HR Systems Specialist

GKN Aerospace; United Kingdom; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus 15%

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

25 days holiday

Income protection

Cycle To Work

Employee Assistance Programme

Virtual GP Clinic

Great working environment

Job summary

GKN Aerospace Careers is seeking a versatile HR Systems Specialist to support, maintain and continuously improve our global SAP SuccessFactors platform. This remote contract role focuses on Time Off and Document Generation / Storage while partnering with HR, IT and external providers to translate requirements into practical system solutions and protect data quality.

The role will be remote with travel about once a month and fully expensed. This advert closes on Tuesday 1st September 2026.

Qualifications

• At least three years of hands-on experience administering SAP SuccessFactors in a complex organisation.
• Experience with Employee Central Time Off configuration, calendars, work schedules and accruals.
• Experience with document management systems (OpenText / Doxis), including employee files and retention.
• Experience with business rules, workflows, permissions, data imports and testing in SuccessFactors.

Responsibilities

• Provide functional administration and support across SAP SuccessFactors.
• Act as primary HR Systems contact for Time Off and related processes.
• Support HR Document Management system.
• Configure and maintain system settings, rules, workflows and permissions.
• Partner with HR/process owners to understand business needs.
• Provide Tier 2/3 support and coordinate resolutions.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Stakeholder management

Testing & change management

User support capability

Independent working

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/IS/Business Admin

SAP SuccessFactors certification

Tools

SAP SuccessFactors

OpenText DMS

Job description

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Location: Remote, GB Birmingham, GB Bucharest, RO Papendrecht, NL Trollhattan, SE

Company: GKN Aerospace Careers

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

We are seeking a versatile and detail-oriented HR Systems Specialist to support, maintain and continuously improve our global SAP SuccessFactors platform.

This is a generalist role working across multiple SuccessFactors modules and end-to-end HR processes, with particular responsibility for Time Off and Document Generation / Storage. The role will partner with HR, IT, business stakeholders and external providers to translate requirements into practical system solutions, resolve issues, protect data quality and deliver an effective user experience.

The role is a remote contract, with travel expectations of around once a month - these are fully expensed.

Please note that this advert will close on Tuesday 1st September 2026.

What You'll Be Doing

• Provide functional administration and support across the SAP SuccessFactors platform, working flexibly across modules and HR processes according to business priorities.
• Act as the primary HR Systems contact for SuccessFactors Time Off, including time types, holiday calendars, work schedules, accrual rules, workflows, permissions and associated employee and manager processes.
• Support and administer HR Document Management system.
• Configure and maintain system settings, business rules, workflows, role-based permissions, notifications, templates and reference data.
• Partner with HR process owners and regional teams to understand business needs.
• Provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 support, investigating incidents, identifying root causes and coordinating resolution with internal teams, SAP and external partners.
• Support SuccessFactors releases, enhancements and projects through impact assessment, test preparation, execution, defect management and production deployment.
• Monitor system processes, data quality and user experience, recommending and implementing improvements that simplify HR service delivery.
• Maintain accurate configuration records, test evidence, process documentation, support guidance and user materials.
• Support user training, communications and change adoption for new or updated functionality.
• Ensure solutions and processes meet data privacy, security, audit and records-management requirements.

What You'll Bring - Essential

Success in this role comes from a combination of experience, expertise and a proactive approach. If you can demonstrate the following experience, we'd love to hear from you.

Experience

• At least three years of hands-on experience administering, configuring or supporting SAP SuccessFactors in a complex organisation.
• Practical experience with Employee Central Time Off, including configuration, troubleshooting and testing of time types, calendars, work schedules and accruals.
• Experience supporting a Document Management system (Opentext / Doxis), including employee files, access controls, document classification, retention and document workflows.
• Experience with business rules, workflows, role-based permissions, data imports and system testing in SuccessFactors.

Knowledge

• Broad functional knowledge of SuccessFactors and the ability to work across multiple modules and end-to-end HR processes.
• Strong understanding of HR data, data privacy, security and governance principles.

Skills

• Analytical thinking.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder management.
• Testing, change management and user-support capability.
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a global HRIS team.
• Strong logical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and follow issues through to resolution.

What You'll Bring - Desirable

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Systems, Business Administration or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• SAP SuccessFactors certification in Employee Central, Time Management or another relevant module.
• Experience with other SuccessFactors modules such as Recruiting, Onboarding, Performance and Goals, Compensation or Learning.
• Experience with SAP SuccessFactors Document Management Core by OpenText or another enterprise HR document-management solution.
• Experience working in a global, multi-country HR environment.

What We’ll Offer

Once you’re on board you’ll get the following perks and benefits:

• Competitive salary dependent on experience.
• Annual bonus of up to 15%
• Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we'll pay 1.5x your contribution (max 12%).
• Life Assurance 8 x salary.
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
• Income protection.
• Cycle To Work Scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family.
• A collaborative, dynamic working environment.

As well as a competitive package we’ll offer you a world of opportunity. We want to see your career fly! We’ll support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities. That’s the beauty of being part of a global business, once you’re on board you never know where you career journey may take you!

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We arethe place where human dreams, plus humanendeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.