HR Analyst £45 000 – £55 000
My Client is a financial services firm with an international presence and based in the City of London.
An opportunity has arisen for a detail-oriented HR Generalist with strong payroll coordination experience to support day-to-day HR operations and ensure accurate, timely payroll delivery. This role is a key point of contact for employee queries and supports the full employee lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding.
Key Responsibilities
Payroll & Compensation
- Coordinate global payroll for ~130 employees across multiple regions
- Liaise with external payroll providers to ensure accurate, timely processing
- Reconcile payroll with Finance and support reporting and audits
- Support annual salary reviews, bonus processes, and compensation analysis
- Maintain HR systems and compensation data accuracy
- Assist with regulatory reporting and compensation communications
Benefits & HR Administration
- Administer employee benefits (enrolment, renewals, billing checks)
- Maintain accurate employee records and ensure compliance
- Act as first point of contact for HR policies and queries
- Track leave/PTO and support general HR activities
Recruitment Support
- Coordinate interviews and candidate logistics
- Maintain ATS and manage candidate communications
- Support pre-boarding, background checks, and onboarding
Analytics & Reporting
- Produce HR reports on headcount, retention, and costs
- Analyse data to support business decisions
- Maintain organisational charts and ad hoc reporting
Requirements
- 2.1 Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Accounting, or similar
- 2+ years’ HR/payroll experience in the Financial Services or Legal Sectors
- Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, reporting)
- Experience with HR systems (e.g. BambooHR, ADP, Greenhouse) desirable
- Analytical, organised, and detail-focused
- Ability to handle confidential information with integrity
- Strong communication skills and ability to work independently and in a team
Experience with global payroll (UK, US, Canada, Singapore) is an advantage.
There is no visa sponsorship for this position.
Ideally this will be 5 days in the office and 1 day wfh although for the strongest candidates, 4:1 may be accepted.
Unfortunately I’ll not be able answer every application, especially those from outside financial services or the legal sector.
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