Senior HR Administration Associate

About the role

The Senior HR Administration Associate will oversee all administrative aspects of the employee lifecycle, ensuring accurate personnel records, timely payroll processing, and compliance with labour legislation in Côte d’Ivoire. The role also manages employee benefits, lease contracts, and collaborates closely with finance, legal and external service providers.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate onboarding, employee movements, departures and maintain up‑to‑date personnel files and HR data.
• Collect, verify and transmit payroll variables, review payroll statements and ensure correct tax and social security filings.
• Administer leave, absences and employee benefit enrolments, and ensure compliance with internal policies and local labour law.
• Maintain lease contract registers, track rent payments, coordinate move‑ins/outs and liaise with landlords and service providers.
• Support budget preparation, purchase requests and invoice verification in Sage X3, working with finance and procurement.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Accounting or related field (Master’s a plus).
• Minimum four years of experience in HR administration, payroll coordination and benefits management.
• Practical knowledge of Côte d’Ivoire labour legislation and social security obligations.
• Experience handling lease contracts and vendor coordination, preferably in an international or energy‑sector environment.

Required skills

• Proficiency with BambooHR (HR system) and familiarity with Sage X3.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills for data analysis and reporting.
• Payroll processing, social security filing and benefits administration.
• Contract tracking, deadline management and invoice verification.
• Professional fluency in French and English (spoken and written).