HR Administration Manager

Company Description

PartnerRe is a leading, privately owned, multi-line global reinsurer with a reputation of financial stability and strength, and a commitment to rebuilding businesses and communities after risk events around the world.

Our mission is to continue to be a financially stable and predictable business partner, supporting our clients with solutions tailored to their needs, delivering superior returns to our owner, providing rewarding opportunities for our people and making a positive contribution to society. To achieve this, we live by our values of Integrity, Performance, Collaboration, Straightforward Communication and Respect and Care.

Core to The PartnerRe Experience is our global nature. No matter where you sit in the company, you are part of something bigger. Our teams represent our truly international mindset, forging connections across office locations and all levels of the organization and building a network of mutual success. The result is a day-to-day experience that will allow you to:
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**Job Description**:
**Overall mission**:
The HR Administration Manager will manage a team of 2 resources on-site (on both administration and payroll activities) and will provide expertise on labour laws and social relations (Unions/Works council).

**Roles & **Responsibilities include**:
**_HR Operations _**
- Management of the France HR operations team on all HR administration topics
- Ensure local HR operations processes are clearly documented, and compliant across the employee lifecycle, including benefits, onboarding & offboarding operations, employee handbook, and French HR legislation
- Support proper management of personnel records in compliance with data protection legislation
- Ensure HR Master Data in SAP / Success Factors and secure HR internal controls and internal/external payroll audits
- Proactively identify and solve complex and cross-functional issues before they create challenges for employees and managers, in collaboration with HR colleagues
- Maintain contacts with authorities on French HR social & labor laws, tax laws, etc.
- Close and effective cooperation and communication with the Global Mobility and Compensation & Benefit team (e.g., support for the annual salary round, etc.) as well as other HR operation areas for projects, processes, and general responsibilities.
- Participation in local and global HR projects
- Litigation management in relation to the Legal Department, HR Directeur and our lawyer.

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Payroll Management _**
- Management of the France HR operations team on all payroll topics
- Oversee the processing of French payroll inputs ensuring the timely and accurate processing of all payroll paycycles, including year-end closing, for approx. 250 employees
- Ensure the correct implementation of annual social and labour law changes with relevant action plan on systems and processes.
- Assist Finance Department in Dublin on reconciliation of payroll accounting accounts, settlement of personnel costs/charges
- Consulting & expert support in HR/Payroll/labour law relevant issues for our HR partners, executives, and France employees
- Internal statistics, reports, and their analysis

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Social Relations_**
- Support and advice to HR Directeur in all legal obligations in the field of social relations and in contacts/meetings with staff representatives
- Preparation and follow-up of meetings with staff representatives: Works Council and union delegates
- Report writing, statistics and other social data
- Relationship with Works Council Accountant
- Single database update (BDES)

**Qualifications**:
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Qualifications_**

**About you**:

- Expert knowledge and experience of HR standards, labour law, processes - Specific experience of French HR legislation is required
- Minimum five (5) years-experience in HR managing people operations in a global environment
- Demonstrates high energy and desire to succeed
- Collaborative and team-oriented approach
- High level of professionalism with ability to handle sensitive and confidential information
- Excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills

Additional Information
**Key skills**:

- Knowledge of SAP Payroll & SuccessFactors
- Strong Microsoft Office Skills
- Experience working in an international, matrixed organization is an asset
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to interact effectively with individuals at all levels, both internally and externally to the organization
- English language is required

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