Payroll Implementation Manager - Spain

Role Summary

As the Payroll Implementation Manager – Spain, you will serve as the payroll subject matter expert (SME) for all Spain payroll implementations. Working alongside a dedicated Payroll Project Manager, who owns overall project governance, timelines and delivery, you will lead all country-specific payroll activities from discovery through go-live. You will ensure every implementation is compliant with Spain legislation, aligned to best practice, and delivered to the highest quality.
You will be recognised as the internal authority for Spanish payroll, providing expert guidance to Customers, Sales, Product, Engineering and Payroll Operations. This role requires a minimum of 10 years' experience managing Spain payroll, extensive hands-on experience with Spain payroll software, and fluency in Spanish and English.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the recognised SME for Spain payroll implementations.
• Lead payroll discovery workshops and advise Customers on legislation and best practice.
• Challenge inefficient legacy processes and recommend scalable, compliant solutions.
• Work with Product and Engineering to validate payroll configuration.
• Lead payroll testing, parallel runs and payroll validation.
• Support Payroll Project Managers with go-live readiness and first payroll.
• Advise Sales and Presales on Spain payroll requirements.
• Identify legislative risks and implementation dependencies.
• Contribute to product enhancements and implementation methodology.
• Own Spain implementation playbooks, documentation and knowledge sharing.

Skills & Experience

Essential:
• Minimum 10 years' experience processing and implementing Spanish payroll.
• Extensive experience operating Spanish payroll in-house.
• Expert knowledge of Spanish payroll legislation, tax, social insurance and statutory reporting.
• Extensive experience with leading Spanish payroll engines (ideally A3, G2N Nova)

 • Strong stakeholder management and customer consulting skills.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
Country Requirements:
• Must be based in Europe.
• Must be fluent in English, and Spanish (written and spoken).
• Must have hands-on implementation and operational experience with Spanish payroll software.

Success Measures:

• Successful and compliant Spanish payroll implementations.
• Accurate first payroll outcomes.
• High customer satisfaction.
• Strong collaboration with Payroll Project Managers.
• Continuous improvement of implementation standards and documentation.
• Identification of process and product improvements.

Pay Range: EUR 41,500~51,000 base (annual)