People Operations Specialist – Compensation, Benefits

Shine exists to help freelancers and small business owners reclaim the joy of working for themselves.
Running a business shouldn't mean drowning in financial admin – it should be inspiring and rewarding. Our app brings banking, invoicing, accounting and admin together in one place, so entrepreneurs can focus on what matters most: growing their business and enjoying the freedom of working for themselves.

We're a multicultural team of over 400 people across France, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. By bringing together leading European fintechs like Shine, Kontist and Tellow, we've built a single, intuitive platform designed for simplicity, speed and accuracy – backed by local, award-winning support.

Your Hiring Experience Matters
Just as we respect our customers' time, we respect yours. Your experience with Shine should feel simple, transparent and genuinely supportive.

If this sounds like somewhere you want to grow, we'd love to hear from you.

The People & Culture Department at Shine

We make Shine a place where people thrive. From talent acquisition and people partnering to workplace and wellbeing, our mission is to create an environment where everyone can do their best work and feel a sense of belonging – in Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and beyond.

Your role as People Operations Specialist – Compensation, Benefits & CSE Support (France)

As our People Operations Specialist based in Paris, you will support the day to day delivery of compensation, benefits and CSE (works council) activities in France.

You will work closely with the People Operations Manager and collaborate with our international People team to ensure smooth, compliant and transparent People Operations in a complex European environment.

This role strengthens our People Operations capacity in France during an exciting period of growth and ongoing harmonization after our recent acquisition.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Ensuring compliance with French labor law, collective agreements and internal policies
• Supporting the social dialogue with our French works council (CSE), including consultation processes and elections, in close collaboration with our legal partners
• Coordinating benefits administration (healthcare, insurance, retirement plans, meal vouchers, RTT and other benefits)
• Contributing to the annual compensation review, salary benchmarking activities and HR data accuracy and reporting in our HRIS
• Providing guidance to employees on compensation and benefits related questions, and supporting policy implementation and benefit harmonization projects across our French entities in partnership with Payroll, Finance and People Business Partners

In Your First Months You Will

• Learn our CSE and compensation processes and support the preparation of meetings
• Help optimise our newly implemented compensation model, including fine tuning our salary bands and setting up our market benchmarking tool (Figures)
• Assess our HRIS setup and support the implementation of a more common way of working across entities
• Contribute to the 2026 compensation review with accurate data and reporting
• Support the harmonization of benefits and HR policies across our French entities

Job located in Paris
, with the possibility of two remote working days per week.

About You

• 5 plus years of experience in People Operations, Compensation and Benefits, Social Relations (CSE) or HR Administration in France
• Solid understanding of French labor law and works council (CSE) processes
• Strong skills in Excel or Google Sheets (pivot tables, data validation, formulas)
• Fluent in French and proficient in English (required)
• Organized, detail focused and comfortable working with sensitive and confidential information
• Collaborative mindset and able to support multiple stakeholders under tight timelines

Nice to have

• Experience in a fintech, scale up or international environment
• Exposure to People Operations across several countries (for example Denmark, Germany or the Netherlands)
• Familiarity with HR tools such as Lucca and Figures
• Experience drafting internal People policies or HR communications

Our recruitment process

An initial interview (60') with our Talent Acquisition Partner

A video interview (60') with the Hiring Manager

A Skills-based interview with key stakeholders

A Culture & Behaviour interview including personality and logic assessments

What We Offer

• A chance to grow your career within an international People team across four countries
• Exposure to compensation, benefits, and CSE topics in a regulated FinTech environment
• A collaborative, people-first culture focused on learning and ownership
• Full health insurance coverage for you and your children, plus 4 AlanMind sessions per year
• Meal vouchers via Swile (€9.05 per day for meals or groceries)
• Additional RTT days (8–10 per year) on top of 25 days of paid leave
• Based in Paris with two remote working days per week
• Regular team events, international trips, and cross-European networking opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer
We follow the principle of equal treatment to consider all job applicants and do not discriminate based on their gender, sexual orientation, color, racial or ethnic origin, religion, disability, etc. as per applicable law.