This position is office-based (hybrid - 2 days per week) in Munich, Berlin, or Dublin
Bring your drive. Build our culture. When you join People, Workplace, & IT at Personio, you're not just impacting the people experience at Personio - you're having a direct influence on the future of HR in organizations across Europe. Come be HR at an HR company, where you'll be a valued partner every day.
The Role: How you'll make an impact at Personio
- Oversee and manage a team of payroll specialists, each responsible for monthly payroll processing across six countries, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timeliness.
- Engage with external payroll providers, negotiating contracts and service agreements to optimize cost and efficiency.
- Lead the implementation of intelligent technology solutions, including AI and advanced HR technologies, to optimize manual process steps, drive system and process improvements, and identify opportunities for automation and scalability in support of business growth
- Collaborate closely with Finance and People Operations teams to align payroll processes with company policies, budgets, and compliance requirements.
- Influence internal product development by providing payroll-related insights and ensuring systems are fit for global payroll needs.
- Lead and deliver payroll-related projects, including system implementations, country expansions, and compliance updates.
- Ensure compliance with local payroll regulations, labor laws, and tax requirements across all covered entities.
Role Requirements: What you need to succeed
- Proven experience managing payroll operations and external providers in a global context.
- + 4 years of people leadership experiences
- Hands-on experience processing payroll in Germany, as well as across multiple international entities.
- Track record of successfully scaling payroll operations in a fast-growing organization.
- Strong knowledge of global payroll systems, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience leading payroll projects, including system implementations and process improvements.
- Ability to work collaboratively across Finance, People Ops, and other cross-functional teams.
Why Personio
Personio is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an integrative culture where everyone feels welcomed and supported. We embrace uniqueness and understand that our diverse, values-driven culture makes us stronger. We are proud to have an inclusive workplace environment that will foster your development no matter your gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, education level, or race.
Aside from our people, culture, and mission, check out some of the other benefits that make Personio a great place to work:
- Receive a competitive reward package - reevaluated each year - that includes salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity
- Enjoy 28 days of paid vacation, plus an additional day after 2 and 4 years
- Make an impact on the environment and society with 1 (fully paid) Impact Day
- Receive generous family leave, child support, mental health support, and sabbatical opportunities
- We follow an office-led, remote friendly approach, including opportunities to work from home and international locations. Many of our teams have designated days for gathering in the office to enhance collaboration and foster a sense of community.
- We enjoy gathering for meals, cultural initiatives, and events like local Summer Sessions and year-end celebrations. There's also healthy snacks, drinks, and a weekly catered lunch.
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What the Team is Saying
What We Do
We believe small and medium-sized organizations are the backbone of global economies, and their most valuable asset is the people they employ. But many of their HR teams are held back by complicated, time-consuming processes and admin. We’re changing that with our all-in-one HR solution that transforms the way millions of people experience work every day.
At the core of our people-focused product are the individuals who craft it: We proudly identify as Personios. As we build on our success as Europe’s leading HR platform for SMEs, we are looking for the brightest minds to bring their own innovative ideas to the table. When you join our team of 1800+ across Europe and the US, you’ll have an impact from day one – for our 15,000 customers and the 1.5 million employees we serve.
Why Work With Us
Personio is one of the most valuable tech startups in Europe, but we're just getting started with revolutionizing HR for the 1.7 million small and medium-sized organizations still stuck in the spreadsheet era. Now we need your experience scaling tech companies to take us to the next level.
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