Benefits Specialist

Overview

In this role you will administer and optimise employee benefits across multiple European countries, ensuring compliant, accurate delivery and a positive employee experience. You work closely with benefit providers, brokers, and internal stakeholders to support renewals, enrolments, and communications, while keeping data precise in HRIS and portals. You will shape benefits policies and education programs, contributing to wellbeing initiatives and employer-attractive schemes. This position offers the chance to impact cross-country benefits administration and support ongoing improvements in benefits delivery.

Responsibilities

• Administer core and voluntary benefits (PMI, Life, GIP, Pension auto-enrolment, Salary sacrifice, Leave schemes, EAP, health plans)
• Coordinate new hire enrolment, life events, changes, and annual enrolments
• Maintain and reconcile benefits data in HRIS and provider portals
• Liaise with benefit providers, brokers, and consultants to resolve queries and issues
• Support renewals, data gathering, reporting, and implementation of plan changes
• Monitor eligibility, enrolment, and records; ensure payroll deductions and employer contributions are accurate
• Develop and maintain benefits policies, procedures, guides, and communications
• Deliver onboarding sessions and benefits education to employees
• Assist with audits and compliance reviews across jurisdictions
• Support well-being initiatives and annual campaigns
• Participate in benefits harmonisation, benchmarking, and acquisition-related projects
• Contribute to broader HR initiatives and continuous improvement
• Assist with cross-country compliance with local employment laws and tax/regulatory guidelines

Key requirements

• 2–5 years of experience in employee benefits administration in Europe
• Strong knowledge of UK employee benefits (PMI, Life, GIP, Pension auto-enrolment, Salary sacrifice)
• Experience with HRIS systems and benefits providers
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

• communication
• stakeholder management
• problem-solving
• HRIS systems
• benefits administration
• data analysis

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