HR Manager Operations EMEA (12 Month FTC)

Paramount; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global media company in London seeks an HR Operations leader to coordinate HR activities across multiple EMEA countries. The role requires managing a team and enhancing colleague experience through data-driven improvements. Candidates must have a strong background in HR processes, exceptional communication skills, and experience with HRIS platforms. The position offers competitive compensation and benefits in a vibrant workplace.

Benefits

Attractive compensation

Generous paid time off

Engagement events

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team within HR Operations.
• Demonstrated expertise in HR Processes and data quality.
• Ability to cultivate a high-performance culture.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate HR Administration, Master Data Management, and Compliance.
• Manage a team of HR professionals in the EMEA region.
• Deliver end-to-end HR activities associated with the employee life cycle.
• Handle operational issues and service failures.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication skills

Data analysis

Collaboration

Tools

HRIS SaaS Platform

Job description

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Is this the role for you?

Reporting into the EMEA Senior Director, this role is accountable for the coordination of HR Administration, Master Data Management and Compliance activities across circa 8 multi-language supported countries in EMEA (Poland, Hungary, Germany, France, Spain, Czech, Italy).

The position strives to foster a team environment that works together to provide exceptional service in alignment with established service parameters, governance, protocols, and service standards.

A key role within the HR Operations Team, leading a team of 8 HR professionals based in EMEA. Looking for a motivated leader to improve colleague experience and data quality through collaboration.

This role closely partners with colleagues at all levels across both the HR function (including Payroll, HR Data Management, Reward, People Development, Talent Acquisition, HRBPs and COEs) and the wider business. As such, the role requires a capable communicator who can spot opportunities to create global consistency and who is able to set clear expectations of both colleagues and partners.

What will you be doing?

• Delivery of end-to-end HR activities associated with the employee life cycle to optimum efficiency, payroll cut-offs and SLAs (Service Level Agreements),
• Anticipate and plan for peaks in workload using colleague engagement and pro‑active monitoring of volume metrics,
• Utilise colleague and partner feedback to find opportunities to improve our ways of working,
• Continuously strive to minimise key people dependencies through cross training and robust process definition,
• Make sure all weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual audits, compliance checks, and data cleansing activities are done and agreed remediations are implemented in a service management framework.
• Handle operational issues and service failures undertaking root cause analysis and remediation as required,
• Day to day line management of team members including but not limited to, onboarding, quarterly annual reviews, career conversations, performance conversations and quality measurement.
• Seek to enhance Tier 0 self‑service content to reduce the volumes of colleague queries and questions,
• Promote the correct and consistent usage of HR global policies, processes, and technologies,
• Work collaboratively with HR Specialist Manager and team responsible for Service Management, Change Projects, Training and Development and Subject Matter Expert in Local specialist HR Processes and Technology. Change projects include increase/change in Scope of service and Enhancements.
• Deputise for other members of the HR Operations Leadership team as required.

What are we looking for?

• Experience leading a team within HR Operations/ global business services environment underpinned by a tiered service delivery model.
• Ability to cultivate a high‑performance culture which is based on a foundation of collaboration and actively seeks to promote employee engagement.
• Ability to use data to inform priorities and focus on continuous improvement efforts.
• Possesses a highly developed desire to challenge the status quo with a natural inclination to ask "why".
• Demonstrated expertise in HR Processes, encompassing process mapping, process re‑engineering, developing desk top procedures, implementing service level agreements, and establishing suitable controls.
• Experience in building and maintaining strong working relationships with colleagues at different levels of the organisation.
• Solid verbal and written communication skills including the ability to use logic and data to influence decision making.
• Previous experience working with an HRIS SaaS Platform to maximise data quality.
• Experience delivering HR operations across multiple countries is essential.

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What We Offer:

• Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages. Check out our full list of benefits here: https://www.paramount.com/careers/benefits
• Generous paid time off.
• An exciting and fulfilling opportunity to be part of one of Paramount's most dynamic teams.
• Opportunities for both on‑site and virtual engagement events.
• Unique opportunities to make meaningful connections and build a vibrant community, both inside and outside the workplace.
• Explore life at Paramount: https://www.paramount.com/careers/life-at-paramount

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

At Paramount, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on‑screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. Paramount is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status.

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