Senior HRIS Specialist

About This Role

Owning the company's Rippling HRIS platform is the core of this role, especially during a critical growth phase. The Senior HRIS Specialist will be the Rippling expert, advising HR, Finance, and leadership on platform configuration, optimization, reporting, and data-driven HR insights. This technical, systems-focused role bridges HR business needs with Rippling platform capabilities, ensuring accurate employee data, seamless integrations, and actionable analytics across various functions as the company scales rapidly.

Responsibilities

• Own Rippling platform administration: configure and optimize for ACS’s needs, manage user access and permissions, maintain workflows and automations across payroll, benefits, onboarding, and offboarding, and stay current on feature updates
• Own employee data accuracy and integrity; manage master data including demographics, org structure, compensation, and employment status; conduct regular audits and maintain data governance standards and validation rules
• Manage Rippling integrations with Ashby, time tracking, expense management, benefits vendors, and other external systems; develop automated data workflows to reduce manual entry; monitor integration health and troubleshoot sync issues
• Design and build Rippling reports and dashboards for leadership and managers covering headcount, turnover, hiring pipeline, compensation, and org structure; support strategic HR planning with data analysis and present insights and recommendations to leadership
• Ensure Rippling configurations meet compliance requirements (HIPAA, ADA, I-9, data privacy); maintain data security and access controls; support audit documentation; respond to employee and manager Rippling questions and provide ongoing training and support to all users

Requirements

• 5+ years of HRIS administration experience, including at least 2 years at a senior or specialist level managing an HRIS platform
• Strong understanding of HRIS workflows, automations, integrations, and reporting; experience managing data integrity, org charts, employee records, and master data
• Proficiency with reporting and dashboard creation; experience configuring HRIS integrations with external systems including recruiting, time tracking, and benefits providers
• Understanding of HR processes and compliance requirements (ADA, HIPAA, I-9, wage/hour, data privacy); ability to work with both HR business users and technical IT or vendor partners
• Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills; ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive employee data with professionalism

Nice to have:

• Direct Rippling experience; Rippling certification or Rippling expert badge holder strongly preferred
• Experience implementing HRIS at a startup or high-growth company scaling from 50 to 500+ employees