The Manager of Human Resources will oversee core HR operations, collaborating with leadership to manage employee lifecycle, benefits, payroll, and compliance, with potential for strategic growth.
Meet the Company:
We are MERU. A values-driven, impact-oriented team dedicated to fixing companies. We provide advisory services and data analytics support to middle-market companies ($50M - $2B in annual sales), and our clients include private equity firms, credit funds, investment banks, and law firms. We bring deep turnaround experience, a group of veteran operators, and an incentive-aligned approach to any situation. MERU was founded by professionals from Alvarez & Marsal and McKinsey and has seen rapid growth in the eight-plus years since its founding.
The Manager, Human Resources, is responsible for the execution of core HR operations within a growing professional services firm. This role is intentionally scoped toward operational ownership and day-to-day administration, reflecting the firm’s current stage and near-term growth plans.
This individual will partner closely with leadership, Finance, Recruiting, and other People functions to ensure HR fundamentals—employee lifecycle operations, benefits, payroll coordination, compliance, systems, and immigration—are executed accurately, consistently, and on time.
While the initial scope is execution-heavy, this role offers room to expand into more strategic areas over time as the firm grows and infrastructure matures. This is an ideal role for an experienced HR professional who is comfortable rolling up their sleeves today and interested in growing their scope in the future.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree required
- HR certification preferred (PHR, SHRM-CP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP)
- 5–7 years of progressive HR experience, preferably within professional services or high-growth environments
- Demonstrated experience with HR administration, benefits, payroll coordination, and compliance
- Experience supporting employment-based immigration processes preferred
- Comfort operating in a lean environment with evolving structure
Core Competencies
- High attention to detail, organization, and follow-through
- Sound judgment and discretion when handling sensitive matters
- Practical, clear communicator who works effectively with leadership, Finance, Recruiting, and People partners
- Comfortable operating without extensive infrastructure; able to move initiatives/projects forward amid ambiguity
Potential Growth Areas:
As MERU continues to grow, this role may expand to include broader people initiatives such as:
- Increased ownership of onboarding programs (not part of the initial scope)
- Support for performance management cycles and assessment processes
- Workforce planning and staffing analytics
- Deeper partnership with leadership on people programs and infrastructure
The MERU Way & Valuing Our Team:
We're Partners, not consultants. When you join MERU, you will help our clients solve their most pressing problems, supported by a team of people who will challenge you, support you, and inspire you.
In order to be Partners, we don't silo people into just one functional area of the business, instead advancing our team's capabilities by providing training for every service that MERU offers. Additionally, we don't just focus on technical skills but also leadership style and soft skills, so MERU team members not only know what it means to manage a client engagement but to lead a team to success. In training team members to be well-rounded individuals, we can deliver an overall higher impact to clients, allowing the ability to gain experience in diligence, turnarounds, interim management, data science, and more.
To aid this career advancement and development, MERU provides an internal Coach to each team member in order to guide and maintain their professional development plan goals. Unlike most Firms, we actually focus on the achievement of those goals for each individual team member, providing opportunities that would not usually be offered.
Finally, MERU values personal time, only traveling when necessary in order to celebrate and respect your personal life. We believe that by encouraging and mandating balance, it will lead to happier and longer-tenured team members.
When you come to MERU, you come to further your career and maintain your entrepreneurial spirit, never losing sight of the desire to provide meaningful impact, solutions, and value to clients. Learn more about our colleagues’ core characteristics and culture here: https://wearemeru.com/meru-way/
Overview of MERU Service Offerings:
Performance Improvement:
Help companies identify and achieve their full potential by leveraging a value-focused approach to driving sustainable margin expansion impact. Services include MERU 360° Assessment, Transformation Plan Development, Chief Transformation Officer placement, Cash Cycle and Working Capital Optimization, and Implementation Performance Management.
Turnaround & Restructuring:
Partner with clients during uncertain times to help stabilize operations and rapidly triage the causes of financial distress, charting a path back to long-term sustainability. Services include Interim Management, Turnaround Plan Development and Execution, Liquidity Management, Stakeholder Negotiations, Strategic Alternatives Assessment, Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Case Management.
Transaction Services:
Partner with private equity firms across the investment lifecycle, from due diligence to portfolio value creation and exit planning. Services include Due Diligence, Pre-Close Planning, Post-Close Implementation, and Exit Planning.
Data Insights:
Work with companies at all stages of their digital transformation journey to automate reporting processes, build scalable data platforms, and leverage predictive analytics to transform data from a liability into an asset. Services include Data Discovery and Analysis, Data Prep and Integration, Self-Service Analytics, Data Visualization and Reporting, Data Science and Advanced Analytics, and Strategy Enablement.
Voluntary Inclusion
It is MERU’s policy to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, pregnancy, marital status, family status, religion, national origin, age or disability or any other non-merit based factor in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.
Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters
Please note that we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person, or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that MERU will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person, or entity.
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