Global People & Workplace Specialist (London)

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As a Global People & Workplace Specialist, you will play a key role in supporting payroll, benefits, and workplace experience for our global team, with a particular focus on our UK-based employees. You will work closely with the People Operations team and cross-functional partners, including Finance, to ensure accurate and timely payroll and benefits administration while also helping create a smooth, engaging, and well-supported workplace experience. Reporting to the Senior Payroll & Benefits Analyst, you will be an integral member of the People Operations team and will support a broad range of high-priority operational initiatives. This role combines detail-oriented payroll and benefits administration with hands-on workplace and employee experience responsibilities, providing essential services that directly impact employees’ day-to-day experience. This is a hybrid role, requiring three days per week in our London office. Responsibilities • Manage end-to-end payroll operations in Workday and Deel, including monthly international payroll processing, timesheets, time-off administration, expense approvals, pension remittances, payroll reporting, and related reconciliations • Develop, maintain, and continuously improve payroll, benefits, HR, and workplace processes, procedures, controls, and documentation to support accuracy, efficiency, and scalability • Ensure compliance with applicable payroll and benefits regulations, including tax, pension, and other statutory requirements • Support the day-to-day administration of employee benefit programs, including medical, dental, vision, pension, Cycle to Work Scheme, and other regional benefits • Partner on annual benefits initiatives, including renewals, vendor evaluations, employee engagement initiatives, and other benefits-related projects • Conduct regular audits of payroll, benefits, HR data, invoices, and related programs, identifying and resolving discrepancies accurately and promptly • Partner closely with the People Operations team to ensure accurate and timely processing of new hires, transfers, promotions, terminations, and other employee lifecycle changes • Process and validate employee changes related to tax withholdings, benefit elections, direct deposits, and other payroll or HR updates • Review, reconcile, and approve payroll-, benefits-, and workplace-related invoices and expenses • Source, evaluate, onboard, and manage vendors across payroll, benefits, workplace services, facilities, food and beverage, and employee programs • Oversee day-to-day workplace operations to ensure shared spaces are clean, organized, well stocked, and operating smoothly • Develop and manage workplace and employee experience programs, including office lunches, snacks, swag, onboarding support, team gatherings, and company events • Plan and execute employee events and workplace initiatives that support engagement, connection, and a positive employee experience • Lead facilities projects and coordinate maintenance, repairs, office improvements, and other operational needs • Monitor office space utilization, manage workplace inventory, and maintain organized systems that can scale as the company grows • Build strong cross-functional relationships and serve as an approachable onsite resource for employees, helping connect workplace operations with broader People and HR needs • Serve as a primary resource for employees on payroll, benefits, and workplace-related questions, providing timely, thoughtful, and accurate support Requirements • 2+ years of experience in payroll, benefits, People Operations, or a related HR operations function, including hands-on responsibility for payroll processing and benefits administration • Experience supporting payroll and/or benefits in the UK,

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