Senior Global Payroll Specialist

Summary

Join Pleo as a Senior Global Payroll Specialist to lead and transform payroll processes across EMEA, ensuring compliance and efficiency. You will manage end-to-end payroll, lead a small team, and act as a subject matter expert for process improvements. The role requires extensive payroll knowledge in multiple EMEA locations, experience with global payroll providers, and strong analytical skills. Pleo offers a competitive benefits package including private health insurance, paid time off, a hybrid work approach, wellbeing days, professional development opportunities, and paid parental leave.

Requirements

• Excellent operational, legislative and best practice payroll knowledge of several EMEA locations (Sweden, Spain, Portugal and the UK desirable)
• Experience working with global payroll providers
• Internal and external payroll audit leadership skills
• Experience of process design and documentation
• Excellent excel skills
• A proactive and analytical approach
• Fluency in spoken and written English

Responsibilities

• Processing and managing the end-to-end payroll cycle, ensuring accuracy and compliance with relevant regulations
• Reconciling and reviewing payroll data, including tax calculations, benefits, and other deductions
• Collaborating with People and finance teams to ensure seamless integration between payroll, People operations & finance processes
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of payroll regulations, ensuring compliance in all jurisdictions
• Addressing all payroll related queries from employees & the business quickly and accurately
• Ensuring confidentiality and security of employee payroll information
• Collaborating with the external payroll provider and assisting in service level management and reporting
• Staying informed about best practices and industry trends in payroll processing
• Acting as the SME for all things payroll within project workstreams and as required

Preferred Qualifications

• Swedish language skills
• Experience of driving and leading large-scale projects
• Experience of SOX controls
• Experience of equity processing

Benefits

• Your own Pleo card (no more out-of-pocket spending!)
• Lunch is on us - with catering in our Lisbon office
• Private health insurance to ensure you’re fit in body and mind to do your best work
• In Portugal, we offer 25 days of holiday + your public holidays
• For our People & Culture Team, we offer a hybrid approach to work
• Option to purchase 5 additional days of holiday through a salary sacrifice
• Wellbeing days - fully paid days off designed for a slower pace, allowing you to take time to recharge and prioritise self-care
• We’re trialling MyndUp to give our employees access to free mental health and wellbeing support with great success so far
• Access to LinkedIn Learning - acquire new skills, stay abreast of industry trends and fuel your personal and professional development continuously
• Paid parental leave - we want to make sure that we're supportive of families and help you feel that you don't have to compromise your family due to work
• All of us have a stake in Pleo’s success - ask us about our equity grant scheme