Job Description

HR  Operations Specialist

Location : Budapest, Hungary 

Fixed Term Contract (1-2 years to start with and potentially convertible to permanent)

About the role

Deliver end-to-end Hire-to-Retire services for employees in Hungary, acting as the primary operational HR contact for employees, managers, payroll and benefits providers. Ensure employee lifecycle transactions are accurate, timely and compliant with Hungarian labour requirements, GDPR and company policies, while supporting a seamless employee experience and continuous process improvement.  

This role is expected to operate within a fast-paced international environment and contribute to continuous improvement, standardisation and operational excellence across Global People Operations.

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Key Responsibilities 

• Manage employee lifecycle activities from onboarding to offboarding, including hires, transfers, promotions, compensation changes, leave and terminations. 

• Maintain accurate employee records, documentation and HR-system data; prepare contracts, amendments, certificates, confirmations and other statutory documents. 

• Coordinate onboarding, right-to-work checks, registrations, induction and first-day readiness with internal teams and external providers. 
• Collect, validate and submit payroll inputs, including overtime, absences, bonuses, allowances, deductions and other payroll-impacting changes; support reconciliation and issue resolution. 
• Act as the main contact for employee HR, payroll and payslip queries, providing clear and timely guidance and escalating complex cases when required. 
• Administer employee benefits, including enrolments, changes, terminations, eligibility checks, vendor coordination and invoice validation where applicable. 
• Support time, attendance and leave administration, including record maintenance, corrections and payroll-impacting validations. 
• Monitor occupational-health medical check-up expiry dates, prepare required forms and notify employees to schedule examinations. 
• Coordinate compliant offboarding, including exit documents, final payroll instructions, benefits deregistration and HR-system updates. 
• Support audits, legislative updates, data privacy, operational controls, service-level performance and process improvement initiatives. 

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Expected Qualifications and Experience 

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related discipline. 

• Minimum 5 years of experience in HR Operations, HR Shared Services, HR Administration or Global People Operations in Hungarian orgnaisations

• Hands-on experience across end-to-end Hire-to-Retire processes including payroll and benefit administration. 

• Experince of working in matrixed international organisations will be added advantage

• Experience with SuccessFactors, Workday, SAP HR or a comparable HR platform. 

• Fluent written and spoken English and Hungarian 

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