People Operations Manager

Are you curious, excited by experimentation, and always looking for a better way of doing things? Do you want to keep learning and developing whilst getting hands-on experience working in the payments space? Do you want to have the opportunity to apply technology to transform the way we operate at scale? If so, we would love to connect and collaborate! Who We Are Modulr is the payments automation platform that streamlines money movement with accuracy, control and reliability — built to scale. We process more than 200m transactions and over £180bn in payment value on an annualised basis, and we’re trusted by over 6,000 businesses from fast-growing SMEs to global enterprises. We automate how money moves into and out of a business — payroll, supplier payments, spend management and payment collection — through a single platform, connected to the accounting and payroll systems finance teams already use and underpinned by principal memberships of Visa and Mastercard and direct access to central bank infrastructure. As a regulated payments provider with over a decade of experience, we’re the platform finance teams trust to run mission-critical operations. Modulr is backed by PayPal, FIS, General Atlantic, Blenheim Chalcot, Frog Capital and Highland Europe, with over 400 employees across London, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Mumbai and Pune. Key Responsibility People Ops delivery: own the full employee lifecycle, including joiners, movers, leavers, benefits and reward. Payroll: ensure accurate, on-time payroll runs in the UK, EU, US and India, and lead the annual pay review and bonus cycles. Employment law: ensure contracts and policies are compliant with UK, EU, US and India employment law, applying experience and knowledge to interpret principles rather than following policy to the letter. People risk and judgement: identify, manage and mitigate people risk for the business, weighing legal and employee risk against commercial factors and recommending practical, business-focused solutions. are compliant with UK, EU, US and India employment law, applying experience and knowledge to interpret principles rather than following policy to the letter. Legal compliance: manage statutory filings, right to work and data privacy, working with external counsel. Connecting the dots: spot patterns and links across payroll, employee relations, systems data and business change, and raise issues early to the Director of P&C and business leaders., right to work and data privacy, working with external counsel. Systems and data: own HiBob, Payfit, Vistra and Deel, and deliver accurate people reporting. Team and support: lead the People Ops team and employee queries, manage escalations and provide direction on complex cases. Who You Are Experience: several years in People Ops or HR operations. Employment law: working knowledge of UK, EU, US and India employment law, with experience of using external counsel and knowing when to escalate.