Location: Serbia, currently home based but could require travel to a Belgrade Office with flexibility for a hybrid arrangement

Start Date: ASAP – Oct 2026

Working arrangement: 5 days per week

Contract duration: 9-12 months

Introduction to Alpha FMC

Headquartered in the UK, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is a leading global consultancy to the financial services industry. Alpha combines highly specialist, sector-focused management consulting and technology expertise to support the client transformation lifecycle. We have over 1,000 consultants globally, operating from offices spanning the UK, North America, MENA, Europe and APAC.

Introduction to the HR Team

The HR team ensures the effective management and development of the firm’s most valuable asset—its people. Their responsibilities include managing employee relations, compensation and benefits, performance management, and policy implementation. They act as a strategic partner to leadership, advising on organisational culture, initiatives and wellbeing. HR ensures compliance with labour laws and internal standards, while fostering a positive and inclusive workplace environment. They play a key role during major employee lifecycle events such as promotions, transfers, and exits, ensuring smooth transitions and effective communication. The HR team also manages systems that track employee data, feedback and engagement metrics. Through collaboration with Learning and Recruitment, HR helps attract, retain, and grow talent, contributing to overall business success.

The opportunity:

Alpha is hiring a Fixed-Term HR Generalist to cover for a maternity leave in the HR team and support its global business operations.

We are looking for a credible and highly motivated HR professional with excellent HR administration and coordination experience to join the HR team across some of our divisions in UK, Germany and Serbia (currently). This role will be supporting a headcount of 100+ across locations.

The HR Generalist will be required to:

• Manage onboarding and offboarding activities including background checks, drafting contracts, liaising with other Alpha Operations teams regarding joining and leaving for both employees and contractors
• Maintain our HRIS (Workday) and benefits portals
• Manage parental leave related administration activities
• Responsible for organising and monitoring employment documentation and report on milestones to line manager
• Monitor work eligibility end dates and schedule checkpoints when necessary
• Responsible for managing absence related activities (including Return to Work meetings) and maintaining records
• Assist with managing employee relations cases
• Prepare ad-hoc and recurring reports according to the Alpha HR Line Manager’s instructions
• Assist with organising and administering Alpha’s performance review framework
• Drive administration of the monthly payroll documentation and other benefits in collaboration with the Finance Department
• Knowledge and understanding of all the firm's policies and their practical application in order to provide advice and support staff
• Respond to ad hoc HR queries on a day-to-day basis aligned with Alpha policies and values
• Undertake ad hoc projects when required & collaborate with the wider Group HR team
• Contribute as an HR professional to an equitable and inclusive culture in all of our offices
• Some technical Serbian operational support

This role will report to the relevant Divisional Lead and work alongside other key Alpha stakeholders, who have responsibilities aligned to managing the business’s operations: Divisional Lead – primary stakeholder , Global HR Director – primary stakeholder, Head of the relevant business unit

Alpha is a rapidly growing company, with a rapidly growing legal estate. The role therefore provides the opportunity for growth, as the business continues to expand in terms of size, services and geographies.

The jobholder will be aligned to our Global business operations team and will receive mentoring from a senior member of the business operations team.

We want to hear from people with:

• At least 3-4 years of proven experience in an HR role – ideally within a relevant industry
• Relevant experience in the tasks described above
• Good understanding of the foundations of employment law in Serbia and UK
• Excellent communication both written and verbal
• Numeracy, accuracy and a high level of attention to detail
• Excellent, proven organisational skills
• Confident individual with a proactive attitude
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, demonstrating professionalism in all dealings
• A self-starter, able to demonstrate high levels of initiative and motivation, but also work closely with other team members and displaying trust and loyalty
• Ability to manage assigned tasks in an assertive, efficient and timely manner
• Proven ability to deal with confidential matters and with discretion
• Must be able to multi-task and keep calm under pressure
• Good team player
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Proven ability to provide a customer focused service
• The flexibility to work outside normal office hours as may be required from time-to-time