Senior Payroll Specialist

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Our payroll team is looking for a detail-oriented, highly organised, and motivated individual to join us as a Senior Payroll Specialist. In this role, you'll be the primary owner of a portfolio of entity and partner payrolls, ensuring compliant, accurate and timely delivery while providing an exceptional experience to our clients and their employees.

What you will do:

• Independently manage end-to-end monthly payroll cycles for an assigned portfolio of entity and partner payrolls, in line with our Confluence country process guides and SLAs.
• Coordinate data collection, validation, and submission to outsourced vendors/partners, ensuring inputs are complete, accurate, and on time.
• Review vendor draft payrolls and supporting reports, performing detailed checks and reconciliations (gross-to-net, contributions, employer cost) before sign-off according to the approval matrix.
• Own customer and internal stakeholder communication for your payrolls, managing queries from employees, clients, People & Culture, Finance and other teams in a clear, empathetic and professional manner.
• Act as a subject-matter expert for your countries, maintaining a deep understanding of local payroll legislation and statutory requirements using official sources, Guru and Confluence.
• Own and maintain cost calculators and gross-to-net tools for your entities, ensuring accurate cost booking for billing and supporting Finance with payroll cost reconciliations.

Requirements:
What we are looking for:

• Strong experience in end-to-end payroll operations, including working with outsourced payroll vendors or partners, with a proven track record of managing multiple payrolls or entities independently.
• Deep legislative and operational payroll knowledge in at least one country, with the ability to interpret and apply statutory rules using official guidance and internal knowledge tools (Guru/Confluence).
• Solid understanding of gross-to-net calculations, employer and employee social contributions, and total employer cost concepts, plus experience using and maintaining payroll tools such as cost calculators and reconciliation templates.
• Excellent communication skills with a strong customer service mindset, able to explain complex payroll topics in simple, empathetic terms to non‑experts.
• High attention to detail, strong analytical skills, and a structured, process-driven approach to problem solving, including adherence to approval matrices and documented procedures.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken); additional languages are a plus.

Desirable (but not required):

• Experience in a multi‑country or high‑volume payroll environment.
• Exposure to partner/PEO/EOR payroll models and working across different jurisdictions.
• Experience contributing to payroll process improvements or tool optimisation projects.
• Familiarity with knowledge bases (e.g. Guru) and documentation tools (e.g. Confluence).

Benefits:
• Global, remote, and thriving: We're a global team of talented individuals spread across 26 countries. Our WorkFlex program lets you work from anywhere, anytime. Whether it's a beachside office or a cosy home office, the choice is yours.
• Your well-being is our priority: We know mental health matters, which is why we offer a dedicated Well-Being Day—a full day off just to recharge and relax.
• Get fit and stay active: Whether it’s yoga, weightlifting, or a quick jog—work out on your terms, at a discount with our subsidised gym memberships.
• Learn, grow, and develop: We believe in constant growth. With our Training & Development Allowance, you’ll have all the opportunities you need to keep expanding your skills and knowledge.
• Stay connected: Take part in exciting annual team meetups!
• Diversity is our superpower: We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.

*Benefits vary depending on location due to local laws and regulations.
At WorkMotion, we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. If you need any accommodations during the recruitment process, just let our Recruitment Team on [email protected]. We’re here to support you every step of the way!