YASMIN GAULD

• Sole HR lead for both UK and US teams, managing end-to-end HR operations across multiple jurisdictions
• Responsible for the full payroll cycle for both regions, ensuring timely and compliant processing
• Lead on all employee relations matters, HR queries, and day-to-day support for managers and staff
• Own the annual performance review and salary review cycles, including benchmarking and communications
• Act as strategic people advisor to the CEO and COO, supporting business growth through workforce planning and leadership guidance
• Design and implement HR policies, processes, and initiatives aligned with company values and legal compliance
• Drive employee engagement, wellbeing, and culture-building efforts in a fast-paced creative environment

Following my role at Hearst, I transitioned into HR consulting, supporting businesses with audits, compliance, and HR setup, while delivering analytical services to provide data-driven insights, a particular passion of mine. During this time, I’ve leveraged my extensive HR and start-up experience to help CEOs and Founders shape effective people strategies.

• Reporting directly into the Founder and CEO, I was able to offer insight and recommendations to support strategic decision-making
• Sourced and implemented the organisations first HRIS to collect and report on all global employee data
• Developed HR processes, policies and employee handbook
• Played a pivotal role in contributing to the development and implementation of strategies to support the international growth of the business as we expended into Europe, Middle East and North America.
• Undertook a full global benefits review and implemented a comprehensive benefits package for the business in line with budgets
• Addressed employee conflicts, following corporate procedures for timely resolution.
• Single-handedly processed two in-house payrolls
• Reconciled and processed accounts payable for the UK
• Oversaw end to end recruitment for the business
• Conducted workforce planning and compensation benchmarking to meet company needs.

• Created solutions for total reward packages by recommending appropriate pay levels, benefits and annual incentive pay based on WTW benchmarking
• Led on all reward and benefits communications, including management of benefit fairs and benefit promotions to improve overall employee engagement with our offering
• Visa license management
• First point of contact for all mobility enquiries and supported the business on all right to work and visas queries
• Employee sickness management: processed income protection claims and occupational health reports
• Supported on organisational change initiatives including organisational re-structure and redundancy programmes
• Developed, updated and monitored the effectiveness of HR policies and processes
• Supported junior members of the team with more complex queries in relation to policy, process and people relations

• Proposed, managed and implemented employee attendance controls to identify and target sickness hotspots
• Automated the in house HRIS payroll process to enhance risk controls and improve efficiency
• Managed International developments such as service agreements, assisting with franchising (including the development of the standards guide) and organisational charts
• Liaised with third party solicitors to review/renew company policies to remain compliant with HMRC policies
• Developed and produced the monthly board report presented in the monthly board meeting
• Led on ad hoc projects (company salary reviews, company retention and benefits)
• Supervised the onboarding process, including payroll paperwork
• Trained and provided on-going support for the new members of the team
• Provided system training for managers.

• Prepared all employee lifecycle paperwork and system updates
• Prepared and collected all references for future and former employees
• Main point of contact for all HR queries
• Oversaw all probations and end of probation paperwork
• Liaised with in house/third party platform developers to improve end user experience
• Prepared and published vacancies using our in-house recruitment software
• Attended various meetings as the minute taker and prepared disciplinary paperwork
• Payroll Administration: Managed all payroll queries: maternity, paternity, sickness and benefits in line with statutory regulation and company policy
• Supported with payroll and completed the monthly reconciliations for tax, national insurance and pension
• Produced month-end reporting for Finance and benefit providers
• Processed and updated monthly employee benefit changes.