Group HR Operations & Projects Lead

Pronel Personnel; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Pronel Personnel is seeking a seasoned Group HR Operations & Projects Lead in Cape Town to establish scalable HR infrastructure across a multinational group. You will implement and run a group HRIS, govern payroll for the SA head office, and lead remuneration benchmarking and job grading initiatives.

You will also drive policy governance, HR documentation standardisation, and cross‑jurisdictionHR processes in collaboration with Finance, Legal and regional teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of senior HR operations, HR administration, remuneration or workforce governance experience.
• Experience in a multinational or multi-country environment.
• Experience implementing or significantly improving an HR information system.
• Practical expertise in remuneration benchmarking, job grading or job evaluation.
• Strong experience managing employment records, contracts and HR policies across jurisdictions.
• Hands-on South African payroll processing experience.
• Strong project management, analytical and reporting capability, including advanced Excel.
• A relevant HR, commerce or business qualification, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the HR systems & data function, including implementation and administration of a group HRIS (e.g., BambooHR) to create a single source of truth for records, structures, remuneration, benefits and incentives.
• Oversee Contracts & HR documentation; standardise and centralise records while ensuring local compliance across jurisdictions.
• Coordinate remuneration cycles, lead benchmarking and implement a job grading framework to standardise titles, grades and bands.
• Drive HR policies & governance development, harmonisation and ongoing governance across the Group in collaboration with Finance, Legal and leadership.
• Own HR & payroll for South Africa Head Office, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality and timely delivery.
• Lead Integration & transformation workstreams from Rudholm and Bamatex projects, including benchmarking, job grading and policy harmonisation.

Skills

HR operations

multinational environment

HR information system

remuneration benchmarking

job grading

employment records management

payroll processing

advanced Excel

project management

Education

HR/business qualification

Tools

BambooHR

Job description

Build the structure. Set the standard. Make it happen.

Southern Suburbs: Cape Town | Multinational Organisation

Are you an experienced HR operations professional who thrives onbringing order to complexity, building scalable systems and turning strategy into action?

Our client is looking for a hands-onGroup HR Operations & Projects Leadto establish stronger HR infrastructure.

This is an opportunity toshape how HR operates across a multinational business— creating reliable systems, common standards and governance while working closely with senior leaders, Finance, Legal and regional HR teams.

What you’ll own

HR systems & data Lead the implementation and administration of a group HRIS such as BambooHR, creating a single source of truth for employee records, organisational structures, remuneration, benefits and incentives.

Contracts & HR documentation

Bring fragmented employment records and contracts into a secure, structured central repository, while coordinating standardisation and local compliance across jurisdictions.

Remuneration & job architecture Coordinate the annual remuneration and incentive cycles, lead remuneration benchmarking and implement a recognised job grading framework such as Paterson — creating greater consistency in roles, titles, grades and remuneration bands.

HR policies & governance Drive the development, harmonisation and ongoing governance of the Group's HR policy framework, working with Finance, Legal, HR and business leadership.

HR & payroll – South Africa Head Office Take hands-on responsibility for HR administration and monthly payroll for head office, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality and timely delivery.

Integration & transformation projects Lead defined HR workstreams arising from the Rudholm and Bamatex integration, including remuneration benchmarking, job grading and policy harmonisation.

What we would like to see in your profile:

• 10+ years'experience in senior HR operations, HR administration, remuneration or workforce governance.
• Proven experience in amultinational or multi-country environment.
• Experience implementing or significantly improving anHR information system.
• Practical expertise inremuneration benchmarking, job grading or job evaluation.
• Strong experience managing employment records, contracts and HR policies across jurisdictions.
• Hands-on South African payroll processingexperience.
• Strong project management, analytical and reporting capability, includingadvanced Excel.
• A relevant HR, commerce or business qualification, or equivalent experience.

If you are structured, influential, have commercial insight and are eager to build something meaningful, we want to hear from you.