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Senior Benefits Analyst (Europe + APAC)

Whatnot· Operations
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Hybrid (Dublin or London)€85k - €118kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior Benefits Analyst responsible for scaling and administering benefits and leave programs across Europe and APAC, partnering with Payroll, Legal, People Ops, and vendors to support Whatnot’s growth from a Total Rewards perspective. Remote role with hubs in Dublin or London; must reside within commuting distance.

Responsibilities

  • Administer health, pension, risk, wellness, family, and supplemental benefits across Europe and APAC, partnering with brokers, vendors, and internal teams to keep programs accurate, compliant, and running on time.
  • Manage benefits enrollments, life event changes, terminations, and employee documentation across multiple countries and entities.
  • Support renewals, vendor implementations, plan changes, and employee communications for international benefits programs.
  • Manage end-to-end leave administration across Europe and APAC, including parental leave, medical leave, statutory leave, company leave programs, and country-specific leave requirements.
  • Coordinate leave pay, top-up pay, deductions, benefits in kind taxation, return-to-work details, and related reconciliations with Payroll, People Ops, Legal, and external partners.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for sensitive benefits, leave, and accommodation cases, balancing care, speed, accuracy, and local requirements.
  • Maintain and troubleshoot benefits and leave systems, reporting, and tracking to monitor utilization, cost trends, escalations, and operational risks.
  • Improve benefits and leave processes as Whatnot scales by reducing manual work, clarifying documentation, and making the employee experience faster and easier to navigate.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in employee benefits, leave administration, or total rewards operations, with meaningful exposure to Europe and/or APAC programs.
  • Experience administering international benefits programs, ideally across the UK, Ireland, broader Europe, and APAC.
  • Strong working knowledge of country-specific benefits, pension, leave, and accommodation practices, with the judgment to know when to bring in Legal, brokers, or local experts.
  • Experience managing complex leave cases with care, discretion, and strong follow-through.
  • Experience with Workday benefits, leave, or absence modules.
  • Strong payroll reconciliation skills, including deductions, leave pay, vendor files, invoices, and fringe benefits.
  • High attention to detail and the ability to spot gaps between policy, systems, payroll, and vendor administration.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity, building processes from scratch, and improving them as the business changes.
  • Strong employee support instincts and the ability to explain complex benefits and leave topics clearly, calmly, and quickly.
  • Bias toward action and strong partnership skills across Payroll, Legal, People Ops, Finance, People Systems, vendors, and brokers.

Skills

Required:International benefits administrationLeave administrationWorkday benefits/absence modulesPayroll reconciliationCountry-specific benefits knowledge

Benefits

  • Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a spring and winter break)
  • Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Work From Home Support
  • Care benefits
  • Retirement; Pension plans internationally
  • Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
  • Parental Leave
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Whatnot

Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in the U.S.

Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in the U.S., connecting buyers and sellers in real-time across any category – from collectibles like trading cards to comics, fashion, sneakers, and more.

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