Benefits and Payroll Specialist

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR electronic warfare secure communications aerial refueling special air missions aerial firefighting and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing building and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service spanning people finance platform operations legal and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas EMEA and Asia-Pacific.

At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects not just equipment. By owning the full stack from the lab to the field we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. Its a fast-moving intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility work on problems that matter and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.

Headquartered in Washington DC with facilities across the United States the United Kingdom as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Position Summary

Youllbe joiningMetrea at a moment of real growth headcount is increasing legal entities are multiplying across Europe and our benefits landscape is expanding with them. Working closely with our Head of Total Rewards youllbe the person who keeps benefits administration running accurately and compliantly across five-plus European entities while also helping to build the frameworks documentation and processes thatdontyet exist. Alongside thisyoull work with our Payroll Manager to run payroll operations across the region bringing the same rigour to pay as you do to benefits. This is a fast-moving environment that rewards people who are systematic by nature but flexible enough to operatewithout a completeplaybook. If you have genuine benefits experience are comfortable running payroll and want to build something properly rather thanmaintain something finished this is the role for you

What Youll Do

• Administer employee benefits programmes across multiple European legal entities; health insurance retirement and statutory plans managing renewals eligibility vendor relationships and day-to-day issue resolution
• Serve as the first point of contact for teammates across the region on all things benefits onboarding new joiners onto programmes and supporting existing employees with queries changes and escalations
• Maintainaccuratebenefits data documentation and governance materials across alljurisdictions ensuring audit readiness and regulatory compliance
• Support the implementation of new benefit platforms and programmes in partnership with the Head of Total Rewards
• Run payroll operations across European entities in partnership with the Payroll Manager including; calculations validations and timelyprocessing ensuring compliance with local legislation andaccurate record-keeping
• Act as a key point of contact for payroll queries escalating to the Payroll Manager where needed
• Partner closely with People Partners finance and the Head of Total Rewards to deliver joined-up peopleprogrammes and continuously look for ways to improve the efficiency and employee experience of both benefits and payroll operations

What You Bring

• A degree in HR Business or a related field or equivalent experience
• 35 years in a benefits total rewards or HR operations role with hands-on experience administering employee benefits programmes; UK benefits experience isessential and EMEA exposure particularly across markets such as Sweden Poland Greece or France is a significant advantage
• A solid working knowledge of employee benefits statutory and supplemental and the appetite to expand that knowledge across newjurisdictionsasMetrea grows
• Experience running payroll ideally across multiple entities or geographies with a strong grasp of compliance and data accuracy
• Comfortable working with data able to prepare interrogate and present benefits and vendor information accurately and independently
• Proven ability to manage vendor relationships and hold partners to service standards
• Strong attention to detail without losing sight of the bigger picture you canoperate in the weeds and still ask whether the process is right
• Able to work with ambiguity youdontneed everything defined before you start and you can build structure where thereisnt any yet

Benefits

• Private Medical Insurance
• Subsided gym membership / plans throughWellhub
• Electric Car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrificed pension scheme
• Free lunch on office days
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• 30 days annual PTO plus b/h
• Bonus Scheme
• Personal developmentopportunities

WorkAuthorization/SecurityClearance

The employee will have the legal right to work intheUK andwill be able to producerightto work documentation.

AAP/EEO Statement

Metrea Management Limited (MAM)is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or other characteristics protected by law

PositionTypeandExpectedHoursofWork

This is a full-time position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to6:00p.m. Hours and work shifts may changein accordance withdepartment and business needs.

WorkEnvironment

London Office(located in Hammersmith).

Travel

Travelto European offices at least once a quarter.

Required Experience:

IC

Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1