What you will do. A glimpse into your role:

You will act as the key point of contact for the full Spanish HR operations, including payroll, employee relations, talent acquisition, employee engagement, and Health & Safety, while reporting and collaborating closely with the HR Business Partner Spain & LATAM. Your work will ensure accuracy, compliance, and a positive employee experience across our local offices in Madrid, Barcelona, and Marbella, supporting smooth HR operations in all locations.

Your responsibilities include:

Admin and Payroll Tasks

- Serve as the privileged interlocutor of the Spanish payroll provider.
- Coordinate payroll data, ensuring complete and timely processing in line with payroll schedules and deadlines.
- Send monthly payroll instructions on time.
- Control, analyse, and validate payroll.
- Oversee payments, including wages, prepayments, social contributions, and deductions.
- Implement dashboards to monitor payroll activity and SOX-related controls.
- Manage relationships with external benefits providers (health insurance, meal vouchers, etc.).
- Produce ad‑hoc reports as needed.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and the payroll provider.
- Prepare documentation and support the People Business Partner Spain & Americas in sensitive cases, including chairing and/or taking minutes during investigations and disciplinary hearings.
- Maintain accurate record‑keeping and follow up on outcomes, including contractual changes (T&C; updates, contract variations) ensuring compliance with local legislation.
- Manage the Health & Safety agenda.

Tools & Time Management

- Manage the Spanish time management tool (Sesame).
- Administer Workday as the main HRIS tool, ensuring all entries, exits, and job/contract changes are up to date.
- Handle and resolve “clock‑in / clock‑out” anomalies.




- Prepare monthly time reports and analyse overtime with management.
- Manage all types of leave: holidays, sick leave, maternity/paternity leave, and work‑related accidents.
- Support any additional ad‑hoc tasks arising within the department.

Recruitment/Talent Acquisition

- Post vacancies on local recruitment platforms such as LinkedIn and InfoJobs.
- Conduct the full recruitment process (CV screening, interviews, background checks, and offers).
- Work closely with the internal Talent Acquisition team.
- Lead the onboarding process for new joiners.

Employee engagement

- Participate in global development initiatives and ensure their local implementation.
- Support local engagement activities including team buildings, meetings, and Social Committee initiatives.

Division of work in percentage:

- HR Admin – 30%
- Monthly payroll processing – 30%
- Recruitment – 20%
- Employment Relations – 10%
- Training – 10%

Reporting and collaboration:

- South Europe HR Community
- Spain Managers & employees
- HR related external stakeholders: recruitment agencies, lawyers, external payroll provider, etc.

Every action has an impact. You will make a difference here if you are:

- Highly organised, with strong time‑management skills.
- Able to maintain a high level of accuracy, attention to detail, and quality in your work.
- Proactive and solutions‑oriented, with the ability to assess and resolve queries efficiently.
- Clear and professional in both verbal and written communication.




- Comfortable working under pressure and meeting strict deadlines.
- Flexible, adaptable, and willing to handle multiple projects within a lean, multi‑skilled team.
- Discreet and sensitive when handling confidential information.
- Capable of building strong relationships and collaborating effectively with colleagues and stakeholders.

Key competencies to empower your journey. You’ll drive success if you have:

- Preferably a minimum of 3 years of experience as an HR Coordinator or HR Generalist in a mid‑size or international company, with the ambition to step into an HRBP role.
- Hands‑on experience in HR administration, payroll coordination, HR operations, and time management.
- A university degree in Law, Economics, Psychology, or a related field.
- Solid knowledge of Spanish labour legislation and HR compliance.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Experience with HRIS tools (Workday preferred).
- Experience using time‑tracking tools such as Sesame.
- Solid experience in full‑cycle recruitment and onboarding processes.
- Strong analytical skills and high accuracy with payroll and HR data.
- Fluency in English and Spanish, both written and spoken.

At General Blue, we foster career growth through internal mobility, a multicultural environment, and an Agile Working Model that supports work-life balance and team spirit. Committed to sustainability, we prioritize positive impacts for employees, clients, and communities. Guided by our 5 Ways of Working, we focus on client satisfaction, collaboration, innovation, and value creation. As forward thinkers, we embrace open dialogue, continuous learning, and shared success to shape the future while delivering tangible results.

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