Head of HR Compliance (9 month fixed term)

Boundless is shaping what great global employment looks like. With Boundless, our goal is to remove all barriers to international employment around the world - knowledge, compliance, and cost. We are levelling the playing field across the global jobs market and making it easier for employees to access well paid opportunities from wherever they call home.

The Boundless product is more than just the software that onboards and manages payroll for employees; our product offering revolves around delivering compliant employment. For each country that we cover, we provide employment contracts, communicate important employment obligations, and guide our customers on how to be a ‘good’ employer based on the culture in that country. Key users of the product are, of course, the customer and the employee but also in-country partners (payroll, benefits, etc) and Boundless payroll and HR teams.

For this Head of HR Compliance position, we are offering a base salary of €84,000 to €90,000 (which will be prorated for part time hours). This is a remote position ideally based in Ireland or the UK.

Role Overview:

This is a 9 month maternity leave cover for our Head of HR Compliance. This is a part time position of 3 to 4 days per week. The role leads a small HR team of 3 people and is responsible for internal HR for a growing company of 32+ people as well as leading the HR Compliance function of our Employer of Record business, across 27 countries. The HR team is responsible for onboarding all new clients, any HR related questions or issues to support employment, staying up to date with current legislation and any terminations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of three HR professionals, supporting our clients and employees hired through our EoR.
• Lead HR weekly team meetings, manage workload distribution, and provide guidance on complex HR cases.
• Oversee weekly HR compliance reporting for the company scorecard, ensuring metrics are accurately tracked and analysed.
• Prepare monthly HR reports and key insights for the CEO, highlighting progress, challenges, and trends.
• Ensure compliance with employment laws and regulations in all current and expanding regions of operation, supported by HR and Global Infrastructure teams.
• Overseeing the establishment and review of HR frameworks and policies for all countries. Ensure the HR team is monitoring any relevant legislative updates and managing required communications to customers. 
• Work cross functionally with the customer support, customer success and payroll teams to improve how we can support our customers.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex HR cases across all countries, ensuring fair and timely resolution.
• Oversee the onboarding process for all new internal employees, ensuring a seamless integration and strong understanding of company culture.
• Oversee the maintenance of the employee handbook and other key HR policies, ensuring alignment with best practices and compliance standards.
• Manage and resolve employee relations matters, including performance issues, grievances, and disciplinary actions for internal employees.
• Oversee the planning of internal training and development sessions to support employee growth and compliance.

Requirements

The Ideal Candidate Will Have: 

• Proven experience in a senior HR role, ideally with international HR experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop an HR team.
• Strong knowledge of HR compliance and best practices, particularly in Ireland or the UK.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Nice to Have: 

• An understanding of employers of records and how they work.
• Wider knowledge of employment law across other European countries and Australia, New Zealand, Canada.
• Experience managing a team who supports customers or working in a customer facing HR services company.

Note: If you are a good fit but don’t have all the required experience, please apply! We love people who want to learn and we want to build a diverse and inclusive team.

Benefits

How we work

At Boundless, we want our work to fit our lifestyles. We don’t believe in counting hours and we want everyone to focus on goals and achievements instead. We know that everyone has different needs when it comes to how they work, when they’re most productive, and how they manage their life. We’re all responsible adults and we trust each other.

• Boundless is a remote-first team. That means that you can work remotely from any of these countries that Boundless supports within Europe, and you will enjoy the security of having full, compliant employment through our platform.
• Everyone on the team is entitled to 41 paid days off per year (including public holidays, 4 company days off, and birthday leave). Your well-being is a high priority. You are encouraged to use this allowance and have a proper break to recharge your batteries!
• We work a standard 8-hour day but operate core hours from 10.00-15.00 Dublin time, where you are expected to be contactable - leaving you to fit in the remaining 3 hours whenever works best for you. 
• Location Flexibility - You’re free to work from anywhere within Ireland or the UK. You will also have the ability to embrace working holidays from other countries, where role-specific obligations allow for it, and within parameters of employment compliance.
• WFH/Co-work Stipends - We contribute to the costs of home-working or will provide you with a budget so that you work from a co-working space if you prefer not to work from home.
• Generous Equipment/Hardware Budget - We’ll ensure you have the right tools and equipment to do your best work.

ESOPs & Industry Benchmarked Salary 

• We benchmark our salaries to the industry standards and believe in offering a fair salary that not only reflects your value at your level of experience in your field but also your value to us.

Learning & Development

• Annual Budget to attend events, meet-ups, and conferences - You’ll be encouraged to build a network and develop your career.
• Monthly online team socials & quarterly international in-person team retreats - Opportunities to get to know your colleagues.

Other Benefits

• A set benefit allowance to spend on benefits of your choice.
• Employee Assistance Program - Your emotional well-being is important. We’ll provide you with paid-for access to mental health support.

Boundless is an Equal Opportunities Employer

We’re committed to building a diverse team. Quality comes from having different perspectives, and ensuring that we work with an interesting bunch of people with different ways of thinking requires diversity. We’re conscious that, while Diversity & Inclusion are often spoken about like they’re one thing, they are two different areas that need to be nurtured. There’s little point in building a diverse team if that diverse group of people doesn’t all have a voice. When we’re working collaboratively, we all must take responsibility for looking around the room and ensuring that ALL voices have an opportunity to be heard.