Remote Senior HR Specialist

Summary

Join our team as a Senior Human Resources Specialist and support professionals in the UK, Ireland, and wider EMEA region with HR, accounting, and legal services. You will be responsible for onboarding new hires, managing client queries, and providing leadership and expertise for HR functions.

Requirements

• BS/BA Degree or higher in Human Resources, International Business, Accounting, Law, or other depending on experience
• 6-8 years Human Resources experience
• Solid working knowledge and familiarity with HR concepts, practices, procedures, and employment laws in UK&I - wider EMEA exposure is beneficial
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Experience interacting with people internationally
• Willingness to work flexible hours across time zones, as required for international business
• Technical fluency
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience with Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and SharePoint
• Excellent project management skills
• 5 years of Stakeholder Management experience
• 2 years of working with Transformation & Transition
• Experience liaising with and coordinating multiple team members to drive toward a goal
• Account management experience and Customer Service oriented, highly professional and a great attitude
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Highly organized and capable of multi-tasking

Responsibilities

• Support the onboarding of new hires in EMEA, including payroll setup and benefit enrollments as required
• Managing questions related to payroll, expense reports and other HR functions for our global employees on behalf of our clients
• Managing local accountants, benefits brokers, HR advisors and other partners
• Maintaining meticulous client records in our online portal
• Responding to client queries and advising on benefits, international payroll queries and other client matters that invariably arise for clients hiring internationally
• Manage client relationships in conjunction with members of the client services team
• Negotiating with potential new clients and existing clients expanding into new countries across EMEA
• Provide leadership, direction and expertise for the full scope for HR functions
• Coach and lead professionals and clients to make them and their business more productive and successful ensuring an effective HR strategy to support the business goals
• Ability to handle and negotiate both simple and more complex end-of-employment situations, driving resolution of issues in collaboration with Legal partners
• Work with client and operations teams to identify and manage service improvement activities
• Be the escalation point for all related queries from team members in EMEA Region