Senior HR Advisor - Turkey

About the role

A Senior HR Advisor is sought to join the team in Istanbul on a permanent basis. The role provides comprehensive HR advisory support across the employee lifecycle, ensuring people processes follow global HR practices while complying with local laws such as Turkish Labor Law No. 4857, SGK social security rules, Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331 and Turkish tax regulations. It works closely with business leaders and HR colleagues across geographies.

Key responsibilities

• Employee relations: act as first point of contact for managers and employees, advise on labour law compliance, grievances, discipline, absence, hybrid working and family leave, and escalate complex cases to the HR Business Partner.
• Payroll and compliance: support regular and shadow payroll with global teams, and submit timely Withholding Tax and Social Security declarations with Finance.
• Recruitment: partner with HRBP and global Talent Acquisition on recruitment campaigns, ensuring processes meet global values and local compliance.
• Performance and compensation: support the performance cycle, annual salary review and talent calibration, and contribute to workforce analytics reports.
• Learning and engagement: support training on labour law, project dynamics and OHSE awareness, and champion learning, wellbeing and engagement.
• HR operations: help issue employment documents on time and contribute to standardizing and digitizing HR processes.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field.
• Minimum 6-8 years of progressive HR experience, preferably in international or oil & gas/energy companies.
• Fluency in English and Turkish (oral and written).
• Ability to work independently and in a team, manage multiple priorities and influence at all levels.

Required skills

• Comprehensive knowledge of Turkish labour law, OHSE regulations, tax compliance and HR best practices.
• SAP HR modules and SuccessFactors (Employee Central, Recruiting).
• Payroll experience in Turkey, including shadow payroll, WHT and SA declarations.