Payroll Specialist

16 hours, 37 minutes ago
Full-time
Senior
HR and Recruiting
WorkMotion

WorkMotion

WorkMotion provides comprehensive global HR solutions that enable businesses to hire, onboard, and manage employees in over 160 countries efficiently and compliantly, facilitating a seamless transition to new ways of working.

Professional Services
251-1K
Founded 2020
$77M raised

Description

  • Manage end-to-end monthly payroll cycles for an assigned portfolio of entity and partner payrolls in line with country process guides and SLAs.
  • Coordinate payroll data collection, validation, and submission to outsourced vendors and partners.
  • Review vendor draft payrolls and supporting reports, completing detailed checks and reconciliations before sign-off.
  • Own communication with employees, clients, People & Culture, Finance, and other internal stakeholders regarding payroll queries.
  • Act as subject-matter expert for assigned countries, maintaining knowledge of local payroll legislation and statutory requirements.
  • Use official sources and internal knowledge tools such as Guru and Confluence to interpret and apply payroll rules.
  • Own and maintain cost calculators and gross-to-net tools for assigned entities.
  • Ensure accurate cost booking for billing and support Finance with payroll cost reconciliations.
  • Maintain a clear, empathetic, and professional approach to payroll issue resolution and stakeholder support.

Requirements

  • Experience in end-to-end payroll operations, including work with outsourced payroll vendors or partners.
  • Proven track record of independently managing multiple payrolls or entities.
  • Deep legislative and operational payroll knowledge in at least one country.
  • Ability to interpret and apply statutory rules using official guidance and internal knowledge tools such as Guru and Confluence.
  • Solid understanding of gross-to-net calculations, employer and employee social contributions, and total employer cost concepts.
  • Experience using and maintaining payroll tools such as cost calculators and reconciliation templates.
  • Excellent communication skills with a strong customer service mindset.
  • High attention to detail, strong analytical skills, and a structured, process-driven approach to problem solving.
  • Fluency in English, written and spoken.
  • Additional languages are a plus.
  • Experience in a multi-country or high-volume payroll environment is desirable.
  • Exposure to partner, PEO, or EOR payroll models is desirable.
  • Experience contributing to payroll process improvements or tool optimisation projects is desirable.
  • Familiarity with knowledge bases like Guru and documentation tools like Confluence is desirable.
  • Must be based within 2 hours of the Central European Timezone.

Benefits

  • Remote-first WorkFlex program that lets you work from anywhere, anytime.
  • Global team across 26 countries.
  • Dedicated Well-Being Day as a full day off to recharge.
  • Subsidised gym memberships.
  • Training and Development Allowance for learning and growth.
  • Annual team meetups.
  • Equal opportunity employer with a diverse and inclusive workplace.
  • Accommodation support during the recruitment process.

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