Senior Payroll Specialist EMEA

Functieomschrijving:

The Senior Payroll Specialist is a seasoned, hands‑on payroll expert responsible for managing and supporting payroll operations across the EMEA region (including Italy, Spain, Hungary and South Africa). The position ensures payrolls are processed accurately, compliantly, and on schedule, while handling issue resolution, conducting reconciliations, and maintaining high‑quality operational documentation.

Client Details

Our client is a major organization in the Aviation sector who is specialized in producing high-end aircraft. Their HQ is in the south of Amsterdam. This role is for 6 to 12 months initially and could become a permanent role.

Description

* Oversee end‑to‑end EMEA payroll cycles to ensure accuracy and timely completion; provide hands‑on support or review for the France payroll when needed.

* Handle pre‑payroll checks, data cleanup, and exception management to reduce errors and rework.

* Reconcile payroll results, investigate discrepancies, identify root causes, and implement corrective measures across supported countries.

* Collaborate with regional and global payroll providers (CloudPay, TCS, local Polish/French vendors) and internal system owners (Workday, ServiceNow) on integrations, configurations, and incident resolution.

* Maintain and update detailed country‑specific payroll procedures and transaction‑level process documentation.

* Support testing and rollout of payroll system updates, patches, and enhancements; verify outcomes and record findings.

* Generate routine payroll reports and assist with KPI monitoring; escalate trends, country risks, and compliance concerns when needed.

* Assist in onboarding and training vendor payroll teams (e.g., TCS) and serve as a subject‑matter contact for payroll inquiries.

* Ensure adherence to local payroll laws, tax requirements, and statutory reporting obligations for assigned countries.

* Contribute to continuous improvement efforts, recommend automation opportunities, and strengthen controls for multi‑country payroll operations.

Part of your daily responsibilities will involve process optimization and the transition to a new software tool.

Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, HR, Business or related field preferred
• 5-8 years hands‑on payroll experience with demonstrated experience supporting EMEA payrolls
• Practical experience with at least one global payroll platform and vendor‑managed payroll environments
• Prior exposure to payroll reconciliations, statutory compliance and payroll reporting for other European countries
• English fluency, Dutch is a plus
• 40 hours availability
• Per immediately - start in March already!
• Interest in a Global Aviation company

Job Offer

In addition to an attractive base salary, you will receive:

• The opportunity to develop within this vibrant organization
• Excellently arranged fringe benefits
• Hybrid working scheme
• No 9 to 5 mentality
• Incredibly broad function
• Public transport reimbursement 100%
• Company Laptop
• Premium Pension Scheme

Functie-eisen:

Follow us: