Thomson Reuters
HR Advisor - People Governance & Compliance (6 month FTC)
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We’re transforming how HR operates—automating routine work, elevating employee and manager self-service, and using data to drive faster, smarter decisions. Our EMEA People Governance & Compliance Team are at the heart of this change to enhance employee experience. Join us as we shape a future where HR is digital, data-driven, and truly human-centered.
Please note, this is a 6-month fixed-term contract.
The Opportunity
Join a high-impact People Governance & Compliance team to deliver consistent, risk-informed, and scalable outcomes across jurisdictions.
As an HR Advisor, you will act as a trusted partner to managers and employees, providing clear, policy-aligned guidance while strengthening compliance, governance, and operational excellence. You will combine subject-matter expertise with sound judgment, and actively contribute to a digitally enabled HR environment, leveraging AI and automation to enhance quality and efficiency.
About The Role
As our HR Advisor, you will:
- Provide timely, accurate, and policy-aligned guidance to managers and employees on local HR policies and procedures
- Build subject-matter expertise in a core compliance area (Immigration, Sickness & Occupational Health, or Leave & Family policies), ensuring consistent and legally robust advice in partnership with the EMEA Advisory team
- Own and manage Tier 2 HR case management, handling more complex queries and escalations with strong judgment, ensuring consistent resolution, risk mitigation, and policy adherence
- Support Employee Relations cases as a skilled and reliable note-taker, maintaining high-quality, confidential, and audit-ready documentation
- Partner with HRBPs and Advisory Teams to design and deliver training on HR policies, procedures, and Workday, strengthening manager capability and policy adherence
- Act as a trusted contact for employee benefits queries, providing clear, accurate, and responsive support
- Support redundancy and restructuring processes through accurate preparation of documentation and calculations, ensuring compliance with applicable legislation
- Provide support on Workday queries, guiding users effectively through processes and system use
- Work closely with Payroll and Global HR Services to ensure employee lifecycle changes are processed accurately, consistently, and within agreed timelines
- Contribute to HR projects and initiatives, bringing a continuous improvement mindset and a focus on standardisation and scalability
- Maintain employee records to the highest standards of data integrity and GDPR compliance
- Actively champion the adoption of AI and approved digital tools, embedding them into daily HR practices to drive efficiency, insight, and improved employee experience
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About You
As our HR Advisor, you will likely:
- Be an early career HR professional with strong operational foundations and a growing capability in governance, risk, and advisory
- Experience as an HR Generalist/Advisor, ideally in a complex, matrixed environment
- Hands-on experience with Workday or similar HR systems, with the ability to support and guide others
- Good understanding of HR policies, procedures, and legal frameworks, with the ability to apply them in practice
- Strong judgment and attention to detail, particularly in handling sensitive cases and maintaining compliance standards
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate policy into clear, practical guidance
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Interest in AI, automation, and digital HR tools, with a proactive approach to learning and adoption
Please note, the deadline for applications is Friday 17th July 2026. Early applications are encouraged
What’s in it For You?
Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
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About Us
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We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
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