Senior Payroll & Hr Specialist

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Espoo, FIN
Hybrid
Senior level
HR Tech
The Role
Manage payroll processing, compliance, statutory reporting, HR administration, and employee lifecycle services for multinational clients. Drive process improvements, documentation, reporting, and transformation initiatives while resolving complex payroll issues. Partner with stakeholders, maintain service performance, and coach junior team members in an international outsourcing environment.
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About the Role

As a Senior Payroll & HR Operations Specialist, you will deliver high-quality payroll and HR services within our SAP MPS and BPO organisation. Acting as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), you will ensure operational excellence, compliance, and continuous improvement while supporting clients across the employee lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Payroll & HR Operations

  • Manage payroll processing, controls, compliance, statutory reporting, and year-end activities.

  • Deliver HR administration services, including:

    • Time Management

    • Benefits Administration

    • Pensions & Insurances

    • Employee Data Management

  • Ensure compliance with local legislation and company policies.

Process Improvement

  • Support payroll and HR transformation initiatives.

  • Implement standard processes and drive continuous improvement.

  • Maintain process documentation, SOPs, and training materials.

Stakeholder Management

  • Partner with clients and country teams on compliance and process optimisation.

  • Support operational enhancements and manage complex payroll and HR issues.

  • Contribute to KPI, SLA, and service performance reporting.

Team Support

  • Coach and support junior team members.

  • Share knowledge and best practices across teams.

What We're Looking For

Experience

  • 5+ years of Payroll and/or HR Outsourcing experience.

  • Strong payroll processing expertise in an outsourcing environment.

  • Experience supporting HR operations across the employee lifecycle.

  • Experience working with multinational clients.

  • Strong stakeholder management, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

  • Fluent in English and the local language.

Preferred Skills

  • SAP Employee Central Payroll (ECP)

  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

  • Payroll Control Centre

  • Workforce Management solutions

  • Benefits platforms (Benify, Worksmile, or similar)

  • Payroll and HR integrations

  • Payroll or HR certification (CPP, CIPD, PHR, or equivalent)

Join us and help deliver world-class payroll and HR services in a collaborative, international environment.

Skills Required

  • 5+ years of payroll and/or HR outsourcing experience
  • Strong payroll processing expertise in an outsourcing environment
  • Experience supporting HR operations across the employee lifecycle
  • Experience working with multinational clients
  • Strong stakeholder management, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • Fluency in English and the local language
  • Experience with SAP Employee Central Payroll
  • Experience with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
  • Experience with Payroll Control Centre
  • Experience with Workforce Management solutions
  • Experience with benefits platforms such as Benify or Worksmile
  • Experience with payroll and HR integrations
  • Payroll or HR certification such as CPP, CIPD, PHR, or equivalent

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: Antwerpen
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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