People Operations & Compliance Specialist

Hello! 👋🏽

At Factorial we're looking for a new People Operations & Compliance Specialist to help us boost the company’s growth to the next level.

Ready to be part of the challenge? 🚀

The Role

We are looking for a People Operations & Compliance Specialist to join our People team and play a key role in ensuring our HR practices are legally sound, inclusive, and strategically aligned with business needs. This position requires a strong foundation in labor law, a deep understanding of equality and inclusion regulations (especially Equality Plans in Spain), and working knowledge of immigration procedures for international talent.

You will be the point of contact for ensuring legal compliance across our people operations processes, supporting audits, improving internal policies, and ensuring the company is meeting its obligations as an employer under local labor laws.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and monitor our Equality Plan, ensuring compliance with Spanish regulations and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion across the organization.
• Ensure compliance with labor laws and collective agreements, and act as an internal expert on legal HR matters.
• Manage immigration and work permit processes for international employees (NIE, visas, renewals, etc.), liaising with legal advisors and government bodies when needed.
• Support the drafting, review, and maintenance of employment contracts, internal policies, and legal documentation.
• Collaborate with external legal partners (labor lawyers, legal firms) when needed.
• Monitor updates to labor legislation and proactively propose adjustments to our internal processes.
• Assist in audits, inspections, or administrative processes (e.g., SEPE, INSS, labor inspections).
• Provide support to the wider People team in employee relations cases, performance management procedures, or sensitive cases from a legal compliance perspective.
• Help maintain and improve processes related to onboarding, offboarding, and HR documentation from a legal and compliance standpoint.

Requirements

• Degree in Labor Law, Human Resources, or Social Sciences; a background as a Labor Lawyer or “Graduado Social” is highly valued.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in People Operations or an HR legal advisory role.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing Equality Plans (Planes de Igualdad) in Spain.
• Solid knowledge of Spanish labor law and social security regulations.
• Familiarity with immigration processes (permits, visas, NIEs).
• Strong attention to detail, highly organized, and proactive.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders.
• Fluent in Spanish and English (professional level required).

Perks of being part of our team💆

• High growth, multicultural and friendly environment 🤝
• Save expenses with Cobee 💰 and get your salary in advance with Payflow 💸
• Healthy life with Gympass 🧘🏽‍♀️
• Alan as private health insurance 🩺
• Language classes with Yolk Academy 👩🏽‍🏫
• Syra discounts, Nora & Apeteat lunch❗
• Flexible schedules ⏰, pet Friendly 🐶 and no dress code!😀

About Us 🚀

At Factorial, we’re building the leading business management software for companies of all sizes. Our platform centralizes key workflows across HR, finance, and operations, freeing teams from manual processes so they can focus on what really matters: leading, growing, and taking care of their people.

With over 1,200 employees across 7 markets, we serve 700,000+ users and are one of Europe’s fastest-growing SaaS companies, backed by top-tier investors and proudly headquartered in Barcelona.

We believe in bold goals, radical ownership, and inclusive collaboration. If you're excited to shape the future of business management technology, we’d love to meet you.

Wanna learn more about us? Check our website!