At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead global HR operations and enhance payroll and benefits processes.
- Company: Dynamic international organisation in the energy sector.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid working, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Join a team focused on continuous improvement and organisational change.
- Why this job: Shape global HR practices during a transformative period and make a real impact.
- Qualifications: Extensive HR operations experience with strong international exposure.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 90000 £ per year.
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior HR Operations Manager to join a dynamic, internationally focused organisation during a period of significant transformation and growth. This is a senior individual contributor role (no direct reports initially), requiring a broad and deep understanding of HR operations across multiple geographies. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping and strengthening global HR practices, while ensuring operational excellence at a local level.
Key Responsibilities- HR Operations Leadership
- Provide global oversight of HR operations, establishing and embedding best practice frameworks and guidelines
- Partner with regional HR Business Partners to ensure consistency, compliance, and operational efficiency
- Lead the review, development, and documentation of global and local HR policies and processes
- UK HR Management
- End-to-end ownership of payroll and benefits for a UK employee population (~40 employees)
- Ensure compliance with all statutory requirements, including management of P11D reporting and director tax-related obligations
- Drive continuous improvement of payroll and benefits delivery, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
- Global Mobility & Secondments
- Manage and oversee a complex global mobility framework, including secondee HR management
- Liaise with external advisors and internal stakeholders to ensure compliance and smooth employee experience
- Change & Transformation
- Support a period of organisational change, including: Integration of approximately 40 employees from an international (Japan-based) team into a unified structure
- Potential establishment of a US employing entity
- Lead process mapping and operational enhancements across HR functions
- Contribute to a planned global benefits review project (target completion April 2027)
- Additional Scope
- Provide support to additional small payroll operations (including potential short-term oversight of international payrolls)
- Manage external vendors and advisors across payroll, tax, and benefits
- Proven experience in senior HR operations roles with a broad, hands-on remit
- Strong international HR exposure (experience covering UK, US, Japan highly desirable, but broader global experience equally valued)
- Deep understanding of payroll, benefits administration, and compliance requirements
- Experience managing or supporting global mobility and secondee populations
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in complex, evolving environments
- Highly self-sufficient, organised, and capable of managing competing priorities with minimal oversight
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence across geographies
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