Affiliates HR Specialist

About the role

The Affiliates HR Specialist ensures accurate, timely, and compliant delivery of core HR operational processes across assigned countries, supporting the International HR Team in standardisation and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities

• Manage day‑to‑day HR operations across the full employee lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, contractual changes, internal transfers, promotions, leave management and off‑boarding.
• Coordinate pre‑employment checks, welcome packs, document collection and signatures, and maintain employee training records.
• Administer local benefits, allowances, insurance plans and other employee programmes in the assigned countries.
• Support annual HR processes such as compensation reviews and group budget cycles through accurate data preparation and system updates.
• Manage end‑to‑end payroll operations, act as the main operational contact for internal stakeholders and external payroll providers, and support migration to a Global Payroll Provider.
• Create, update and maintain employee records in HR systems, especially SAP SuccessFactors, ensuring data accuracy and compliance with data‑protection requirements.
• Collaborate with the Affiliates HR Manager to implement HR policies, maintain audit‑ready personnel files, and support internal and external audits.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate HR admin and payroll processes, contributing to HR transformation initiatives and cross‑country projects.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, HR or a related field.
• 4–6 years of experience in an HR operations or generalist role with hands‑on exposure to core HR activities.
• Experience coordinating payroll input and working with external payroll or benefit providers.
• Good understanding of employee lifecycle administration, HR data management and document governance.
• Fluency in English; additional European language is a plus.

Required skills

• Proficiency with SAP SuccessFactors or similar HR Information Systems.
• Strong knowledge of payroll coordination and administration.
• Ability to perform data‑quality checks and reconcile information across multiple systems.