The vacancy is well-structured with clear responsibilities and compensation, but lacks some operational detail.
Job description
Jump Trading is committed to world-class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect.
Responsibilities
### General Coordination
- Support the HR Operations and Business Partner teams by handling administration, employee inbounds and process coordination, enabling smooth and efficient day-to-day operations.
- Own the employee-facing onboarding experience and administration, serving as first point of contact for HR queries, conducting orientation sessions, and managing Workday and benefit enrolments.
- Champion HRIS optimisation and automation initiatives. Proactively identify gaps and process improvement opportunities to reduce manual touchpoints and enhance operational efficiency, particularly through the use of technology/AI.
- Manage employment verification processes and right to work checks.
- Maintain compliance with jurisdictional employment and benefits laws and regulations.
- Other duties, reporting and project coordination as needed.
### HR Operations Support
- Partner with the Payroll team on monthly EMEA payroll processing, ensuring accuracy and compliance with local tax regulations.
- Own backend Workday business processes such as onboarding and offboarding with high accuracy.
- Manage benefits administration and information sources including external vendor relationships and communications, employee communications and annual compliance filings.
- Maintain benefits data and provide updates to payroll and brokers, with a focus on data integrity. Carry out regular invoice reconciliations to ensure accuracy.
- Support audit queries and reporting requirements across HR operations.
### HR Business Partner Support
- Execute employee lifecycle transactions and audits in Workday, including organizational changes, end of probations, employment verifications, relocations, performance review cycles and terminations.
- Maintain regional employee handbooks and policy updates on company intranet systems.
- Partner broadly with People Ops team – including Recruiting and Talent Development teams – to continuously enhance the full employee experience.
- Own HR administrative processes, such as document drafting.
Requirements
### Skills you'll need
- Exceptional attention to detail, critical thinking and creative problem-solving abilities.
- Proven experience in process improvement and challenging existing workflows to drive operational efficiency.
- Ability to communicate and interact effectively across all management levels, functions and regions whilst maintaining discretion around confidential and sensitive matters.
- Ability to thrive independently in a fast-paced, complex environment while managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Self-starter with intellectual curiosity and resilience, who is reliable and willing to manage ambiguity.
- Prior experience with Workday or other major HRIS platforms is preferable.
- Healthy sense of humor and enthusiasm for working in a high-performing and global team.
- Reliable and predictable availability.
Conditions
### Benefits include:
- Private Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance
- Travel Medical Insurance
- Group Pension Scheme
- Group Life Assurance and Income Protection Schemes
- Paid Parental Leave
- Parking and Commuter Benefits
About Jump Trading
Jump Trading LLC is a proprietary trading firm specializing in algorithmic and high-frequency trading strategies across futures, options, cryptocurrency, and equities markets worldwide. The company employs traders, engineers, and researchers to develop advanced models, tools, and systems for global trading. It operates as a registered broker-dealer and member of exchanges like CME Group and NYSE.