People Specialist

Location: London, United Kingdom

Date posted: 09/10/2024

TransferGo is a growing fintech scale-up on a mission to make the world a fairer place for migrants. We strive to provide tailored, more affordable financial services that make people's hard-earned money go further. Now in our 12th year, with over 370 employees in offices across Europe, we’re crafting a brilliant, relevant product that makes a difference in people's lives and the well-being of their families. 

We’ve come this far by building a talented, diverse workforce on a fair culture and our strong values. Having this strong team of employees, we can serve those who really need our product to make their lives better. 

As part of our growth, we're looking for a People Specialist to join our team. In this role, you’ll be instrumental in managing payroll and supporting the employee experience across multiple markets, including the UK, Ireland, Turkey, Poland, and Lithuania.

Here’s what you’ll be doing as a People Specialist:

  • Managing global payroll, with a focus on UK processes and compliance, while supporting Ireland, Turkey, Poland, and Lithuania.
  • Ensuring accuracy in payroll processing and compliance with local labour laws across supported markets.
  • Overseeing the employee lifecycle in the UK, including onboarding, offboarding, and employee engagement, while providing support in other markets as needed.
  • Collaborating with the Global People Services team to align global HR initiatives with local regulations.
  • Supporting employee relations matters and acting as the first point of contact for People Services queries across all supported regions.
  • Organising and managing office events and celebrations (e.g. company birthday, seasonal events) to ensure a positive employee experience at TransferGo.
  • Assisting with benefits administration and ensuring employees are well-supported in their roles.
  • Keeping up-to-date with legislation changes and ensuring policies remain compliant with local laws.

What we’d love from you:

  • Experience managing payroll, ideally in the UK, with knowledge of Ireland, Turkey, Poland, and Lithuania's payroll legislation being an advantage.
  • Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
  • Ability to work effectively with a global, distributed team.
  • Experience supporting employee relations and a focus on creating a positive workplace culture.
  • Strong communication skills, with fluency in English.
  • Passion for enhancing employee experience through thoughtful engagement and initiatives.

What we believe

At TransferGo, we offer competitive rewards to all people. We know that recognition is about more than just money, and we’ve fostered a culture of kudos to shine a light on the great work throughout the business, and the people making it all happen. We hold regular in person events to connect with each other and help all our TransferNauts to grow with a generous training allowance. We believe that empowering people makes for a happier and more effective workforce. This means we enable anyone who wants to pursue initiatives that deliver real value for our migrant customers. 

What we offer:

  • Be part of building a meaningful product in a growing fintech scale-up;
  • We hire owners;
  • A competitive rewards package;
  • Generous holiday allowance (based on tenure);
  • Competitive healthcare insurance / wellbeing package from day one (based on your location);
  • An annual development budget of €1,000 to spend on your growth;
  • We truly embrace flexibility and take a hybrid approach to our working style. Most of our team members come into their local office 2 days a week. 
  • If you are near one of our offices, we are a pet-friendly company and we enjoy regular opportunities to connect in person (we truly value in person connection on a regular basis and celebrate in style). 

At TransferGo, we are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees. We will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity,  marriage, civil partnership or any other protected category. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive culture and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join TransferGo. We look forward to meeting you!