Associate HR Admin & Payroll - with Spanish (m/f/d)

KWS SAAT SE; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 52.000 - 68.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Zusammenfassung

KWS Berlin GmbH is seeking an HR Admin & Payroll International Associate (m/f/d) with Spanish for the Global Business Operations team in Berlin. This is a full-time, 2-year contract with hybrid working within Germany.

You will deliver accurate HR administration and payroll services across multiple countries, collaborating with external payroll providers and driving digitalisation and process improvements to ensure compliant and efficient operations.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in HR Administration or payroll operations.
• Experience with full-cycle payroll processing and controls.
• Knowledge of employee lifecycle administration.
• Understanding of labor laws and payroll regulations.
• Strong analytical and detail-oriented skills.
• Customer-focused mindset and ability to work with stakeholders.
• Experience with HRIS/payroll systems (SAP SuccessFactors, SAP) is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Ensure timely, accurate payroll processing across assigned countries with external payroll providers.
• Collect and validate payroll-relevant information, including changes and absences.
• Perform payroll controls, reconciliations, and quality checks.
• Manage HR administration across the employee lifecycle—contracts, amendments, salary letters, promotions, and terminations.
• Maintain employee records in HR systems with data quality.
• Support monthly/quarterly/annual payroll activities and audits.
• Ensure compliance with labor law, tax, and social security across countries.
• Drive process improvements via standardisation, automation, digitalisation.
• Collaborate with HR Business Partners, managers, employees, payroll providers.
• Contribute to knowledge management and best practices.

Kenntnisse

HR Administration

Payroll

Payroll processing

HRIS

SAP SuccessFactors

Data accuracy

Process improvement

Spanish

English

Analytical skills

Tools

SAP SuccessFactors

SAP

Jobbeschreibung

Associate HR Admin & Payroll - with Spanish (m/f/d)

Field of Work: Human Resources

Location: Berlin, BE, DE

Legal Entity: KWS Berlin GmbH

Contract Type: Regular

Is Full Time?: Yes

Onsite/ Remote: Hybrid Working Within Country

Job ID: 16806

For our KWS BerlinGlobal Business Operations organization, we are looking for a HR Admin & Payroll International Associate (m/f/d) with Spanish to join our growing International HR Administration & Payroll team. This is a full-time, 2 years contract position based in Berlin.

As a HR Admin & Payroll International Associate, you will play a key role in delivering accurate, compliant, and employee-focused HR administration and payroll services across multiple countries. You will support the complete employee lifecycle, collaborate with external payroll providers, and contribute to the continuous digitalization and optimization of our HR and payroll operations. Your work will help ensure an exceptional employee experience while maintaining high standards of compliance, quality, and efficiency.

Your Tasks

As part of our International Admin & Payroll team, you will:

• Ensure timely, accurate, and compliant payroll processing for your assigned countries in collaboration with external payroll providers.
• Collect, validate, and process payroll-relevant information, including employee data changes, absences, bonuses, working time, and other compensation elements.
• Perform payroll controls, reconciliations, and quality checks to ensure high data accuracy and payroll compliance.
• Manage HR administration activities across the entire employee lifecycle, including employment contracts, contract amendments, salary increase letters, promotions, and termination documentation.
• Maintain and update employee records within HR systems while ensuring data quality and integrity.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual payroll-related activities, reporting requirements, and audit requests.
• Ensure compliance with local labor laws, tax regulations, social security requirements, and internal policies across all assigned countries.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities for process standardisation, optimisation, automation, and digitalisation.
• Collaborate closely with HR Business Partners, managers, employees, payroll providers, and other stakeholders to ensure seamless service delivery.
• Contribute to knowledge management, process documentation, and the ongoing development of best practices within the team.

Your Profile

You are passionate about delivering high-quality HR and payroll services in an international environment and enjoy combining operational excellence with continuous improvement.You bring:

• Proven experience in HR Administration, Payroll, or a similar operational HR role.
• Experience with full-cycle payroll processing and payroll controls.
• Knowledge of employee lifecycle administration and employment documentation.
• Understanding of labor law compliance and payroll-related regulations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
• A customer-focused mindset and a commitment to providing excellent service.
• The ability to work independently while building strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Experience working with HRIS and payroll systems (e.g., SAP SuccessFactors, SAP, or similar) is an advantage.
• Experience in process improvement, automation, digitalisation, or shared service environments is considered a plus.

Language Requirements

• Fluent English and Spanish
• Additional languages such as German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, or other international languages.

What Awaits You

• A challenging and international working environment.
• The opportunity to contribute to the digital transformation of HR and Payroll services.
• Collaboration with colleagues and stakeholders across multiple countries.
• Professional development and learning opportunities.
• Flexible working arrangements and a strong focus on work-life balance.
• A supportive team culture with open communication and continuous improvement at its core.

About KWS

KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies and employs around 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries. With the tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for more than 170 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seeds for sugarbeet, corn, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflowers. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods and invests a significant amount in research and development. At KWS, diversity is not just a value; it is an essential part of our success. Breeding resilient crops requires diversity; likewise, our strength comes from the diversity of our teams. Whatever your background or identity is, we invite you to join us. Further information: https://www.kws.com/corp/en/careers/ . Follow us on LinkedIn at https://linkedin.com/company/kwsgroup/ . Our data privacy policy for candidates is available on www.kws.com/dataprotection . Please select the country where the job you applied for is posted in and, if applicable, the specific business unit.