Payroll Senior Specialist - Nordic countries

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Hiring Remotely in Antwerpen, BEL
In-Office or Remote
Senior level
HR Tech
The Role
Lead payroll delivery for Nordic clients within SAP Managed Payroll Services and BPO. Ensure accurate, compliant payrolls, define local/global payroll standards, manage documentation/SOPs and governance, support transformation, collaborate with stakeholders, and assist year-end reporting and system testing.
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Overview

As the Payroll Senior Specialist, you will play a critical role in leading the payroll services for our newly created SAP MPS (Managed Payroll Services) and BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) service organization.

This role requires fluent English and local payroll expertise in one of the following countries:

  • Norway

  • Denmark

  • Estonia

What do we have to offer?

  • Flexible working hours and remote work opportunities

  • Private medical care

  • Loans for employees

  • Workation: possibility to work from any SD Worx location (4 weeks per year, EU only)

  • Life insurance

  • Free language courses (during your working hours)

  • Annual bonus

  • Integration events

  • Free parking spaces for employees

  • Referral program

  • Learning opportunities: through an individual development plan and professional training

  • Career growth: whether you want to become more of an expert in your field or expand your knowledge horizontally, there’s always room to grow within SD Worx!

Which tasks can you expect?

  • Ensure accurate and compliant payroll delivery for Nordic clients.

  • Support payroll transformation and process improvement initiatives.

  • Define and implement local and global payroll standards.

  • Manage payroll documentation, SOPs, and governance controls.

  • Collaborate with clients, country teams, and external stakeholders.

  • Support year-end activities, statutory reporting, and system testing.

Qualifications and Experience :

  • 5–8 years of experience in payroll outsourcing within a BPO for Nordic countries

  • Fluent English and local language (written and spoken)

  • Living in Europe is mandatory

  • Strong knowledge of payroll processes, including:

    • payroll control centre

    • garnishments

    • payroll policies and controls

    • compliance and payments

  • Practical experience with Employee Central Payroll

  • Knowledge of SLA and KPI reporting

  • Ability to work under pressure

  • High attention to detail and strong organizational skills

Preferred Skills

  • Experience in payroll and BPO outsourcing environment

  • Experience with:

    • SAP SuccessFactors

    • SAP Payroll

    • Concur

    • Workforce Management

    • integration tools

  • Certifications such as CPP, CPS or CPM

Skills Required

  • 5-8 years of experience in payroll outsourcing within a BPO for Nordic countries
  • Fluent English and local language (written and spoken)
  • Living in Europe (mandatory)
  • Strong knowledge of payroll processes including payroll control centre, garnishments, payroll policies and controls, compliance and payments
  • Practical experience with Employee Central Payroll
  • Knowledge of SLA and KPI reporting
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • High attention to detail and strong organizational skills
  • Experience with SAP SuccessFactors
  • Experience with SAP Payroll
  • Experience with Concur
  • Experience with Workforce Management
  • Experience with integration tools
  • Certifications such as CPP, CPS, or CPM

SD Worx Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about SD Worx and has not been reviewed or approved by SD Worx.

  • Flexible Benefits Benefits are frequently positioned as flexible and customizable, including cafeteria-style options and country-specific choices. This tailoring (e.g., mobility, extra insurance, or additional leave) is presented as a way to align rewards to individual needs.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Leave and time off options appear broad in several markets, with multiple leave types from day one and, in some countries, generous holiday allowances or the ability to trade for extra days. These provisions are often linked to strong work–life balance and flexibility.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Wellbeing and lifestyle offerings include workation policies, wellness schemes, vouchers and discounts, and Employee Assistance Programs. Hybrid work practices and allowances further round out the day‑to‑day experience.

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The Company
HQ: Antwerp
3,403 Employees
Year Founded: 1945

What We Do

We spark success at the heart of your business so you and your people can thrive. About SD Worx In today’s new world of fluid work, people want to be inspired by what they do and have the freedom to focus on what matters. Organisations need a dynamic, motivated workforce empowered by smart technology. As a leading European provider of integrated HR solutions, SD Worx turns HR into a source of value for their customers’ business and the people that work for them. SD Worx delivers HR solutions across the entire employee lifecycle, from paying employees to attracting, employing, rewarding and developing the talent who make businesses succeed. SD Worx powers performance through four core capabilities: software, outsourcing, consultancy and data-driven insights. SD Worx is the trusted leading European provider of end-to-end HR solutions for all organisations and workers. About 90,000 small and large organisations across Europe place their trust in the company and its +75 years' worth of experience. SD Worx calculates the salaries of approximately 5.7 million employees and ranks among the top five worldwide. The more than 7,500 employees operate in Belgium (HQ), Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. SD Worx achieved a consolidated revenue of EUR 1.058 billion in 2023.  More info on www.sdworx.com

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