Payroll Specialist

Summary

Join Deel, a leading global payroll and HR platform, as a Senior German Payroll Specialist. You will play a crucial role in ensuring smooth and efficient payroll processing for clients, managing all related work processes, and contributing to their success. Your responsibilities will include maintaining payroll records, validating payments and deductions, processing data, advising clients on employment contracts and regulations, ensuring authorized payments, delivering accurate payroll files, responding to client inquiries, building strong client relationships, and maintaining KPI performance.

Requirements

• 4+ years experience in payroll and personnel administration
• Fluent German and a good level of English, both written and verbal
• Experience of payroll processing in local payroll legislation

Responsibilities

• Maintaining payroll records: new hires, leavers, transfers, contractual changes etc
• Validating all payments and deductions
• Processing data before and after the monthly payroll in various systems and databases
• Supporting and advising clients on employment contracts, policies, taxes, mandatory insurance and social security regulations
• Ensuring all payments are duly authorized after appropriate review
• Ensuring the accuracy and timely delivery of monthly payroll files
• Responding to client enquiries via phone and email (in German and potentially also in English)
• Building and nurturing the relationship we have with the customer and deliver world class service
• Maintaining KPI performance of assigned clients

Preferred Qualifications

• University Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Labor or related field will be a plus
• Past experience on German SAGE HR suite software engine would be a plus
• Competent IT user of Excel, Word, payroll system(s)
• Ability to work effectively on a solo basis and also within a team environment

Benefits

• Stock grant opportunities dependent on your role, employment status and location
• Additional perks and benefits based on your employment status and country
• The flexibility of remote work, including optional WeWork access