HR Generalist

The Role: We’re looking for a hands-on, detail-oriented HR Generalist to join our Global HR team in Munich. You’ll support employees and managers across Germany and Luxembourg, while contributing to HR operations across the UK and wider EMEA region as needed. Reporting to the Senior Global HR Business Partner, you’ll own the day-to-day delivery of core HR processes—from onboarding and employment changes to benefits, leave and offboarding. You’ll help create a consistent, responsive employee experience while ensuring our processes, systems and records remain accurate, compliant and scalable. You’ll be a trusted first point of contact for employees and managers, providing practical guidance on policies and routine HR matters. You’ll use sound judgement to resolve day-to-day queries independently and involve the appropriate HR Business Partner, specialist team or Legal partner when matters carry greater complexity or risk. This is a varied, operational role for someone who enjoys taking ownership, improving how things work and collaborating across countries and functions. What You’ll Do: HR Operations and the Employee Lifecycle • Own employee lifecycle processes across Germany and Luxembourg, including onboarding, probation reviews, internal transfers, promotions, contractual changes and offboarding. • Prepare accurate, locally compliant employment documentation, including contracts, amendments, confirmation letters and employee correspondence. • Track lifecycle events and required actions, ensuring they are completed accurately and on time. • Maintain complete and accurate personnel files in line with local requirements and Spire standards. • Act as a first point of contact for employees and managers, providing clear, timely guidance on policies, processes and routine HR matters. • Support HR Business Partners with the implementation and administration of employee and organisational changes. • Identify complex employee relations, performance, organisational change or employment-law matters and escalate them appropriately. Benefits, Equity and Leave • Coordinate the day-to-day administration of employee benefits across Germany and Luxembourg. • Partner with external benefits providers and Spire’s Total Rewards team to resolve queries and maintain an effective employee experience. • Support benefit renewals, enrolment activity and employee communications. • Help administer employee equity and share plans, coordinating documentation, communications and HR processes with the Global Total Rewards team. • Coordinate statutory and company leave, including maternity, parental leave, sickness absence and other country-specific entitlements. • Guide employees and managers through benefit and leave processes, escalating complex or exceptional cases when needed. HR Systems and Data • Maintain accurate employee data in Rippling and related HR systems. • Conduct regular audits to identify and resolve gaps or inconsistencies in employee records. • Produce routine reports and support audit, compliance and information requests. • Maintain HR templates, employee documentation and shared repositories with appropriate version control. • Respond to routine HR system queries and coordinate the resolution of technical or configuration issues. • Support HR system implementations, enhancements and opportunities to improve employee and manager self-service. Payroll Coordination • Provide Payroll with accurate, timely information relating to new hires, leavers, compensation changes, leave and other employee updates. • Review payroll inputs and supporting data within agreed deadlines. • Partner with Payroll to investigate and resolve routine employee data or payroll queries. • Escalate discrepancies or more complex payroll matte