Senior Internal Communications Business Partner

Help shape how our people connect, understand and feel part of our story

We are looking for an experienced Senior Internal Communications Business Partner, reporting to the Group Internal Communications Lead, to play a key role in how we communicate with our people across the Zellis Group, with a particular focus on Benifex.

This is a senior role with real visibility and influence and will work closely with leaders across the business, including regular exposure to the CEO, helping them communicate clearly, confidently and in a way that genuinely resonates with colleagues.

You will balance hands‑on delivery with strategic thinking, shaping our internal narrative while making sure day‑to‑day communications are engaging, relevant and well executed.

Location/Travel

This role can be home based or work on a hybrid basis from any of our UK offices. There will also be travel to Benifex offices in Southampton and Stockholm as required. 

What you will be doing

In this role, you will:

• Lead and own the internal communications strategy for Benifex, ensuring it aligns with the wider Zellis Group direction
• Turn business priorities and transformation programmes into clear, meaningful communication that helps people understand what is changing and why
• Create high‑quality content across a range of channels, including leadership messages, newsletters, blogs, intranet content, events and roadshows
• Support Group Communications with CEO and senior leadership communications, as well as wider group‑wide campaigns
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, coaching and supporting them to communicate with impact
• Work closely with Marketing, Learning and Development and People teams to ensure communications and learning are joined up, particularly during change
• Measure the impact of communications and use insight and feedback to continuously improve how we engage colleagues
• Share stories, successes and best practice across the group to help build consistency and connection

• Proven experience at Business Partner level in internal communications, colleague engagement or a related role
• Significant experience within a SaaS or Tech organisation
• Experience delivering communications for complex change or transformation programmes
• Excellent writing and editing skills, with the ability to simplify complex messages without losing meaning
• Confidence working with senior leaders, including experience supporting CEO‑level communications
• Experience working across multiple geographies such as the UK and Ireland, Europe or Asia would be an advantage

At Zellis we create AI-enabled HR, workforce management and payroll products and services, to power exceptional employee experiences so that you and your people do better. Our multi-award-winning products pay over five million employees a year, with almost half (42%) of the FTSE 100, 50% of the top retailers and 30% of the top universities in the UK & Ireland as customers, making us the largest provider of Payroll and HR software and managed services.

Our vision is to be the clear leader in pay, reward, analytics, and people experiences. We're passionate about creating an environment where people want to join, belong to, and be part of a progressive organisation. Our values, which were defined with input from all of our 3,000 colleagues, we live and breathe every day:

• Unstoppable together.
• Always learning.
• Make it count.
• Think scale.

Our people are critical to our ongoing success; we’re proud of our inclusive culture that gives you the platform to grow, challenge the status quo and play a crucial role in further enhancing our market position as the leading provider of HR & Payroll software and services. With Zellis you’ll have the chance to stretch and challenge yourself in an environment that’s varied, flexible and hugely supportive.

We also love to reward and recognise our brilliant colleagues. As part of your benefits package, you’ll receive:

• A competitive base salary, plus bonus.
• 25 days annual leave, plus your birthday off and the opportunity to buy additional holiday.
• Private medical insurance.
• Life assurance 4x salary.
• Enhanced pension scheme with company contributions up to 8.5%.
• A huge range of additional flexible benefits across financial & personal wellbeing, lifestyle & leisure.