People Operations Associate - Philippines

About Flagright:

Flagright is an AI operating system for financial crime compliance used globally by Fortune 500 companies, large banks, fintechs, and fast growing startups. Flagright enables real-time risk detection, automated investigations, and intelligent decisioning, helping compliance teams operate at their full potential in the fight against financial crime.

We operate as a lean, high-performance team with high individual ownership and direct access to leadership.

Role overview:

We are looking for a People Operations Associate to support the administration of the employee lifecycle across the company. This role will assist with onboarding, offboarding, payroll coordination, commission tracking, and HR operations, ensuring internal people processes remain organized, accurate, and efficient.

You will work closely with Operations, Legal, Finance, and leadership teams to maintain employee records, payroll inputs, and operational workflows across a global team.

Given the nature of the work, the role requires a high level of integrity, discretion, and strict confidentiality, particularly when handling employee information, payroll data, and compensation records.

People who thrive at Flagright:

• Take ownership and operate with urgency

• Are resourceful and solution-oriented

• Learn quickly and adapt to changing priorities

• Have strong opinions and can defend them

• Want to work with no-BS people building something important

People who struggle here:

• Need extensive hand-holding

• View high expectations as “unreasonable”

• Actually prioritize work-life balance

• Can’t handle ambiguity

• Prefer consistent routine over fast-changing priorities

Key responsibilities:

Employee Onboarding

• Coordinate onboarding of new hires across multiple jurisdictions

• Prepare onboarding documentation and ensure required forms are completed

• Set up employee profiles in HR and payroll systems

• Coordinate creation of employee work accounts and system access

• Maintain onboarding checklists and documentation

Employee Offboarding

• Manage offboarding procedures and documentation

• Coordinate final payroll calculations including unused leave and final settlements

• Ensure timely revocation of system access and completion of offboarding records

Payroll Coordination

• Prepare payroll inputs for monthly payroll processing

• Coordinate with global payroll providers such as Deel, Rippling, Vensure, or similar platforms

• Track compensation changes including salary adjustments, bonuses, and allowances

• Review payroll summaries for accuracy and maintain payroll documentation

Commission & Sales Incentive Tracking

• Track and calculate sales commissions tied to closed deals

• Maintain commission tracking spreadsheets and internal records

• Coordinate with Sales and Finance teams to verify deal information used for commission calculations

• Ensure commissions are accurately reflected in payroll payouts

HR Records Management

• Maintain employee records and internal HR documentation

• Update employee information including compensation changes, role updates, and location changes

• Ensure HR records remain organized and accurate

Process Documentation

• Maintain internal workflows and checklists for onboarding, payroll, and offboarding processes

• Support improvements to People Operations processes and documentation

Who we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field

• 3+ years of experience in HR operations, people operations, payroll administration

• Strong proficiency in Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel

• Strong organizational and documentation skills

• High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple operational tasks

• Ability to handle confidential employee and company information with strict discretion and integrity

• Experience working on HR topics for US-based employees

• Candidates based in the Philippines are preferred

Preferred skills

• Experience supporting global payroll or distributed teams

• Experience coordinating payroll inputs or compensation tracking

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation, commensurate with experience

• Work with a global fintech infrastructure company

• Gain exposure to international HR operations and global payroll processes

• High-bar environment focused on execution, learning, and continuous improvement

• Get equity from day 1 at a Y Combinator startup

• Work alongside a highly competent, top-tier team, including professionals from Y Combinator, ex AWS, and Palantir

• Enjoy a low-bureaucracy environment, minimal meetings, and an asynchronous communications culture

• Great career development opportunities in a fast-growing early-stage startup