At SumUp, our People Operations & Payroll team makes sure every employee has a smooth experience throughout their journey with us — from their first day to their latest promotion, and everything in between.
As SumUp has grown, so has our team in Spain: we've scaled from around 40 employees to more than 400 in just a few years, and we're looking for a curious and motivated Working Student to grow with us.
If you're interested in HR, payroll, operations, or simply want to understand how people processes work in a fast-growing fintech, this is an opportunity to gain hands-on experience and make a real impact from day one.
Why this role? 💡You'll work alongside experienced People Operations and Payroll professionals, gain exposure to the full employee lifecycle, and develop practical skills that will set you up for a career in HR, Operations, Payroll, or People Analytics.
You'll learn how a global fintech supports hundreds of employees, manages payroll operations, and continuously improves the employee experience.
What you'll be doing 👩💻👨💻📊 Support payroll operations- Help prepare and validate payroll data for monthly payroll cycles
- Support communication with our external payroll provider
- Help keep payroll records accurate and up to date
- Spot discrepancies and help resolve them quickly
- Prepare employment contracts and employee documentation
- Support onboarding, contract changes, and offboarding activities
- Assist with benefits administration and employee records
- Respond to employee questions via our ticketing system and email
- Ensure requests are handled quickly and nothing falls through the cracks
- Contribute to creating a great employee experience
- Maintain employee data across our HR systems
- Update reports and trackers
- Help improve processes and reduce manual work
- Support the team with documentation and operational projects
- You're currently enrolled in a Spanish university and studying HR, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field
- You're fluent in Spanish and English
- You enjoy being organised and paying attention to the details
- You're comfortable working with data and spreadsheets (Excel skills are a big plus!)
- You're curious, proactive, and eager to learn
- You're comfortable handling confidential information responsibly
- You enjoy helping others and working as part of a team
- Previous experience or studies related to HR, payroll, or people operations
- An interest in payroll, HR systems, or process improvement
- Experience using AI tools such as ChatGPT to work smarter and automate repetitive tasks
- Real ownership and meaningful responsibilities from day one
- Exposure to HR and payroll operations in an international fintech
- The opportunity to learn from experienced People professionals
- A chance to build skills that will open doors across HR, Operations, and Business functions
- The experience of supporting a team that's helping shape the employee experience for hundreds of people across Southern Europe
If you're looking for an opportunity to learn, grow, and get behind the scenes of how a scaling tech company operates, we'd love to hear from you 💙
Why SumUp?🌎 Work with a truly global, multicultural team from our Barcelona office.
🌈 Be part of a workplace that values diversity and inclusion, where every perspective is respected.
❤️ Access our Employee Assistance Programme for mental health guidance and support when you need it.
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Skills Required
- Currently enrolled in a Spanish university studying HR, Business Administration, Economics, or related field
- Fluent in Spanish and English
- Comfortable working with data and spreadsheets
- Organised and pays attention to detail
- Comfortable handling confidential information responsibly
- Curious, proactive, and eager to learn
- Enjoy helping others and working as part of a team
- Excel skills
- Previous experience or studies related to HR, payroll, or people operations
- Interest in payroll, HR systems, or process improvement
- Experience using AI tools such as ChatGPT to automate tasks
SumUp Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about SumUp and has not been reviewed or approved by SumUp.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is positioned as a standout, including 22 vacation days that increase with tenure, public holidays, a quarterly Wellness Day, special leave, and a fully paid one‑month sabbatical after three years. This combination makes time-off benefits feel notably robust in the overall rewards package.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical plan options (including carriers such as Cigna and Kaiser) plus dental and vision. Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage are also part of the protection package in the U.S. materials.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a published 401(k) match formula that provides an employer match up to a stated cap. The clarity of the match structure supports straightforward evaluation during offer comparisons.
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What We Do
SumUp believes that every business should have access to affordable, easy-to-use financial solutions, no matter their size. That’s why more than 3 million businesses worldwide rely on SumUp to run their business. What started out as one card reader has now turned into a range of payment hardware, banking solutions, marketing, and loyalty tools, invoicing, and so much more. From sales and marketing to product and engineering, our cross-functional US team works together to ensure that small business owners can be successful doing what they love.
Why Work With Us
SumUp USA is part of the global SumUp organization that stretches across multiple continents from Berlin to Sao Paulo. Our teams are multicultural, have a collaborative mindset and bold goals. Join our mission if you want to become part of the success story and help empower over 3 million merchants using SumUp already!
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