Senior HR Generalist

Wise May is currently recruiting for a Senior HR Generalist to join a fast growing Global Digital Transformation Leader to take responsibility for developing and ensuring consistency with HR practices and programmes across the employee lifecycle within different European countries. This is an exciting opportunity to join a scale-up, people-centric business, who prioritise collaboration, innovation and sustainability.

This is a full time, permanent position. Our client offers hybrid working and the hours are 9am-5.30pm, although some flexibility may be required.

Senior HR Generalist key duties and responsibilities

Partnering closely with the Regional People Services Manager and other People Services functions such as Operations, Compensation, Benefits, HRIS and external consultants to implement value added processes and initiatives that drive positive business outcomes in a scaling environment.

Support the management of employee relations cases, acting as a trusted advisor to employees and managers, escalating complex or high-risk matters to the Regional People Services Manager

Ensure a consistent approach in the management of employee relations cases with a focus on best practice, including the development of people leader training and the management of cases within Workday

Support key talent and performance management initiatives in partnership with the Regional People Services Manager

Proactively manage administration for multiple European countries across the employee lifecycle, including local employee benefits

Support key compliance activities including ongoing reviews and maintenance of Employee Handbooks and templates

Partner with People Services Operations to drive the continuous improvement and enhancement of Workday utilisation and configuration to improve consistency and efficiency of services

Proactively review people processes and identify opportunities for improvement to simplify processes, reduce manual work, and improve employee experience

Provide data for reporting and insights for dashboards

Contribute to wider People Services initiatives and cross-functional projects to support business priorities and continuous improvement

Senior HR Generalist key skills and experience required

Demonstrable experience working as a HR Generalist across the UK and Europe

Experience within a global organisation going through rapid scaling

Regional HR experience within Europe with a strong understanding of local employment laws and best practices

Experience working with a geographically dispersed workforce

Proficiency in workforce planning and salary benchmarking

Highly organised and detail-oriented with an ability to manage multiple priorities

Approachable and naturally collaborative, with a curiosity to learn

Excellent communication skills, with a proactive problem-solving approach

Comfortable with data analytics and leveraging data to make decisions

Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion

Fluency in English. Fluency in another European language would be advantageous (Spanish, Italian, German, Finnish)

A bachelor’s degree in Human Resources is preferred but not essential

Benefits

25 days annual leave and public holidays

32 paid volunteering hours per year

Salary sacrifice pension scheme

Employer paid private medical and dental cover for employees and dependants

Life assurance

Illness financial protection including critical illness cover and income protection

Employee referral bonus

This role is bonus eligible.