Senior Payroll Specialist (Part - Time)

Universal Investment; Frankfurt; Vor Ort; EUR 40.000 - 60.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading financial services company in Germany is seeking an experienced HR professional for a part-time position to manage HR operations, payroll, and a team of HR Generalists. The ideal candidate will have 4–6 years’ experience in HR, strong knowledge of German labour law, and expertise in payroll processes. This role offers flexibility, corporate benefits, and the opportunity to influence HR practices in a dynamic environment.

Leistungen

Corporate benefits and discounts

Free job ticket

Home office possibility

Time flexibility

Qualifikationen

• Minimum 4–6 years of HR experience in corporate.
• Previous experience supervising HR team members.
• Solid understanding of German payroll processes.

Aufgaben

• Manage HR operations across the employee lifecycle.
• Oversee the end-to-end payroll process.
• Lead and support a team of 3 HR Generalists.
• Ensure compliance with German labour law.

Kenntnisse

Hands-on HR Operations

Payroll Coordination

German Labour Law

HRIS Workday

Fluent German

Fluent English

Organizational Skills

Communication Skills

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human Resources or Business Administration

Tools

MS Office

Jobbeschreibung

Grow with us! We are currently looking for a colleague to join our Human Resources Team.

Your tasks and responsibilities:

• HR Operations Execution : Manage day-to-day HR administrative and operational processes across the employee lifecycle (onboarding, changes, terminations, documentation).
• Payroll Oversight : Manage and control the end-to-end payroll process incl. approving monthly payroll, and collaboration with the external payroll provider to ensure timely and accurate salary processing and accruals and annual and tax audit processes.
• Team Supervision : Lead and support a team of 3 HR Generalists, providing clear responsibilities, guidance, feedback, and workload prioritization.
• Compliance & Policies : Ensure all HR processes comply with German labour law, internal policies, and data protection (GDPR).
• HR Systems & Data : Maintain and update our HR system Workday, ensuring high data quality and supporting HR reporting and analytics (we have a HR Data Analyst in the global team).
• Employee Support : Act as a trusted point of contact for employees and managers on HR operational matters, benefits, and procedures.
• Process Improvement : Identify opportunities for efficiency by simplifying and standardizing HR processes; support HR digitization or automation initiatives to be efficient and scalable in future.
• Collaboration & Projects : Work closely with regional and group HR leadership team and stakeholder on cross-functional initiatives, projects and annual audits.

Your skills and experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or relevant work experience.
• Minimum 4–6 years of HR experience, including hands‑on HR Operations and payroll coordination in a corporate environment.
• Previous experience in coordinating or supervising HR team members
• Solid understanding of German payroll processes, labour law, and obligations best in financial services industry
• Experience with HRIS Workday and MS Office
• Fluent German and English (spoken and written)
• Customer‑oriented approach, good organizational and communication skills, and ability to handle confidential information with integrity
• Proactive, reliable, motivating, ensure psychological safety in the team and creating an atmosphere for high performance with a smile

What we offer:

• An exciting working environment and challenging tasks
• Extensive insight into the European fund industry
• Friendly, international and goal‑oriented working environment
• High degree of independent work
• Corporate benefits and other attractive discounts
• Free job ticket
• Home office possibility and time flexibility

Please note: this is a part time 50% position