Interim HR Officer

For a client in Amsterdam we are searching for an Interim HR Officer.

The HR Officer is a primary point of contact for employees and managers to answer general HR questions. This role also provides support, through our regionalized Global People Services model, to Business Partners and Centers of Expertise (COE) through a variety of standardized and operational processes, to provide a shared administrative support resource from a centralized services perspective.

Role Priorities:

• Responsible for workforce administration for Benelux including

o Handling and coordination of all aspects of the employee life-cycle such as hiring, terminations, market adjustments, promotions, country transfers, contract updates, changes to terms and conditions, etc.
o Performing HR transactions in various HR systems: SAP, SuccessFactors, payroll systems, etc.
o Facilitating New Hire Orientation for the on-boarding of new employees covering high-level overview of corporate history and information, Benefits, Diversity and Respect training
o Maintaining local employee documentation as required, such as personnel files, social security files, state reports, confirmation of employment eligibility, vacation log, medical files, etc.
o Supporting employee and manager inquiries and processing requests following the required guidelines
o Educating employees and managers of services available to them and encouraging self-service tools and other systems
o Adheres to metrics and SLAs where applicable

• Administer the benefit programs and/or retirement plans as appropriate

• Ensure local policy, benefits, and any HR related information is kept up to date on employee portal/HR website

• Document and respond to incoming HR queries within identified service level agreements via HR online system

• Administer the payroll process including maintaining payroll information by collecting, calculating and entering data or providing directly to third party payroll administrators, providing payroll data to accounting, liaising with external and internal payroll auditors, recommending changes/improvements to payroll process;

• Work with payroll colleagues to ensure timely and effective data transfer between the teams and systems, as appropriate

• Assist in the tailoring of HR communications to local office and cultural needs, including reviewing language translations

• Assist global mobility with international transfers including; reviewing transfer agreements, completing documents to secure work permits

• Compliance processing (such as Code of Conduct Annual Re-Certification, SOX Audit, etc.)

• Liaison with Government Agencies on all labor, income tax and social security regulations aspects

• Provide data for Compensation Surveys

• Process vendor invoices and obtain appropriate approvals as per the Approval Matrix

• Participate in ad-hoc projects as and when required

Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field (Bachelor’s degree preferred)

• 2-4 years of related experience preferably in Human Resources as administrative support

• Technical proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite – Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Critical knowledge and competencies required

• Strong communication skills, with an emphasis on tact and diplomacy. This includes the ability to speak and write clearly to deliver customer service excellence – over the phone, through e-mail, or in all other interactions

• Expertise in local labor law, social security and tax legislation where required

• Ability to hold self and others accountable to meet commitments, consistently delivering results within required timelines and expectations

• Build strong customer focus, delivering solutions with our employees in mind

• Ability to work independently and function well in a team and matrix structure

• Work collaboratively with others, creating partnerships with management, colleagues, and the rest of the HR function

• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to handle numerous projects simultaneously, while maintaining high accuracy and attention to detail

• Treat highly confidential information with utmost integrity

Further information

With your response we would like to receive a personal motivation, an indication of the hourly rate.