Senior HR Operations Specialist

Expenti; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Private pension

Free language classes

Job summary

Expenti is seeking a UK-based People Operations lead in London to own payroll, benefits and policy across the employee lifecycle. You will report into the Head of People & Workplace and collaborate with Finance and the external provider to ensure payroll is accurate, compliant and delivered on time while upholding tax and employment-law standards.

You’ll also support the London Workplace team, help shape HR policies, manage the HiBob HRIS data and reporting, and contribute to engagement,

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of UK payroll and employment law.
• Experience delivering end-to-end HR processes across onboarding to offboarding.
• Hands-on experience with HRIS data management and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly UK payroll and benefits administration.
• Maintain UK employment policy, handbook and compliance.
• Manage onboarding, offboarding and employee lifecycle activities.
• Support policy creation, HR reporting and data integrity in HiBob.
• Provide UK People team support and guidance to employees.

Skills

UK payroll

Employment law

HRIS HiBob

Reporting

Tools

HiBob

Job description

You'll be the go-to expert for UK People Operations at Expenti - owning a smooth, supportive experience across the whole employee lifecycle, from onboarding to payroll to policy, reporting into, and working within the strategy and priorities set by the Head of People & Workplace.

Alongside that, you'll lend your organizational sharpness to the Workplace team in the London office when needed - a smaller but genuinely valued part of the role.

Key Responsibilities

Payroll & Benefits

• Own and run monthly UK payroll accurately and on time, with the external provider and Finance.

• Manage and issue P60 and P11D reporting.

• Manage and administer all benefits, including enrolments, changes, cancellations and joiner/leaver registration.

• Maintain an evolving knowledge and understanding UK employment law, payroll and tax.

People Operations

• Own the day-to-day running of critical UK people-operations processes, keeping them accurate, compliant and on time.

• Deliver a smooth, supportive people-operations experience across the end-to-end UK employee lifecycle.

• Act as the key UK People team contact, providing empathetic guidance to employees.

• Maintain compliance with UK employment legislation.

• Support the creation and review of HR policies and maintenance of the Employee Handbook.

• Contribute to engagement and wellbeing initiatives.

• Support performance-review cycles, development planning and talent initiatives.

• Support employee onboarding, offboarding, terminations, settlement agreements, entity migrations and subrogations.

Systems & Reporting

• Own and maintain the HRIS (HiBob) for UK employees, with accurate data.

• Support HRIS optimisation, reporting and process improvements for UK data, in partnership with the HiBob system owner.

Workplace support

• Support the Workplace team in the London office with WP tasks when needed.

• Support the delivery of company events and employee-experience initiatives in the London office.

What you'll bring

Autonomy, ownership and sound judgement; exceptional attention to detail and prioritisation; expertise in UK payroll, tax and employment law; HRIS (HiBob) administration; process improvement and reporting; AI adoption; a flexible, hands-on attitude to support the London workplace when needed; empathy and discretion with confidential information.

What's in it for you

• Inspiring and fulfilling work at the innovative, value-driven global company that uses cutting-edge tech.

• Global work experience in agile methodology.

• International, friendly and inclusive multi-cultural environment

• Attractive salary and flexible benefits package (i.e. medical insurance, private pension scheme, free language classes).

• Flexible working hours and ways of working, well-being programs, learning and growth opportunities every day.

• Flexibility of working from home or in the office to stay both safe and collaborative (2 office days a week)