Sr. International Mobility and HR Compliance Specialist

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

Want to help us make a difference?

Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.

Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

The Senior Global Mobility and HR Compliance Specialist is a member of the Americas Regional HR Shared Services team, supporting multiple locations across North and South America.

If you are looking to join a rapidly changing HR Function and a dynamic culture, we are the team for you! You will be responsible for managing the end to end international and domestic mobility and / or immigration processes for expats as well as local contracts.

Additionally, you will own HR compliance for the Americas region. As we advance our footprint across the Americas Region, bi-lingual skills in English and Spanish or Portuguese are a plus!

• Manage all aspects of end-to-end mobility process, both international and domestic, with a focus on movement into our US locations.
• Serve as subject matter expert and consultant to employees, candidates, Talent Acquisition, HR team and other key stakeholders on all mobility-related matters.
• Design and implement mobility and immigration processes in partnership with global stakeholders including Finance and Purchasing.
• Develop and maintain detailed process documentation, including standard operating procedures, work instructions, and process flows.
• Manage vendor relationship with all mobility vendors, including immigration attorneys, relocation services, tax consultants, and destination services.
• Work with service providers to ensure SLAs and internal clients’ needs are met.
• First point of contact for candidates, HR, Talent Acquisition, hiring managers and internal stakeholders, pro-actively advising on mobility process, requirements, timelines and financial impact.
• Develop, implement, maintain, and execute international relocation policies and guidelines including handling any exception management / tracking.
• Partner with internal stakeholders like Corporate Tax, Export Control, Legal, Rewards and HR and Payroll specialists to ensure compliance and improve knowledge and understanding in this area.
• Provide detailed Mobility reporting and analysis on a regular basis to HR leadership team and other stakeholders.
• Manage the VIE French international internship program in partnership with global team.
• Contribute to annual Y+1 budgeting process as budget lead for expatriate labor costs and externals services; monitor and manage associated costs throughout the year
• Partner with Treasury on chargebacks for expat expenses ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
• Maintains knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and human resources best practices and assists with developing, coordinating, and recommending changes for the improvement.
• Maintains the company’s employee handbook and HR policies by coordinating input from appropriate stakeholders and ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Manage and implement compliance-related processes and policies as requested and in partnership with COEs (e.g. Offer Letter templates, Termination, Severance documents)
• Reviews mandatory and non-mandatory training programs for compliance with relevant laws, including but not limited to the following topics : anti-harassment training, wage and hour training, and data privacy.
• Identifies discrepancies, risks, and other problems, then prepares reports, presenting and explaining findings and recommended corrective measures.
• Partners with stakeholders and responsible parties to implement recommended corrective measures to resolve problems and any noncompliance.
• File appropriate compliance reports with regulatory agencies.
• Direct the development or implementation of HR compliance-related policies and procedures throughout the organization.

Requirements :

• Exceptional organizational skills and a proactive approach to task management
• Bi-lingual in English & Spanish / Portuguese / French is preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Office 365 skills, including excel proficiency.
• High level of attention to detail and strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to handle highly sensitive data with confidentiality and integrity; ability to exercise appropriate judgment.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR, Business or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of mobility / immigration and HR compliance experience

If you identify yourself in this position, please apply by uploading your resume and let's start the journey together !

Roquette is proud to be a global company where you can find personal and professional growth through multiple diverse experiences.

Roquette believes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion must be woven into everything we do, from the products we make, through the relationships we build with our partners, and most importantly within the teams we create and how we interact together.

As we continue to grow, Roquette understands that to be successful we must always be inclusive in our approach, by creating a workforce that represents the world we live in, and the communities and customers we serve.

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