Principal, HR Business Partner (HRBP)

When you join Accurate Background, you’re an integral part of making every hire the start of a success story. Your contributions will help us fulfill our mission of advancing the background screening experience through visibility and insights, empowering our clients to make smarter, unbiased decisions. Job Description: Accurate Background is a leading provider of compliant, automated workforce screening solutions. Leveraging proprietary technology and supervisor service, over 13,000 organizations trust us to mitigate risk, reduce costs, and deliver a positive candidate screening experience. When you join Accurate Background, you’re an integral part of making every hire the start of a success story. Your contributions will help us fulfill our mission of advancing the background screening experience through visibility and insights, empowering our clients to make smarter, unbiased decisions. **Job Summary** Reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer, the Principal HR Business Partner (HRBP) will serve as a senior strategic advisor to leaders across several global functional groups. This role is designed for a highly accountable, independent HRBP who thrives in ambiguity, builds trusted executive relationships, and turns business priorities into practical people strategies. The ideal candidate brings strong judgment, executive presence, a bias for action, and the confidence to lead work from problem identification through execution with limited direction. **Responsibilities** - Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership. Partner directly with senior leaders as a strategic thought partner, providing candid, data-driven counsel on people, organizational, and leadership decisions while confidently challenging perspectives when needed to drive stronger business outcomes. - Own the HRBP relationship for assigned global client groups with a high level of accountability, judgment, and follow-through. Anticipate needs, identify risks, surface opportunities, and proactively bring forward recommendations rather than waiting for direction. - Translate business priorities into integrated people strategies across organizational design, workforce planning, succession, performance, leadership effectiveness, engagement, and talent development. Ensure people decisions support Accurate’s growth, innovation, operational discipline, and market leadership. - Lead complex, high-impact initiatives from concept through execution, including organizational redesigns, leadership transitions, succession planning for critical roles, talent assessments, retention strategies, and change management efforts. Navigate ambiguity and influence outcomes without reliance on heavy process or structure. - Use data, insights, and business context to diagnose issues, frame options, and recommend practical solutions. Prepare clear reports and executive-ready presentations on critical topics such as attrition, engagement, compensation, organizational health, talent risk, and workforce trends. - Provide sound counsel on performance management, employee relations, risk assessment, leadership development, compensation, talent growth, and organizational effectiveness while balancing business needs, employee experience, and compliance considerations. - Partner with HR Centers of Excellence, including Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, Total Rewards, HR Operations, and Employee Experience, to deliver scalable, high-quality people solutions aligned with Accurate’s programs while tailoring approaches to the unique needs of the business. - Drive projects for identified areas of opportunity through completion, ensuring clear ownership, timely communication, measurable outcomes, and sustainable adoption. - Perform other related duties as assigned. **Qualifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related discipline preferred; equivalent experience will be considered. - Human resources certification is a plus. - 8–10+ years of progressive HR ex…