HR Specialist - Offboardings

About Remote

Remote is solving global remote organizations’ biggest challenge: employing anyone anywhere compliantly. We make it possible for businesses big and small to employ a global team by handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance. Check out remote.com/how-it-works to learn more or if you’re interested in adding to the mission, scroll down to apply now.

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All of our positions are fully remote. You do not have to relocate to join us!

What this job can offer you

The Offboarding Specialist manages all employee exits for Remote’s external employees with a focus on legal compliance and providing delightful customer service. As part of a larger employee Lifecycle team, the Offboarding Specialist is also expected to contribute to process improvements and initiatives in line with Remote’s strategic goals and values.

What you bring

• Experience as a HR Advisor or HR Business Partner, with generalist HR competencies and exposure across the employee lifecycle.
• Proven experience with a strong background in managing voluntary and involuntary exits (terminations) with care, sensitivity and legal compliance; and providing comprehensive HR support and guidance on employment laws and regulations, spanning various jurisdictions.
• Ability to interpret and apply industrial instruments, analyze complex HR issues, undertake research, provide practical solutions and effectively communicate recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders when operating in ambiguous and unfamiliar environments.
• Excellent communication, influencing, conflict management, and negotiation skills, with the ability to confidently lead difficult conversations to a positive outcome, often where parties have conflicting interests, maintaining professionalism and strict confidentiality.
• Business-level (advanced) proficiency in written and spoken English, with additional languages considered a plus.
• Aptitude and appetite to innovate and optimize processes, continuously identifying and implementing opportunities for automation and championing best practices.
• Efficiency in operations, with an awareness of the importance of thorough record-keeping and data integrity.
• Tech-savvy, with the ability to successfully collaborate asynchronously on various tools, and adapt to new and evolving systems.
• Ability to work autonomously and cohesively in an international team in a fast-paced, asynchronous, remote environment with multiple priorities. Willingness to work flexible hours as needed.
• Proactive and self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.

Key Responsibilities 

• Manage and resolve end-to-end employee exits across multiple international jurisdictions, prioritizing a superior offboarding experience for Remote’s clients and their employees.
• Provide sound guidance and manage clients' requests on various HR matters, including but not limited to termination, resignation and transfer procedures, employment contracts, and redundancy processes, ensuring legal compliance and best practices.
• Lead and facilitate meetings with clients and external employees, including but not limited to workforce reduction consultation meetings, administrative hearings, negotiations in separations and settlements, providing guidance on terminations, and delivering termination outcomes.
• Influence and negotiate positive outcomes in complex terminations, balancing multiple stakeholders with competing interests.
• Liaise with and coordinate various internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance in offboarding activities and audits, including but not limited to payroll, legal counsel, government bodies, and trade unions.
• Draft, tailor and administer all termination and supplementary documents with accuracy and attention to detail, ensuring employee records are maintained with strict adherence to privacy and