HR Specialist, Labor and Payroll

This HR Specialist role focuses on payroll, labor administration, and human resources operations for an organization expanding rapidly in Japan and internationally.

The role also coordinates and directs external payroll and labor-service providers. It involves organizing, standardizing, improving, and increasing the efficiency of payroll and labor workflows; reviewing and designing the operation of work rules and other labor-related regulations; operating and improving leave-of-absence and return-to-work systems; communicating changes internally; and planning, building, and improving HR processes.

Additional responsibilities cover domestic transfer and business-trip policies, transfers and secondments to domestic group companies, company housing administration, and the optimization of related systems and operating procedures. The specialist will review and manage personnel transfers and personnel announcements, and manage and use employee data through human resources systems.

Applicants are expected to have approximately five or more years of experience in relevant areas. Experience operating and improving work rules and HR systems, including leave and return-to-work arrangements, as well as joining and leaving procedures, attendance management, and personnel transfer management, is also required. Applicants need experience managing external providers for payroll and social insurance, including vendor coordination, work instructions, schedule management, and quality control. Experience organizing, visualizing, standardizing, and improving HR processes, together with knowledge of Japanese labor law and labor practices, is required.

Preferred experience includes recruiting or labor management for technical roles such as engineering, manufacturing, or research and development; leading a project or team; using payroll systems, HRIS, and personnel data to improve processes; creating HR systems and labor-management structures; working with overseas locations or multinational members; and proposing fact-based solutions while using hypotheses to examine problems. Business-English communication ability is also listed as welcome. The role is in the HR department of a startup connected with the development and construction of fusion experimental reactors and decarbonization objectives.

The position is full-time, with possible hiring as a contract employee.

Remote work may be discussed for people living within commuting distance, and domestic or overseas transfers may be possible.