HR Operations & Payroll Advisor

HR Operations & Payroll Advisor

Meet Unit
4. With over 40 years of heritage, we're an agile, fast growing, Cloud company that is on a mission to redefine Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for mid-market people-centric organisations.

With our innovative, self-driving, adaptive and intuitive software, our customers can spend more time on meaningful high-value work.

At the heart of what we do lies a simple yet profound purpose:
Improve how people work by focusing on what truly matters. — A powerful statement that enables different priorities for different people.

We're shaping how work should feel, and we empower our people by providing them with the right tools to achieve the autonomy they need - it's what makes us unique.

The People Experience Advisory (PXA) team supports around 2,300 employees across 22 countries and 28 legal entities — managing payroll, HR operations, compliance, and employee lifecycle for a genuinely global workforce.

We are hiring a HR Ops & Payroll Advisor (12-month contract). You'll manage payroll inputs and outputs with our external vendors, handle statutory compliance, and own the HR operations side of the employee lifecycle for your regions.

What you'll own:

• Manage end-to-end payroll inputs and outputs for at least 3 regions in partnership with our external payroll vendors
• Own input validation, GTN analysis, reconciliations, and post-payroll checks for your regions
• Analyse and action correspondence from government and tax authorities
• Manage statutory filings and compliance deadlines across both regions
• Identify, escalate, and follow through on vendor errors; manage corrections and off-cycle runs as needed
• Monitor and flag legislative changes that impact payroll processing
• Own the employee lifecycle for your regions: employment contracts, amendments, onboarding documentation, promotions, time and attendance, and offboarding
• Maintain accurate HR data in the HRIS across all employee changes
• Handle employee and manager requests via our Service Now case management platform within agreed SLAs
• Ensure HR compliance with local employment law requirements
• Partner with Local People Experience Consultants on people processes and employee experience matters
• Support cross-training and knowledge-sharing initiatives
• Maintain and improve SOPs, process documentation, and the knowledge base
• Use AI tools as part of your day-to-day — we actively encourage it and track the impact

Experience

• 2–4 years in Payroll, HR, or both
• Multi-country or multi-entity HR and payroll experience
• Employee lifecycle processes: onboarding, job changes, offboarding, time & attendance
• Exposure to statutory filings or government compliance in at least one jurisdiction
• Used to working with SLAs and case/query management

Systems & tools

• Enterprise HRIS proficiency (Unit4, Workday, SAP, or similar)
• Comfortable in payroll platforms — understands input/output logic
• Comfortable with ticketing tools
• Proficient in Excel or quick learner
• Able to write clear SOPs and process documentation
• Actively uses AI tools in daily work

Soft skills

• Knows when to solve and when to escalate
• Stays steady under pressure
• Resilient through change
• Works independently once up to speed
• Professional but warm
• Communicates with clarity
• Organised and self-directed
• Genuinely excited about AI
• Thinks beyond the task
• Embraces change as the default

Languages

• English C1 or C2 — non-negotiable
• French — strong advantage, will be weighted in selection
• Any portfolio language is a nice-to-have (Spanish, Polish, German, etc)

Join Unit4, and not only will you be part of one of the most exciting journeys in the Cloud ERP software space, but you can also shape your career, your way. We are founded on trust, ambition, and wellbeing. These three principles guide us in creating a people-centric environment, which means providing the right tools for our teams to achieve their best work.

We know how you work best is personal, we invest in ownership and flexibility allowing you to create a work-life fusion that suits you.

With us, you can thrive by nurturing your curiosity, we empower you with the autonomy to make an impact and foster a high-performance mindset.

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