Talent Mobility & Resource Specialist

Houlihan Lokey, Inc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global investment bank is looking for a Talent Mobility & Resource Specialist in London. This role involves supporting the Global Talent & Mobility Manager with international assignees and contingent workers. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of HR operations experience, strong analytical skills, and a firm understanding of global mobility compliance. You will collaborate with internal and external partners to ensure efficient processes. The position offers full-time hours in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Equal opportunity employer

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in global mobility or HR operations.
• Familiarity with compliance tracking and mobility compensation.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Excel.

Responsibilities

• Support Global Mobility Manager in delivering mobility services.
• Manage documentation for international assignees and contingent workers.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external vendors.

Skills

Global Mobility knowledge

Customer service orientation

Strong organization skills

Data analysis skills

Ability to work with diverse cultures

Excellent communication skills

Education

Relevant work experience in Global Mobility or HR

Tools

HRIS systems

Mobility management systems

Excel

Job description

Job Summary

Talent Mobility & Resource Specialist – London, UK – Full time

Requisition ID: R2911 | Business Unit: Human Capital Group | Industry: No Industry | Posted: Yesterday

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE: HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital solutions, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. Houlihan Lokey serves corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide with offices in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. Independent advice and intellectual rigor are hallmarks of the firm’s commitment to client success across its advisory services. The firm is the No. 1 investment bank for all global M&A transactions for the past two years, the No. 1 M&A advisor for the past 10 years in the U.S., the No. 1 global restructuring advisor for the past 11 years, and the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 25 years, all based on number of transactions and according to data provided by LSEG.

Scope

We are looking for an experienced Talent Mobility and Resource Specialist to join our Human Capital Group in London. In this role, you will support the Global Talent & Mobility Manager and Employment Tax Director with a variety of tasks related to international assignees, transferees, and contingent workers.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the Global Mobility Manager to deliver a high‑standard, tailored global mobility service that is efficient, responsive, cost‑effective, and thoughtful.
• Drafting transfer and assignment documentation.
• Updating and maintaining the company’s assignment management system to deliver a seamless service delivery to employees and internal stakeholders, including data management and efficient and accurate reporting.
• Collaborating closely with internal human capital groups to communicate case statuses and updates.
• Working closely with global third‑party vendors including tax, immigration and relocation vendors to ensure a seamless employee experience.
• Initiating immigration cases to immigration vendors for all new visas, visa renewals and terminations for all transferring and assigned employees.
• Ensuring that compliance requirements related to immigration are accurately tracked and reported on and ensuring data integrity in systems.
• Managing and tracking visa quota requirements for specific locations.
• Reviewing tax and immigration invoices and allocating for processing.
• Providing clean compensation data to stakeholder teams for processing of allowances, costs and other relocation related items for processing and reporting through modified payroll.
• Maintaining and refreshing documents related to global transfers and assignments.
• Coordinating UK business traveller returns in conjunction with tax vendor for review by the Employment Tax Director.
• Collaborating on projects connected to HR data cleaning, system testing, template reviews, and document management.
• Coordinating the Contingent Worker processes in the UK and EMEA: acting as the initial point of contact and coordination for internal stakeholder parties to ensure a compliant process is followed, appropriate departments are alerted and supporting documents are correctly stored.
• Ensuring that details of contingent workers are inputted into the HRIS accurately.
• Reviewing and making improvements to the process as appropriate, implementing compliance declaration procedures.
• Monitoring and tracking contingent workers and coordinating with internal stakeholders to process.
• Working with the talent team to ensure temporary agency terms are up to date and agreements are tracked.
• Coordinating EOR employee details with third‑party vendor, payroll, human capital operations, line managers and other internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Relevant work experience in a Global Mobility or HR operations role for at least 3 years.
• Familiarity with HRIS, mobility management systems and digital tools for tracking compliance.
• Awareness of global mobility compliance, particularly focused on global immigration, tax, social security, mobility compensation and risk management.
• High customer service understanding and orientation.
• Ability to build trust and rapport to develop productive and trusted relationships internally and externally.
• Strong organisation skills and proficiency in planning and tracking timelines.
• Strong Excel and data analytical skills.
• Ability to assess risks, interpret data, make informed decisions and remain calm and resilient during complex relocations.
• Eager to learn with an initiative‑taking mentality. Ability to anticipate issues before they arise and offer solutions.
• Interest or experience in working with diverse cultures. Demonstrated sensitivity to cultural differences and ability to support people adapting to change.
• Experience with working with and managing external vendors and delivery of services.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Additional language capability is beneficial.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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