Sr. HR specialist (Japanese bilingual）
JOB ID: 10875
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About the Job
Job Overview
Human Resources role in New York with a company in IT/Communications. Main responsibilities: Recruit, interview and complete process for new hires; Manage recruitment for professional and administrative openings, including creating a recruiting and interviewing strategy for each open position, writing/revising position job descriptions, managing staffing agencies, conducting screening interviews, composing offer letter and monitoring selection process through acceptance.
| Salary | Annual Salary：USD 65,000 〜 90,000 | Location | New York, NY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required Languages | Japanese | Employment Type | Full-time Employee |
Responsibilities
Description of Responsibilities
Hiring
•Recruit, interview and complete process for new hires.
•Manage recruitment for professional and administrative openings, including creating a recruiting and interviewing strategy for each open position, writing/revising position job descriptions, managing staffing agencies, conducting screening interviews, composing offer letter and monitoring selection process through acceptance.
•Handles back ground check
•Obtains working VISA with immigration lawyer if required.
Payroll
•Preparing payroll data and making arrangement with the payroll company with respect to the payroll processing including overtime calculation on federal and state law.
•Handles overall payroll - payroll deductions for health insurance, 401k and commuting benefits. Submits to payroll data to CPA for gross-up and data transfer to ADP.
•Unemployment responses to DOL
•Manage employee changes (process new hires, promotions, terminations and other staffing changes).•Obtains Trainee VISA with planning training program if required.
Employee Benefit
< 401 k >
•Handles 401K program, including monthly contribution tied up with payroll data.
•Preparation of forms and returns in compliance with IRS requirement.
•Annual review of 401k plan and program.
< Health Insurance >
•Maintains and updates employee information with Health Insurance providers
Labor Law Compliance
•Maintains compliance with federal, state and local labor laws, employment and benefits laws and regulations.
•Maintains and complies Labor law of Federal and States including exempt, non-exempt, minimum wage, overtime
•Handles FMLA, PFL, ACA accommodation request, disability claims- PFL, short and long-term disability
•Maintains Employee Handbook
•Create, compile and distribute communications, reports and presentations as needed.
Performance Review and Salary Review / Strategic Compensation
•Prepares, schedules, and conducts Annual Performance Review and Salary Review.
•Participates updating and upgrading HR system to attract, retain, and grow talented employees while aligning their behaviors and job performance with the organization's goals and objectives on Strategic Compensation.
HR Administration
•Schedules or conduct new employee orientations.
•Maintains employee information and data on HR system.
•Handles employment verification.
•Providing employment verification through phone, email, fax, and regular mail on a weekly basis.
•Handles international transfer employees from oversea group companies as new employees includes assisting setting up to live and work in the US, obtaining working VISA, assisting individual income tax filing.
•Conduct exit interviews and ensure that necessary employment termination paperwork is completed.
•Responsible for tracking, filing and sending out reminders for compliance training.
Reporting
This position reports to VP, Corporate Planning & Operation and /r CFO, COO. The other persons will be designated by President & CEO if necessary.
Requirements
Qualifications
•Bachelor’s degree is required. HR degree is preferable.
•5+ years of professional experience ideally working as HR specialist
•Proficiency in Japanese and English required
•Desire to learn and grow within the HR function, passionate about understanding HR process/systems and passionate about company culture building
Preferred
* HR degree is preferable.
Terms of Application
| Employment Type | Full-time Employee |
|---|---|
| Salary | Annual Salary：USD 65,000 〜 90,000 65-90K |
| Work Hours | Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm (1 hour lunch break) Work condition : Hybrid Work at the office : Remote = 50:50 |
| Required Languages | Japanese：Business Level |
| Insurance | Medical, dental, and vision insurance (100% coverage for employees, 80% coverage for dependents) |
| Employee Benefits | Medical Dental Vision -100% coverage for employees -80% coverage for employees' dependents 401K (3% matching will bel applied after 1 year from your employment) |
| Addendum | Working VISA support available |
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※ Please note that the application period may already be closed, so we will confirm the recruitment status before you apply.
Last Updated:2026/4/7
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Home to New York City (NYC), the "crossroads of the world," New York State is a place filled with energy and diversity. NYC draws people with big dreams from across the globe, and many North American headquarters for Japanese companies are concentrated here. The food culture is too rich to fully describe, but staples include bagels with cream cheese, thin-crust New York-style Pizza eaten folded, and rich New York Cheesecake. Authentic cuisine from every corner of the world is available throughout the city. Historically, this is where many immigrants entered the U.S. through Ellis Island, with the Statue of Liberty serving as their icon. The cultural richness, from Broadway musicals and the Metropolitan Museum of Art to Central Park, is world-class. On the other hand, a trip to Upstate New York reveals the Finger Lakes wineries, Niagara Falls, and the vast wilderness of the Adirondack Mountains, offering a perfect refresh from urban bustle. While it is a fiercely competitive society, it offers opportunities and encounters found nowhere else, making it an incredibly stimulating and attractive region for those who wish to grow.
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