small, thoughtful People Ops team supporting a technically sophisticated and intellectually curious company. We care about doing things right—and doing them well—and we’re looking for someone who enjoys the operational backbone of making that happen.

Responsibilities

Support key HR processes across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, changes in employment status, and employee data management
Maintain and optimize our HRIS (Workday) ensuring data integrity and workflow efficiency
Coordinate with cross-functional teams (Finance, Legal, IT) to support employee changes and ensure alignment across systems
Maintain clear, up-to-date documentation of HR policies, SOPs, and FAQs
Support compliance activities such as EEO reporting, I-9 management and audit requests
Support annual HR cycles including benefits enrollment, performance reviews, compensation changes and engagement surveys
Continuously assess and refine HR operations to increase scalability, clarity and efficiency
Provide timely reporting and data analysis to support People related decisions
Manage administrative support for the People team
Assist with project-based People team initiatives

Requirements

2–5 years of experience in HR operations, people systems, or related roles
Hands-on experience using Workday HCM including report development
Meticulous attention to detail and a proactive approach process improvement
A problem-solving mindset with strong prioritization and multitasking abilities
Analytical capability to work with dataset— identify discrepancies, clean data, and interpret reports
Ability to thrive in both structured and dynamic environments
Strong written communication and documentation skills
Experience with workflow automation tools and HRIS platforms (Workday) is a required
A general understanding of compliance basics (e.g., FLSA, I-9s, employee classifications) is a plus
Ability to be onsite in the Berkeley Office three day per week

The base salary for this position is $90,000 in the location(s) of this posting. Individual salaries are determined through a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. Base salary does not include other forms of total compensation such as bonus compensation and other benefits. Our benefits package includes medical, dental and vision coverage, life and AD&D insurance, 20 days of paid time off, 9 sick days, and a 401(k) plan with a company match.

“Friends of Voleon” Candidate Referral Program

If you have a great candidate in mind for this role and would like to have the potential to earn $7,500 if your referred candidate is successfully hired and employed by The Voleon Group, please use this form to submit your referral. For more details regarding eligibility, terms and conditions please make sure to review the Voleon Referral Bonus Program.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.

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The Company

HQ: Berkeley, CA

169 Employees

Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

Founded in 2007 by two machine learning scientists, The Voleon Group is a quantitative hedge fund headquartered in Berkeley, CA. We are committed to solving large-scale financial prediction problems with statistical machine learning.

The Voleon Group combines an academic research culture with an emphasis on scalable architectures to deliver technology at the forefront of investment management. Many of our employees hold doctorates in statistics, computer science, and mathematics, among other quantitative disciplines.

Voleon's CEO holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford and previously founded and led a successful technology startup. Our Chief Investment Officer and Head of Research is Statistics faculty at UC Berkeley, where he earned his Ph.D. Voleon prides itself on cultivating an office environment that fosters creativity, collaboration, and open thinking. We are committed to excellence in all aspects of our research and operations, while maintaining a culture of intellectual curiosity and flexibility.

The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.