Human Resources Adviser London, England
Job description
About Us
Argentex Group is a global payment and currency risk management specialists, we offer bespoke services alongside market leading technology for businesses and financial institutions. Argentex is listed on the London Stock Exchange, with offices in the UK, the Netherlands and Australia.
Role Overview:
The scope of this position is to provide complete administrative support for the HR Department within Argentex across the full employee lifecycle. The HR Advisor will provide employee HR guidance as appropriate, referring any more complex situations to the HR Director. This role also has principal ownership of all payroll processes. The HR Advisor will be required to adopt a pro-active approach towards improving administrative processes, ensuring legal compliance with all HR reporting and record keeping etc and maintaining good employee relations.
The HR Advisor will support the HR Director with the day-to-day or long-term projects that they are working on. This will offer insight into different HR elements, processes and legislation, growing the post-holder’s skills, knowledge and behaviours within Human Resources.
There is a requirement that the post-holder will meet the changing needs of the business, re-prioritising as necessary and working closely with the HR Director and others within the supporting functions, such as Finance and Marketing to ensure an effective and high value service is provided to our employees.
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsibility for the full employee lifecycle administration, including on- and off-boarding, probationary reviews, etc. producing HR documentation, including employment contracts and changes to T&Cs letters and leaver letters, creating standard templates wherever possible.
- Have a comprehensive understanding of all HR policies and provide practical guidance and advice to managers and staff.
- Develop and maintain excellent relationships with all internal and external customers and suppliers, to ensure the provision of a first class service.
- Oversee HR onboarding of joiners and off boarding for leavers in accordance with Argentex policies and procedures.
- Own and deliver HR Induction training for all new joiners.
- Maintaining the HRIS (PeopleHR) and all electronic employee records, taking ownership of the completeness and accuracy of all recorded information.
- Oversee provision of all monthly payroll processing, liaising with both the internal and external parties required, including:
- Recording all payroll data in the HR system before cut off deadlines each month.
- Recording any additional required payroll data in change forms for transition to the payroll provider before cut off deadlines each month.
- Check draft payroll reports are correct prior to submission to the HR Director for approval.
- Manage pension and benefit administration and set up, including the monthly submission of all benefits data for all payrolls to the payroll provider for processing and responding to queries.
- Providing regular HR metrics, and management data as required.
- Monitoring and review of absence, advising line managers on appropriate action to be taken, ensuring compliance with policy and legislation.
- Ensuring annual appraisals are received for all employees, logging and filing documents as necessary, and other similar tasks.
- Contribute to HR initiatives and organisational development projects as directed by the HR Director.
Skills, Knowledge and Behaviours:
- CIPD qualified or a willingness to study for this qualification.
- Good standard of general education.
- Proven generalist experience in an HR function.
- Well organised with a keen eye for detail and the ability to complete tasks to a high standard, quickly and efficiently.
- Ability to work under pressure and multi-task, taking ownership of responsibilities and meeting deadlines.
- Proactive, solutions focused with a “can-do/will-do” ethos.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to deal diplomatically and assertively with a wide range of people.
- IT literate and proficient in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Friendly and enthusiastic personality.
- Ability to act with integrity and a high degree of confidentiality discretion and the ability to deal with confidential information.
- Is tactful, diplomatic and approachable, with the ability to deal assertively with a wide range of people.
- Has understanding and practical knowledge of employment law and best practice (demonstrated by a strong record of CPD)
- Is flexible and willing to learn.
- Enjoys working on their own and as part of a wider team.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £35,000.00-£45,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- On-site gym
- Private medical insurance
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Yearly bonus
Ability to commute/relocate:
- London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
