The Role
Supports HR operations across EMEA, including employee onboarding and offboarding, HRIS record maintenance, payroll inputs, leave management, employee inquiries, immigration coordination, employment confirmations, and reference requests. The role monitors the HR inbox, collaborates with global HR teams, supports HR projects, and coordinates with employees, payroll specialists, and external immigration counsel. Occasional travel is required.
Summary Generated by Built In
Position overview:
In collaboration with the HR Specialists team, the HR Specialist based in Geneva, will provide support across our different offices in EMEA.
- Support the employee life cycle; on-boarding, off-boarding, leave management, transfers, etc.
- Maintain accurate online records of employee information in our HRIS
- Prepare payroll input file for 3 regions, ensure accurate submissions and work closely with our team of payroll specialists.
- Act as a direct HR point of contact for employees queries related to various HR processes
- Support all the employee onboarding tasks; welcome emails, personal detail collection, arrange account creation
- Communicate and coordinate with new employees, from background screenings to first day paperwork and address new employee questions and requests in a timely manner
- Support offboarding process from resignation to final day; resignation acknowledgement emails, arrange account suspension/deletion, maintain employee files
- Support immigration process in close collaboration with our move management team : working with our third-party immigration law firm to coordinate visa applications (employment visa and travel visa), issue Company letters and track progress
- Monitor the HR EMEA inbox, to ensure timely response to inquiries
- Issue employment confirmation letters and reference requests
- Collaborate with global HR team members across regions
- Participate in global projects where needed
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 1-2 years’ generalist experience
- Strong prioritization, and time and stress management skills
- Self-motivated, disciplined and rigorous individual with analytical skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Solution-focused problem solver with the ability to think critically and independently
- Strong team spirit and very strong adaptability and flexibility capacities, responsiveness, service-oriented mindset
- Proficiency with numbers and Excel
- Exposure and support of immigration in Switzerland appreciated
- Hands on experience with payroll appreciated
- Occasional travelling is required
- Experience with Workday (ideal but not required)
- Fluent in French (mother tongue) and English
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- 1-2 years of generalist HR experience
- Strong prioritization, time management, and stress management skills
- Analytical, interpersonal, problem-solving, critical-thinking, and independent-working skills
- Strong adaptability, flexibility, responsiveness, teamwork, and service orientation
- Proficiency with numbers and Excel
- Fluency in French and English
- Exposure to and support of immigration processes in Switzerland
- Hands-on payroll experience
- Experience with Workday
Squarepoint Capital Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Squarepoint Capital and has not been reviewed or approved by Squarepoint Capital.
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, and vision insurance are provided alongside FSA options, indicating a broad healthcare offering. Disability, life, and AD&D coverage are also cited as part of the package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) program is offered, with multiple mentions of a company match. Long‑term financial protections such as life and disability insurance complement the retirement plan.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, paid sick days, and paid volunteer time are included. Parental leave is described as generous.
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The Company
What We Do
Squarepoint Capital is a leading global investment management firm that develops quantitative investment strategies to achieve high quality returns for our clients. We are a data and technology driven firm who specialize in developing automated trading systems that execute across global financial markets.
