EMEA HR Shared Services Specialist – Onboarding & Data

Language Matters Recruitment Consultants Ltd; Uxbridge; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12-month contract

Hybrid working

Onsite 3 days a week

Job summary

Language Matters Recruitment Consultants Ltd. is seeking an experienced HR Shared Services Specialist to support onboarding, HR data management, leave, exits, and benefits across a global organisation.

The role covers multiple EMEA markets, with onboarding and training provided. You will work closely with HR colleagues, Payroll and Legal, handling queries and complex cases within a modern Workday environment.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of HR Shared Services or HR Operations experience.
• Experience with Workday and a case management platform, ideally ServiceNow.
• Experience supporting onboarding, HR data, employee benefits, absence or exit administration.
• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables and lookup functions, with excellent attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Act as a first point of contact for employees, managers and HR colleagues, resolving queries relating to onboarding, leave, benefits, employee data, and HR policies.
• Manage HR cases through ServiceNow, escalating complex enquiries to HR, Payroll, Employee Relations, Legal and specialist teams when required.
• Process accurate Workday transactions, including new hires, transfers, promotions, compensation changes, absence, reporting-line changes and terminations.
• Coordinate onboarding, right-to-work checks, visas, work permits, background screening, leave, benefits and exit administration.
• Audit employee data, investigate discrepancies and contribute to process improvements, Workday testing, SOPs, and HR knowledge materials.

Skills

Workday

ServiceNow

Excel pivots

Onboarding

HR data

Stakeholder management

Education

HR qualification

Tools

Workday

ServiceNow

Job description

Language Matters Recruitment Consultants Ltd. is seeking an experienced HR Shared Services Specialist to support onboarding, HR data management, leave, exits, and benefits across a global organisation.

The role covers multiple EMEA markets, with onboarding and training provided. You will work closely with HR colleagues, Payroll and Legal, handling queries and complex cases within a modern Workday environment.