HR & AR Compliance Associate (Entry Level)

Acorn Credentialing Solutions • Atlanta, GA

13d • Hybrid

About The Position

Acorn Credentialing Solutions is a healthcare SaaS company modernizing provider credentialing, enrollment, payer directory management, and compliance. We support health systems, payers, telehealth, behavioral health organizations, pharmacies, and other regulated markets with a platform designed for accuracy, speed, and audit-ready transparency.

We are growing quickly and are now building the people and compliance foundation to support our next stage of scale.

Acorn is seeking a hands-on HR & Compliance Manager to own day-to-day HR operations while coordinating key elements of our compliance program.

This role will:

Lead employee lifecycle processes (hiring, onboarding, offboarding, HR administration, HRIS, benefits coordination).

Run recruiting operations in partnership with the CEO and hiring managers.

Maintain HR and people-related compliance (policies, trainings, documentation).

Support SOC 2, HIPAA, and payer/partner due diligence from an HR/people and documentation perspective.

Own light-weight accounts receivable operations to ensure invoices are issued accurately and on time, payments are tracked and applied, and overdue balances are followed up through a consistent collections cadence in partnership with the CEO and/or outsourced accounting support.

This is a builder role. You will inherit some existing processes and documentation, but you will be expected to formalize, operationalize, and improve them.

Requirements

• 5–8+ years of experience in HR / People Operations, with ownership of: Onboarding/offboarding, HR administration/HRIS, Recruiting coordination/operations.
• Experience working in a SaaS, technology, or high-growth startup environment.
• Working knowledge of U.S. employment law and HR compliance.
• Demonstrated experience maintaining or supporting: HR policies and handbooks, and HR documentation needed for audits or due diligence.
• Strong process orientation; able to design, document, and improve workflows rather than just follow them.
• High integrity and discretion; comfortable handling sensitive and confidential information.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable working directly with executives and cross-functional teams.
• Operational experience supporting invoicing and accounts receivable workflows (invoice preparation, customer billing administration, payment tracking, and collections follow-up) in a services and/or SaaS environment.
• Comfort working with basic financial operational reports (AR aging, invoice registers) with strong attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, or similar compliance frameworks, particularly for people-related controls and evidence gathering.
• Prior experience in healthcare, healthtech, or other regulated industries.
• Experience setting up or optimizing HRIS and/or ATS tools in a growth-stage company.
• Prior involvement in building HR programs from early-stage to more mature operations (10–100+ employees).
• Experience partnering with outsourced accounting/bookkeeping resources and operating within basic internal controls (approvals, documentation, audit trail).

Responsibilities

• EMPLOYEE LIFECYCLE & PEOPLE OPERATIONS
• RECRUITING OPERATIONS
• HR POLICY, CULTURE & PERFORMANCE
• HR COMPLIANCE & EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES
• SECURITY, PRIVACY & REGULATORY COORDINATION
• PROCESS & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
• ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE & BILLING OPERATIONS

Benefits

• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience.
• Performance-based bonus opportunity.
• Health, dental, vision, and other standard benefits.
• A flexible, hybrid remote work environment in Atlanta and Delray Beach areas with a mission-driven team.  Additional remote options may be available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed