HR Associate

To provide efficient and effective HR support across the business, throughout the employee lifecycle from on boarding to leaving, whilst promoting a strong employee value proposition and maintaining a positive employer brand image. The HR Associate will work very closely with the HR Business partners, our Finance team, and Payroll bureau and therefore a strong knowledge of payroll processing within HR is required. They will also have regular contact with our third-party benefit providers and so a good understanding of employee benefits and pension processing is essential. As HR Associate, your responsibilities will include among others

• Responsible for effective, accurate and timely first line HR support to managers and colleagues across the business regarding general queries and employee relations advice (employee population of around 3000).
• Responsible for all payroll related activity and submission to payroll bureau including year-end and tax related information.
• Responsible for all administration related to the employee lifecycle including producing contracts of employment and all associated new starter activities; maintaining all new starter and employment changes on HRIS; ensuring all leaver requirements are met including management of exit interview process and associated MI.
• Responsible for the completion of all auto-enrolment activity and communication of any pension changes to appropriate providers, managing all colleague and financial queries regarding pension contributions.
• Responsible for all Benefits administration including Risk benefits claims, PMI, Childcare Vouchers, Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loans, Eye Care vouchers and Long Service Awards; co-ordinate the monthly Benefit joiners and leavers and subsequent change information to all providers.
• Support HR Operations Manager in all cyclical reward activity including annual salary and bonus review and annual benefit elections.
• Support the Learning and Development team in the provision of internal and external training activity as required and tracking all external expenditure and budgetary management information.
• Support the HR Business Partnering team in general information gathering and admin support.
• Champion new ideas and initiatives to support the business, utilising HR systems and resources to create efficiencies and enhance the user experience.
  
  Experience in HR administration.
• Strong knowledge and experience of payroll processing.
• Excellent administration, organisational and computer literacy skills, including advanced skills in Microsoft Office and HRIS report writing and workflow design.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills - both oral and written.
• Good sense of team spirit and positive attitude with ability to work under own initiative.
• Knowledge/understanding of Financial Services and requirements under Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SMCR) desirable, but not essential.
• Ability to adapt to change and work under pressure.
Professional Qualifications and Education
• Preferably possess a CIPD qualification.
  
  Evelyn Partners is the UK's leading integrated wealth management and professional services group, with over 186 years of experience in helping generations of people and businesses to thrive. We offer an extensive range of financial and professional services to individuals, family trusts, professional intermediaries, charities and businesses.
We provide an award-winning service for our clients by employing the best people. Join us on our mission to place the power of good advice into more hands because we believe that everyone deserves access to good advice, regardless of where they're at in their financial journey. An exceptional track record of growth and innovation is driven by our core values of: Personal, offering advice based on a true understanding of what matters to our clients; Partnership, working with our clients in a joined-up, collaborative way; and Performance, demonstrating a breadth and depth of advice expertise to deliver first-class results.


• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid working model (role dependant)
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave
We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At Evelyn Partners we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we're delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workspace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment. We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know.