HR specialist - French speaker

Job Description The HR specialist plays an important and active role in various HR processes for the benefit of the entire EMEA region, with a specific focus for France. You will be responsible for supporting and improving HR operational processes for France. The role acts as a key interface between Payroll, HRBP, CRM, external providers, and global / regional teams. The position ensures accurate execution of HR administration activities and HR data quality, contributes to process automation and continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities Process Improvement and Automation
Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate HR administrative processes. Build or define with related teams the local needs for process improvements and identify appropriate tools (Microsoft Forms, Power Automate, SharePoint, Excel, Outlook, and Workday). HR Administration and Employee Lifecycle Support Management; Tier 2 support
Oversee vendor-delivered HR administrative services across the employee lifecycle, including hires, employee changes, terminations, and exception cases.
Ensure compliant and efficient HR processes through governance, controls, and continuous improvement.
Monitor service quality, data accuracy, and processes.
Partner with HR, Payroll and vendors to resolve operational issues and support complex cases.
HR Systems and Reporting Support
Work with HR systems and reporting tools to support data extraction, validation, and analysis.
Review existing data views and reports to determine whether they meet business requirements.
Support HR reporting for go-live activities, audits, projects, or recurring operational needs.
Conduct reporting controls, partnering with Payroll, HR and vendors to investigate and resolve data discrepancies.
Contribute to issue resolution between HR systems, payroll systems, and external vendors.
Compliance and French HR Rules
Ensure HR processes are aligned with French labor law, internal policies, and applicable collective agreement requirements.
Maintain process documentation in a compliant manner.
Contribute to audit readiness by ensuring traceability, consistency, and proper documentation.
Project and Stakeholder Coordination
Participate in HR transformation, payroll, reporting, and system implementation projects.
Coordinate with internal stakeholders, external providers, and project teams to clarify requirements and follow up on actions.
Support requirement gathering, testing, and validation activities.
Ensure open points, risks, and dependencies are identified and communicated in a timely manner.
Key Requirements Experience 3 year Experience in HR operations, HR Shared Services, payroll coordination, or HR administration.
Good understanding of French HR processes and payroll-related requirements.
Experience working with multiple stakeholders, including HR, payroll, external vendors, and project teams.
Experience in process improvement, automation, or HR systems projects is highly desirable.
Technical Skills Strong Excel skills, including data comparison, lookups, structured tables, and file reconciliation.
Good knowledge of Microsoft 365 tools, including Outlook, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and Power Automate.
Ability to work with HRIS (Workday), payroll systems (SD Worx), and time and attendance systems.
Ability to analyze data, identify inconsistencies, and propose corrective actions.
Comfortable creating process documentation, tracking files and operational guides.
HR and Payroll Knowledge Understanding of employee lifecycle administration.
Knowledge of payroll input processes and HR/payroll data dependencies.
Familiarity with French labor law principles and collective agreement application.
Ability to handle sensitive HR information with confidentiality and discretion.
Awareness of compliance, audit, and data protection requirements.
Soft Skills Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
Excellent organizational and follow-up skills.
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