“Is 130k a reasonable rate for a Director of HR managing 60 employees and 20 contractors in behavioral healthcare? Need advice on HR costs in a small company.
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Depending on where you are I think $130k is good for someone doing all your HR and payroll. If you want her to due accounting as well that might be low for her to do alone.
Where are you?
you are getting a bargain. There is so much compliance that goes into behavioral health and then there are the employees. For better or worse you are more likely to have some issues– especially LOA for their own self-care. I’m in behavioral health in a midsized city making more than that. We are larger (just under 200 and growing) but I have an onboarding specialist, a training specialist, 2 recruiters and a payroll clerk currently.
Yah that’s a good bargain for you. And you hired her for HR not finance.
I think this is going to be a bit dependent on your hcol location.
>She asked to be switched to a contracted position
That said, is she an employee where you are paying benefits and taxes or an IC where she is covering those for herself?
In a VHCOL area, you’re getting a steal on the HR front alone. I am in a similar position to her (in terms of what she does, for multiple companies, though I have about 140 employees) in a LCOL area and make just under that, and I don’t do payroll.
I’m not sure why she was so adamant that she would be able to oversee the finance side of the business – was the expectation that she would oversee the Contractor, who would perform the finance work? Or that she would also perform the work?
What kind of accounting work is she expected to do, besides payroll?
Asking for an HR pro who is also an accounting/finance pro is a real magical unicorn and hard to find. I think what you are paying is reasonable for someone to be in charge of your HR and Payroll. Outsource your bookkeeping and you should be ok.
It sounds like you want her to do the job of three people. HR, Payroll, and Finance.
How many hours a week [do.you](http://do.you) expect this person to work. 60ish? Then 130k is a bargain. Eventually this person will realize she’s incredibly overworked for the pay, and when the market rebounds for HR pros, she’ll move on to greener pastures where running 3 entire functions would net her something like 180-200k min in a vhCOL metro.