About the role

  • HR Manager overseeing all HR activities and compliance in Germany for Corpay. Supporting staff across multiple business lines while ensuring adherence to German labor laws.

Responsibilities

  • Generalist HR support across the employee lifecycle
  • Act as first point of contact for managers and employees in Germany on HR-related matters.
  • Responsible for providing advice on all generalist HR activities, including Performance and Disciplinary issues, Training & Development, Performance Management and Change
  • Making improvements to HR practices and implement changes to processes, policies and procedures to improve employment practices across all businesses
  • Liaison with Corpay HR Head Office on global initiatives
  • Ensure full compliance with legislative requirements in Germany for both HR Practices and HR Documentation
  • Ensure that policies and procedures are up to date and reflect current employment legislation, including localising global policies for NZ/Australia
  • Provide line manager support and HR Business partnering
  • Participation in monthly Leadership team meetings, contributing on all People matters
  • Work with line managers on all people related issues, offering advice and mitigating risk for any change processes, restructures, performance or disciplinary issues
  • Provide coaching to line managers to increase their knowledge of employment law and ability to manage employee relations matters.
  • Create, analyse and interpret management information in order to advise line managers of potential people issues and work with them to resolve e.g. absence, managing annual leave balances, exit interview feedback, etc.
  • Advise and support line managers through informal and formal performance processes
  • Partner with leadership to support business objectives while mitigating people-related risks.
  • Support workforce planning and organizational changes
  • Partner with managers to enhance engagement and retention.
  • Ensure consistent communication of HR initiatives and benefits.
  • Support managers and employees during full lifecycle (from onboarding to offboarding)
  • Answer questions to employees in timely manner and quality
  • Support Employees wellbeing
  • Manage the global annual performance management framework, including coaching managers on setting appropriate SMART goals and Corpay behavioural competencies
  • Monitor and support line managers in the performance management process, ensuring that performance is accurately recorded and that any performance issues are addressed quickly and in line with procedure
  • Ensure completion of performance management reviews by March each year to feed into salary review process
  • Review development page of performance management form and look for themes/shared needs across business and encourage the 70/20/10 approach to how learning occurs
  • Proactively advise line managers on communication to staff in respect of people related information.
  • Manage the remuneration framework (in line with the global compensation strategy) including banding new roles and inputting annual salary data
  • Ensure base salary is updated in global HR system
  • Liaise with remuneration consultancy on obtaining annual data and ad hoc advice when required
  • Manage the annual salary review process (July) keeping track of those individuals who fall outside of this cycle
  • Manage employee benefits and introduce new benefits when appropriate
  • Ensuring that the HR administrative systems are up to date and accurate including; Employee Handbook and HR policies
  • Organisation charts
  • Employees’ paper files and soft copy
  • Diary system to capture trial periods (NZ) and probationary periods (Australia), salary reviews, maternity leave so reminders can be sent to managers around their responsibilities in this regard
  • Ensure HR induction for all new starters and all documentation passed to payroll for processing
  • Undertake other duties and projects as required

Requirements

  • Bachelor University Degree Human resources or a business field is preferred
  • 3+ years of experience working in an operational HR role (HRBP, or senior HR generalist)
  • Professional knowledge of German and English
  • Practical knowledge of German labor law and HR operational procedures is a must
  • Change management experience including restructures and acquisitions
  • Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Excellent time management and organisational skills with ability to prioritise workload
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills
  • Experience in providing an excellent HR administration service
  • Up to date and thorough working knowledge of Employment law in Germany and the ability to make sound decisions based on employment law and commercial awareness.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills
  • Project management skills and experience - planning and organizing multiple activities/projects to ensure that deadlines are achieved
  • Flexibility and able to adapt readily to changing requirements and circumstance
  • Commercially focused
  • Attention to detail – ability to provide accurate information in the form of spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations and letters.
  • Microsoft Office to an advanced level
  • Team-oriented with ability to work across borders.
  • Ability to travel to Germany regularly. (Nurnberk, Munchen, Berlin)

Benefits

  • 5 weeks of vacation
  • 3 sick days
  • 2 free days
  • 2 global volunteering days per year
  • Massages directly in our office - Corpay will cover half of the price for you!
  • Access to LinkedIn Learning, Disc personality assessment, and other resources for further learning and self-development
  • Meal allowance of 120 CZK per working day, which is sent directly to your bank account.
  • Variable benefits system - you will have a monthly budget of 1300 CZK, which you can use for a Multisport card, or additional retirement contribution, or as leisure points on the Pluxee (former Sodexo) card.
  • Special offer for T-Mobile mobile tariff for personal use
  • Gifts for your significant life events and work milestones
  • Our hybrid working model allows you to work from the office for 3 days and from home for 2 days.
  • Our modern office in Palmovka features an open roof terrace, relax rooms, kitchens with new coffee machines, and a variety of tea options.
  • Every Tuesday, we deliver fresh fruit to the office

Job title

HR Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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