Senior Payroll and People Operations Specialist

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Barcelona, Cataluña, ESP
Hybrid
Senior level
eCommerce • Greentech • Sharing Economy
Our startup revolutionizes the way people buy tech devices
The Role
Own end-to-end Spanish payroll for approximately 90 employees, ensuring accurate payments, taxes, social contributions, reconciliations, and employee support. Coordinate international payroll and benefits providers across Spain, the UK, Germany, and France. Improve People Operations workflows through Workday and AI automation, maintain cross-system data quality, build metrics dashboards, and collaborate with HR, Finance, Legal, IT, and Recruiting teams.
Summary Generated by Built In
Hi, we’re Back Market.

We’re here to help make tech reliable, affordable, and better than new. We're a global marketplace for refurbished devices, helping lower our collective environmental impact by providing trustworthy, affordable tech with 92% less carbon emissions than new.

Yep, you read that right. Turns out refurbished tech is way better for the planet than new. In fact, With every device purchased on Back Market, our positive impact on the planet grows. From our Customer Care representatives to our software engineer, every individual at Back Market cuts the planet — and consumers — a break. Our mission is simple: to do more with what we already have.

Are you ready to join us?

Our People team is on a mission to make work life smoother for every Back Maker — and payroll is at the heart of it. We're in the middle of an exciting HR transformation: automating People Operations end-to-end, strengthening our global payroll expertise, and making the whole experience genuinely better for our employees.

Based in Barcelona, you'll join the Payroll & People Operations team and own our Spanish payroll (currently ~90 employees and growing), while contributing to our international scope and HR automation agenda with Workday and AI tools.

 
YOUR MISSION (IF YOU ACCEPT IT) 🥇
  • Own the end-to-end Spanish payroll cycle: collect and verify inputs, run payslip checks and reconciliations, and ensure accurate, on-time salary payments, taxes, and social contributions.

  • Handle payroll queries with speed and a human touch — employees should always feel informed and supported.

  • Coordinate with external payroll and benefits providers (Spain, UK, Germany, France) to keep data flows accurate and deadlines tight.

  • Contribute to automating People Operations workflows (onboarding, offboarding, employee changes) using Workday and AI tools.

  • Maintain data quality and consistency across HR, payroll, finance, and accounting systems — and build dashboards to track key metrics.

  • Partner cross-functionally with HRBPs, Recruiters, Finance, Legal, and IT to deliver a seamless employee experience from day one to last day.

 
YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE IF ⭐

You have:

  • 4-5+ years of hands-on experience processing Spanish payroll

  • A solid understanding of Spanish social security, tax requirements, and employment legislation

  • Experience working with external payroll providers and managing payroll stakeholders

  • Strong analytical skills and a near-obsessive attention to detail

  • Excellent communication skills in English (Spanish goes without saying)

Nice to have:

  • Experience with Workday or Papaya Global

  • Exposure to UK, Germany, or France payroll

  • A degree in HR, Payroll, Accounting, Finance, or a related field — or equivalent experience

ABOUT THE ROLE:

  • Individual contributor role

  • Based in Barcelona, Spain

  • Hybrid - 3 days per week at the office mandatory

RECRUITMENT PROCESS:
  • Call with Julie, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner (45min)

  • Technical Interview (1h)

  • Internal Stakeholder interview (45min)

  • Team interview (30min)

  • Back Market Values fit interview (45 min)

WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN US ? ✌🏼

At Back Market, we’re committed to hiring and supporting diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives — it’s one of the reasons we’re such a high-scoring certified B Corp company (93.2).

No matter your role and seniority level, you’ll enjoy impact-driven work with hands-on career development in an innovative, driven, and fast-paced environment — with benefits to match, like:

- A mission driven work environment where your day to day makes an impact on the planet. Seriously.

- Hybrid work environment, with 2 remote days a week and 1 remote work week per quarter, plus 3 flex days.

- Employee Resource Groups, including mentorship programs, comprehensive accessibility policies, and cultural competency training.

At Back Market, we strive to create a workplace that embodies the world we’re trying to change. We’ve embedded our diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into our DNA — from dedicated staff to employee resource groups to our company values.

We know that the perfect background for a role doesn’t mean the perfect fit — we encourage you to apply for a role even if you think you may not have all the qualifications.

If reasonable accommodations are needed for the interview process, please do not hesitate to discuss this with the Talent Acquisition Team.

Skills Required

  • At least 2 years of hands-on Spanish payroll processing experience
  • Knowledge of Spanish social security, tax requirements, and employment legislation
  • Experience working with external payroll providers and managing payroll stakeholders
  • Strong analytical skills and exceptional attention to detail
  • Excellent English communication skills and Spanish proficiency
  • Experience with Workday or Papaya Global
  • Exposure to UK, Germany, or France payroll
  • Degree in HR, Payroll, Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience
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The Company
HQ: Paris
450 Employees
Year Founded: 2014

What We Do

At the heart of Back Market is a simple idea: make devices a bit cleaner by making them last a bit longer. We think it's time to offer a strong and mainstream alternative to new products by making existing used devices more appealing to potential customers and making them accessible as a strong alternate option.

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