People Business Partner

Meriton is a national team of experts driving HVAC innovation through a network of high-performing companies. From strategy and support to systems and solutions, we work behind the scenes to strengthen operations and build value—for our partners and our people. If you’re looking to make an impact, we’re glad you’re here. At Meriton, you’ll join a team that believes in big ideas, doing great work, and building careers that matter—every step of the way. Title : People Business Partner Location : Louisville, KY FLSA Status : Exempt Reports To : Director, People Strategy & Experience JOB PURPOSE This role acts as a strategic advisor to business leaders, aligning people strategies with organizational objectives to drive performance, engagement, and sustainable growth. The role leads the translation of enterprise HR strategy into business unit execution, providing expert guidance on workforce planning, organizational design, employee relations, and change management. By leveraging data-driven insights, building leadership capability, and partnering closely with Centers of Excellence, the People Business Partner ensures effective decision-making, strengthens organizational capability, and fosters a high-performing, compliant, and values-driven culture. RESPONSIBILITIES Compensation and Benefits Program Design Support the design and delivery of employee compensation structures and benefit programs; provide financial, market, and legal analysis and insights; draft internal management reports. Employee Engagement Deliver employee engagement activities and drafting materials to promote the actions taken by OPCO/business unit. Partners with other shared services functions to ensure messages are communicated effectively and accurately Employee Preboarding and Offboarding Contribute to the development of preboarding and/or offboarding processes to ensure that the employee experience is consistent with the organization's employer brand and values and meets all statutory requirements; prepare and maintain legally compliant document templates. Partners with leaders to manage specifics of offboarding and assist in the orientation of new hires. Delivering day 1 orientation sessions with new hires. Partners with shared services and presidents to build the new hire meeting schedule for the first week. Payroll Administration Oversees and provides back-up support for employee records, payroll issues, employee files and other administrative tasks. Stakeholder Engagement Contribute to stakeholder engagement by identifying stakeholders; by finding out their needs, issues, and concerns; and by reacting to these needs, issues, and concerns, arranging meetings and events and drafting supporting materials to promote understanding and commitment. Information and Business Advice Provide specialist advice on the interpretation and application of policies and procedures, resolving queries and issues and collaborating with relevant stakeholders on very complex or contentious issues to others. Full end to end resolution around the application of policies and procedures that come to them. Collaborates with COE where needed for support Operational Compliance Maintain and renew a deep knowledge and understanding of the organization's policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, and ensure own work adheres to required standards. Or identify, within the team, patterns of noncompliance with the organization's policies and procedures and with relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, taking appropriate action to report and resolve these and escalating issues as appropriate. Collaborates with COE where needed for support and ask questions on policies and procedures set at that level Policy Execution and Implementation Execute policies and procedures set by the COE at an OPCO/business unit level. Strategic Workforce Planning Deliver specified, complex analyses of external and internal information and analyses of complex resourcing…