Our client is looking to recruit a People, Risk and Compliance Specialist to join their growing team. The chosen candidate will:
Contract Management & Legal Compliance
- Draft, manage, and audit employment contracts, addendums, and statutory documentation across all operational jurisdictions in line with local labor laws and internal policies.
- Monitor global legislative updates affecting employment practices, maintaining a centralized repository of country-specific HR legal and statutory requirements.
- Conduct first-line reviews of commercial agreements (e.g., service provider contracts, consultancy agreements, NDAs) to flag potential risks prior to sign-off.
- Draft and update company-wide HR, finance, and governance policies, overseeing GDPR compliance and coordinating ISO certifications, audits, and KYC/due-diligence requests.
Multi-Jurisdictional Payroll Coordination & Financial Control
- Lead and manage monthly global payroll cycles, collaborating with localized payroll providers, authorities, and internal HR teams to ensure accurate cut-off inputs.
- Partner directly with the CFO on final controls, verifying statutory deductions, benefit distributions, expense reimbursements, and timely tax/payroll submissions.
- Identify process bottlenecks and spearhead initiatives to streamline and standardize payroll operations across international jurisdictions.
Corporate Risk & Governance
- Maintain a company-wide risk and compliance register, managing an accurate calendar of statutory filings, corporate licenses, entity obligations, and insurance renewals.
- Act as the primary internal contact for HR and Finance compliance queries, managing relationships with external legal, tax, and payroll advisors across all operating territories.
- Prepare comprehensive HR, payroll, risk, and compliance reporting dashboards for the HR Manager, Chief People & Governance Officer, and CFO.
Personnel Records, Mobility & Offboarding
- Oversee centralized personnel records within the HRIS, maintaining real-time tracking of employment history, work permits, visas, and tax statuses.
- Direct global mobility and relocation frameworks, ensuring administrative support for onboarding international hires (e.g., family reunification, visa applications, schooling).
- Manage cross-departmental offboarding workflows for resignations and terminations, coordinating with IT and operations for prompt access deactivation and compliance sign-offs.
Requirements
- Solid written and spoken Business English; Arabic is an advantage
- Ability to work closely and communicate clearly with both internal managers and external local advisors
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Group Company discounts
Education and experience
- Hands-on experience with an HRIS that includes payroll, and proficiency in MS Office/Excel; prior experience with Indigo would be an advantage
- Demonstrated ability to read, draft and review contracts, and to translate legal and regulatory requirements into clear, practical guidance for managers
- Strong understanding of Maltese employment and immigration laws or payroll practice
- 5+ years' experience in a legal, risk, compliance or compliance-focused HR role, with proven working knowledge of employment law, employment contracts and payroll fundamentals, ideally spanning more than one jurisdiction
Human Resources Jobs in Malta focus on the management of personnel within a company. Jobs in human resources within this sector include advisory, compensation, HR generalist, industrial relations, payroll, performance management, recruitment & selection and training & development roles.
