EMEA Payroll Specialist - 12 Month FTC - Dublin City Centre
About Your New Employer
Join a fast-paced, international organisation with a diverse workforce and a strong focus on operational excellence. This is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative payroll team supporting employees across multiple EMEA countries.
You will work closely with HR teams, external payroll providers, tax advisors, auditors and government authorities. The role offers exposure to international payroll, equity compensation, expatriate employees, payroll transformation projects and new-country implementations.
About Your New Job
As an EMEA Payroll Specialist, you will:
- Validate payroll inputs received from HR systems, ensuring employee data, payroll changes and additional compensation information are accurate and complete.
- Prepare and review payroll templates, adjustments and employee data changes for assigned countries.
- Process equity-related transactions and ensure they are included in the correct payroll period in line with local regulations.
- Coordinate accurate and timely payroll processing across multiple EMEA countries, ensuring compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements.
- Complete month-end payroll activities, reconciliations, variance analysis and payroll reporting.
- Manage payroll tax filings, statutory payments and year-end compliance obligations.
- Investigate payroll discrepancies and explain variances to maintain strong payroll controls.
- Build effective relationships with external payroll providers, tax advisors and service partners.
- Liaise with third-party providers and tax authorities to resolve payroll queries and issues.
- Partner with HR to ensure the accurate and consistent flow of employee and payroll information.
- Support statutory, internal and external audits by providing payroll data, documentation and analysis.
- Contribute to payroll process improvements, new-country implementations and regional payroll transformation projects.
What Skills You Need
- 3–5 years of payroll experience, ideally in a multinational environment supporting EMEA payroll operations.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end payroll processing, payroll accounting, reconciliations, controls and compliance.
- Experience working with outsourced payroll providers is highly advantageous.
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel and strong systems capability. SAP would be beneficial.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
What's on Offer
- The opportunity to work in an international environment with exposure to multi-country EMEA payroll.
- Involvement in payroll projects, process improvements, equity compensation and new-country implementations.
- A collaborative team environment with opportunities for professional development and career progression.
- Competitive salary:€60,000-€65,000
- Location and working arrangement: Dubliln City Centre (Two days onsite)
What's Next
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