HR Specialist (60%)

Location: EU Remote with substantial overlap with Central European Time.

Company

hirify.global is a multi-jurisdictional licensed platform headquartered in Switzerland, providing institutional payments, trading, custody, asset management, and stablecoin and fiat rails.

What you will do

• Own the full employment lifecycle across Swiss and international entities, including contracts, onboarding, offboarding, probation tracking, references, terminations, and employee documentation.
• Run the monthly Swiss payroll cycle and manage AHV/IV/EO, ALV, BVG pension, accident insurance, family allowance registrations, changes, and year-end declarations.
• Manage work and residence permits, cantonal correspondence, cross-border and remote-working positions, social security determinations, and posted worker matters.
• Own Employer of Record relationships, contractor records, classification checks, and misclassification risk management.
• Administer performance objective cycles, employee share option records, salary benchmarking, headcount cost inputs, and HR reporting.
• Build HR policies and infrastructure, manage employee data protection, support audits and regulatory filings, and run recruitment operations for approved roles.

Requirements

• At least five years of experience in HR generalist or HR operations roles, including at least two years running a standalone HR function without an HR team.
• Hands-on experience with Swiss employment law, payroll, social insurance, and work and residence permits.
• Fluent written and spoken English; English is the company working language and all documentation is issued in English.
• Ability to work remotely with substantial overlap with Central European Time.
• Evidence of building HR infrastructure from a low base, including policies, files, processes, and systems.
• Ability to operate without precedent, escalate early, and make decisions within a clear mandate.

Nice to have

• Fluent or professional German for communication with authorities, insurers, and cantonal offices.
• Experience in financial services, fintech, or another regulated environment.
• Experience with multi-entity and cross-border employment, Employer of Record provider management, or scale-up growth through a funding round.

Culture & Benefits

• Real ownership of the HR function with direct access to founders, the board, and clients.
• Flat hierarchy without middle layers.
• AI-native working environment.
• Meaningful equity in a Series A institutional crypto company.
• Swiss-anchored, globally operating environment combining regulatory rigor with high operational volume.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV and a short paragraph describing a time you built or rebuilt an HR function from a low base, including what you inherited, implemented, and how long it took.