Graduate HR Generalist

Canonical; Brasil; Remote; BRL 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Canonical is seeking an HR Coordinator to provide global HR support across Brazil and other regions. You will answer employee questions about contracts, manage onboarding, and maintain HRIS accuracy.

You will drive cross‑functional HR projects and partner with managers to execute people strategies. The role involves processing new hires, benefits enrollment, payroll coordination, and audits to ensure GDPR compliance while delivering timely, accurate data and ensuring high confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Requires high school diploma and graduate studies.
• Internship in HR/People team is beneficial, ideally in tech.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage complex workloads, stay organized and work under pressure.
• Self-motivated with a focus on accuracy and confidentiality.
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times per year for internal events.
• Fluency or proficiency in Spanish and/or Portuguese is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR support by answering team members’ questions and requests regarding employment and contracts.
• Maintain HRIS with high accuracy and timely updates for changes and new joiners.
• Own global HR projects such as engagement, training or culture initiatives.
• Partner with managers and employees to support HR processes and people strategy.
• Serve as a global partner to leaders, managers and executives.
• Process new hires, including country onboarding docs and file creation.
• Coordinate benefits enrollment and payroll processing, ensuring timely, accurate data.
• Liaise with payroll to ensure smooth salary payments.
• Create internal purchase orders as needed.
• Conduct regular audits of employment files and systems for GDPR compliance.
• Identify process improvements to advance HR function.

Skills

HRIS management

Payroll coordination

Onboarding

Data privacy

Process improvement

Stakeholder management

Communication

Time management

Portuguese/Spanish

Education

High school diploma

Graduate studies

Tools

HRIS systems

Payroll software

MS Excel

Job description

The role entails the individual to: Provide HR support by answering team members’ questions and responding to requests regarding their employment and contracts, escalating when necessary. Requests may include information about the new starter process and onboarding, questions regarding global benefits, employment verifications, and other general inquiries. Maintain our HRIS, ensuring a high degree of accuracy and timeliness in processing all team member changes and new joiners. Owning global projects (e.g. engagement, training or culture initiatives) Partnering with the managers and employees - supporting HR processes and driving the people strategy for your areas of responsibility Working as a truly global partner to colleagues, especially leads, managers and executives Process new hires, including country-specific on-boarding documentation, creation of files, systems set-up, and coordination of introductory reviews. Provide support to employees for the enrollment and processing of benefits and the payroll process, ensuring monthly data is provided on time and is accurate. Liaise with payroll to guarantee smooth salary payments. Create purchase orders for internal departments. Provide administrative support to employees for the enrollment and processing of benefits. Conduct regular audits of employment files and systems to ensure they are up-to-date, accurate, and GDPR compliant. Continually work to better our processes, spotting areas we can improve to drive our function forward.

What we are looking for in you

• Track record of exceptional achievement from high school and graduate studies.
• Internship experience working in an HR/People team is beneficial, preferably in the Technology industry.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to prioritize complex workloads, manage time effectively and work well under pressure.
• Self-motivated and results-orientated with a clear focus on accuracy.
• High level of honesty, integrity, and ability to handle confidential data.
• Flexible attitude and easily adaptable to change.
• Willing to take the initiative and provide suggestions and ideas to contribute to the success of the role/team.
• Ambitious to grow your career within HR.
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events
• Fluent in Spanish and/or Portuguese a plus