HR Coordinator - EMEA (French-speaking)

Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks. The company acquired Secureworks in February 2025, bringing together two pioneers that have redefined the cybersecurity industry with their innovative, native AI-optimized services, technologies and products. Sophos is now the largest pure-play Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider, supporting more than 28,000 organizations. In addition to MDR and other services, Sophos’ complete portfolio includes industry-leading endpoint, network, email, and cloud security that interoperate and adapt to defend through the Sophos Central platform. Secureworks provides the innovative, market-leading Taegis XDR / MDR, identity threat detection and response (ITDR), next-gen SIEM capabilities, managed risk, and a comprehensive set of advisory services. Sophos sells all these solutions through reseller partners, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) worldwide, defending more than 600,000 organizations worldwide from phishing, ransomware, data theft, other every day and state-sponsored cybercrimes. The solutions are powered by historical and real-time threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops and the newly added Counter Threat Unit (CTU). Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at .

Role Summary

We are building a centralized HR support function that supports generic administrative tasks for the HR team in EMEA. Where countries have a specific language requirement and this language is your specialty, you would provide additional dedicated support to that team.

Our HR Coordinators deliver robust and proactive HR support to the HR team, for our employees, following a handoff from the Talent team, in case of new hires. Thereon, the role is responsible for a wide variety of tasks across the employee life cycle.

You will work as part of a tight-knit team that encompasses different language skills, handling generic and standardized procedures including task that ensure the company meets its mandatory reporting and administrative in-country. You will respond and support employee and manager enquiries received via a ticketing system, escalating where necessary and you will have the opportunity to work in cross-team projects that support the HR organization develop and mature its practices, and which offer job enrichment and development.

What You Will Do

• Cradle to grave’ support for all administrative elements relating to employee matters arising in the region
• Aiding the onboarding process
• Producing accurate and timely offers of employment and employment contracts
• Liaising with IT and facilities to ensure the business is prepared for the new hires, and coordinating and communicating with the hiring manager accordingly
• Enrolling new hires onto various benefit programs and aiding set up on payroll if needed
• HRIS system's management
• Preparing and executing HRIS audits (bi-weekly) and payroll reporting and audits against the data held in HRIS
• Payroll administration – collating the relevant and related information and reports for Payroll, including notifications of new hires, leavers, maternity and paternity information, changes to employee payroll information (salaries, cost centres, etc), ensuring approved bonuses are paid timely, administering local allowances and one-off bonuses, as applicable, etc.
• Where applicable, time management system ownership – new hires, leavers, reports, troubleshooting
• HR file management, including the Teams database and personnel files; verify and maintain required employee documentation, ensuring current and compliant
• Accurate and timely processing of leavers or other terminations, e.g. leaver letters, updating HRIS, liaison with payroll and IT (equipment returns), etc.

What You will Bring

Ready to Join Us?

At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.

What's Great About Sophos?

Our Commitment To You

Secureworks, a Sophos company, is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Secureworks, a Sophos company, are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and / or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Secureworks, a Sophos company, will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.