HR Specialist (Payroll and Benefits)
Position Details
Our client is a leading food company operating in Bulgaria for more than 20 years to date. For their HR team in Sofia, they are looking to hire an experienced HR Professional with experience in Payroll and Benefits Administration.
The successful candidate will be accountable for all administrative activities covered by the HR department and for the execution of the following processes: HR administration, Payroll, Benefits administration, Time & Attendance, International Mobility Operations, Reporting, and HRIS implementation.
Job Responsibilities:
- Employee data management
- Coordinate with a Payroll outsourcing company to ensure a correct and timely payroll process
- Administration of leave & return to work documents
- Send time & attendance data to the Business Unit’s HRBP on a regular basis
- Support with international employee transitions in accordance with the internal International Mobility policy
- Perform Benefits administration activities and lead the communication with benefit system providers
- Support the Business to set up innovative and more efficient processes & tools
- Ensure country/local HR regulations are applied
- Govern relationship with vendors and manage contracts, POs, invoices, etc.
- Participate on external financial audits, prepare required documents and evidence
- Participate on the internal control flow for controls in the area of compensation, benefits, payroll, administration and international mobility
- Deliver HR metrics and reporting to the organisation (turnover, absenteeism, exit data, leavers management, benchmarks, etc.)
- Liaise with CBU/ CBS teams and employees and ensure correct data and documents exchange
- Juggle different priorities/ stakeholders across CBUs and ensure fairness
Job Requirements:
- Excellent knowledge of Bulgarian labour law
- Excellent knowledge of local laws, regulations and procedures governing payroll, compensation & benefits, and personal administration
- Experience in Payroll processing and employment contract management
- Experience in benefits, personnel administration, international mobility, and reporting (provisions, actuarial, etc.)
- Experience with project management related to the implementation of new HR systems and/or the onboarding of new Payroll and Benefits providers
- Experience working with an external payroll vendor
- Willingness to play a “hands-on” role with key projects
- Strong analytical skills and ability to make data driven decisions
- Capacity to manage and drive the agenda in a matrix organization
- Ability to handle confidential information
- Good communication skills
- Fluent in both written and spoken English
