Global People & Workplace Specialist

As a Global People & Workplace Specialist, you will play a key role in supporting payroll, benefits, and workplace experience for our global team, with a particular focus on our UK-based employees. You will work closely with the People Operations team and cross-functional partners, including Finance, to ensure accurate and timely payroll and benefits administration while also helping create a smooth, engaging, and well-supported workplace experience.

Reporting to the Senior Payroll & Benefits Analyst, you will be an integral member of the People Operations team and will support a broad range of high-priority operational initiatives. This role combines detail-oriented payroll and benefits administration with hands-on workplace and employee experience responsibilities, providing essential services that directly impact employees’ day-to-day experience.

This is a hybrid role, requiring three days per week in our London office.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end payroll operations in Workday and Deel, including monthly international payroll processing, timesheets, time-off administration, expense approvals, pension remittances, payroll reporting, and related reconciliations
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve payroll, benefits, HR, and workplace processes, procedures, controls, and documentation to support accuracy, efficiency, and scalability
• Ensure compliance with applicable payroll and benefits regulations, including tax, pension, and other statutory requirements
• Support the day-to-day administration of employee benefit programs, including medical, dental, vision, pension, Cycle to Work Scheme, and other regional benefits
• Partner on annual benefits initiatives, including renewals, vendor evaluations, employee engagement initiatives, and other benefits-related projects
• Conduct regular audits of payroll, benefits, HR data, invoices, and related programs, identifying and resolving discrepancies accurately and promptly
• Partner closely with the People Operations team to ensure accurate and timely processing of new hires, transfers, promotions, terminations, and other employee lifecycle changes
• Process and validate employee changes related to tax withholdings, benefit elections, direct deposits, and other payroll or HR updates
• Review, reconcile, and approve payroll-, benefits-, and workplace-related invoices and expenses
• Source, evaluate, onboard, and manage vendors across payroll, benefits, workplace services, facilities, food and beverage, and employee programs
• Oversee day-to-day workplace operations to ensure shared spaces are clean, organized, well stocked, and operating smoothly
• Develop and manage workplace and employee experience programs, including office lunches, snacks, swag, onboarding support, team gatherings, and company events
• Plan and execute employee events and workplace initiatives that support engagement, connection, and a positive employee experience
• Lead facilities projects and coordinate maintenance, repairs, office improvements, and other operational needs
• Monitor office space utilization, manage workplace inventory, and maintain organized systems that can scale as the company grows
• Build strong cross-functional relationships and serve as an approachable onsite resource for employees, helping connect workplace operations with broader People and HR needs
• Serve as a primary resource for employees on payroll, benefits, and workplace-related questions, providing timely, thoughtful, and accurate support