HR Operations Specialist

Jump Trading; Hong Kong Island; On-site; HKD 420,000 - 680,000; Full time

Job summary

Jump Trading Group in Hong Kong seeks an experienced HR Operations professional to manage APAC payroll, benefits, HRIS, and data integrity. You will partner with global People Operations to ensure accurate lifecycle processing and compliant processes.

You will drive process improvements, maintain employee handbooks, support Shanghai Hukou applications, and deliver proactive service across management levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with strong academic record and 3+ years in HR operations
• Familiarity with HR systems (Workday, Ultimate Software, PeopleSoft, Greenhouse)
• Solid benefits knowledge and ability to manage multiple programs simultaneously
• Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables and V-lookups
• Strong attention to detail and ability to prioritize tasks
• Technologically curious with interest in workflow automation
• Experience in process improvement and project management
• Able to communicate effectively with management at all levels
• Self-motivated, independent, and reliable in a fast-paced environment
• Growth mindset with willingness to learn across HR operations
• Collaborative team player with a positive attitude
• Reliable and predictable availability

Responsibilities

• End-to-End APAC Payroll Management in partnership with external vendors
• Benefits administration across APAC including queries, enrollments, and renewals
• HRIS management in Workday ensuring data integrity and lifecycle processing
• Support employee experience and lifecycle events including contract renewals and VOE
• Data audits and maintenance of personnel files; respond to HR inquiries
• Update regional employee handbooks and policies on Confluence
• Research and ensure compliance with employment and benefits laws
• Protect confidentiality of company information
• Support entrepreneurial initiatives to find new efficiencies
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

Education & Experience

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Self-motivation

Independent work

Growth mindset

Team player

Adaptability

Problem solving

Project management

Tech-savvy

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Workday

Ultimate Software

PeopleSoft

Greenhouse

Job description

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

What You'll Do:

• End-to-End APAC Payroll Management: Manage ongoing payroll operations across APAC in partnership with external vendors, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, compliance, and continuous process improvement to support an efficient employee experience.
• Benefits Administration: Support benefits administration across APAC, including employee queries, enrollments and changes, coordination with brokers and vendors, and annual renewals, while maintaining accurate records and a positive employee experience.
• HRIS Management: Manage HRIS transactions and employee data in Workday, ensuring accurate lifecycle processing, strong data integrity, effective downstream payroll support, and continuous improvement of HR processes and data flows.
• Employee Experience: Partner with the global people operations team to continuously improve the full employee lifecycle, managing key processes such as contract renewals, reference checks, VOE issuance, and support for Shanghai Hukou applications.
• Data Integrity & Audits: Conduct HR data audits, maintain physical personnel files (P-files), respond to general HR inquiries, and validate employee data within Workday.
• Policy Maintenance: Update regional employee handbooks on the Company Intranet (Confluence) as policies evolve.
• Compliance Research: Research and ensure compliance with employment and benefits laws and regulations.
• Confidentiality: Protect company information by maintaining strict confidentiality.
• Take entrepreneurship to identify opportunities where we can do things differently.
• Other duties as assigned or needed

Skills You'll Need:

• Education & Experience: Bachelor's degree in a related field with a strong academic record and at least 3 years in HR operations, payroll, benefits, or a related area.
• HRIS Knowledge: Familiarity with HR systems like Workday, Ultimate Software, PeopleSoft, or Greenhouse.
• Benefits Knowledge: Understanding of benefit plan principles and relevant laws.
• Excel Proficiency: Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables and V-lookups.
• Attention to Detail: Strong focus on accuracy and the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Tech-Savvy & Curious: Interest in workflow automation and a proactive approach to technology.
• Project Management Skills: Background in process improvement and project management.
• Adaptability & Problem Solving: Creative problem-solver with resilience to change, able to adapt to ad hoc situations.
• Communication Skills: Effective verbal and written communication skills, with experience working with various management levels and functions.
• Self-Motivated & Independent: Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects with minimal supervision.
• Growth-Oriented Mindset: A self-starter with intellectual curiosity, a desire to learn broadly across HR operations, and a willingness to gain diverse experiences within people operations.
• Team Spirit: A healthy sense of humor and enthusiasm for working collaboratively within the People Operations team.
• Reliable and predictable availability