Amsterdam | 38 hours | Hybrid | People (HR)
As Senior Payroll, you will help manage your team and together ensure a reliable, accurate, and modern payroll operation. You are both the subject‑matter expert and the operational point of contact: you guide and coach the team, improve processes, safeguard compliance, and work within a well‑structured payroll environment powered by AFAS and MANUS. Together, you handle the full end‑to‑end payroll process for approximately 1,300 employees across the Netherlands.
At JD Sports, you work in an international, fast‑growing environment with more than 90,000 colleagues worldwide. You’ll have the space to build, improve, and make a real impact on a professional People organization where inclusion and collaboration are at the core. In the Netherlands, we continue to grow and are looking for motivated talent who want to actively contribute to shaping our People culture.
We value diversity and inclusion and strive to create an environment where everyone feels valued, included, and celebrated.
And putting the colleague first is at the heart of what we do!
Key Responsibilities
In this role, you will onboard and transfer knowledge, oversee planning, and resolve complex payroll issues. You ensure accurate processing of all changes, support the Finance department during audits, monitor legal compliance, while proactively identifying risks such as capacity gaps, compliance issues, or backlogs and implementing mitigation plans. You will collaborate closely with People Operations, store management, and Finance, and play an active role in digitalization and continuous improvement projects.
What you bring
- Proven experience with end‑to‑end Dutch payroll, 3+
- Knowledge of Dutch tax regulations, labor law, and pension legislation
- Experience in leading, coaching, or mentoring team members
- Experience with AFAS and MANUS is a plus; Workday/Dayforce experience is also an advantage
- Fluent in Dutch and English
- Strong analytical skills and excellent command of Excel
- Proactive, accurate, responsible, and comfortable working in a dynamic environment
What we offer
- 38‑hour workweek
- Hybrid working
- 24 vacation days (based on full‑time employment)
- Pension scheme & health insurance discount
- Corporate benefits app
- Employee discount across JD Group brands (JD Sports, Size?, etc.)
- International career development opportunities within the JD Group
- Access to the TELUS wellbeing platform
- Opportunities to participate in volunteer projects through the JD Foundation
- Room to lead projects and development
Apply now and create your own path – JOIN TEAM JD
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What We Do
In 2013 JD Sports expanded into the Netherlands market and you can now find us in 29 locations across the country, such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Groningen and Tilburg . We combine the best of physical and digital retail to give a compelling consumer proposition with JD over 900 stores across 21 territories worldwide. Established in 1981 with a single store in the North West of England, JD Sports is a leading sports fashion multi-channel retailer of branded sports and casual wear. We are proud to offer customers the latest products from globally recognized brands such as Nike, adidas, Puma and The North Face, with strong private labels such as Pink Soda and Supply & Demand. We inspire our people to reach for higher levels of performance. To achieve these standards, we only recruit the best! All of our colleagues are highly skilled, self-motivated and constantly pursue perfection. The opportunity to progress arise quickly for those with the right qualities and ambition. We encourage our people to seek ways to improve our business by challenging how we merchandise, sell and manage the business, being creative and always thinking forward by suggesting alternative solutions. Colleagues from all levels of the organisation come together to solve problems and seize all opportunities. Our people are at the core of JD Sports and everything we do – could you be the next colleague to join the King of Trainers?
