Payroll Specialist

Kommunikationsforum; København; On-site; DKK 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

DFDS is seeking a Payroll Specialist to ensure accurate, timely payroll across Danish entities. Join a dedicated Payroll & Administration team within Finance and own core payroll tasks while driving improvement initiatives.

You will collaborate across the business, ensuring compliance with legislation and collective agreements, and provide trusted payroll support to employees and managers.

Qualifications

• Experience with payroll administration, preferably 3+ years.
• Solid knowledge of Danish payroll legislation and processes.
• Proficiency in Danish and English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Process and calculate payroll for hourly and salaried employees.
• Reconcile payroll, time registrations and eIncome reporting.
• Ensure compliance with Danish legislation and collective agreements.
• Manage reimbursements for sickness, parental leave, and statutory schemes.
• Prepare payroll reporting, analyses and statistics.
• Support employees and managers with payroll queries.
• Identify opportunities to optimize payroll processes.

Skills

Payroll administration

Danish payroll legislation

English proficiency

Attention to detail

Independent work

Process optimization

Team collaboration

Job description

Do you thrive on delivering accurate payroll, navigating complex legislation, and making a real difference to employees' everyday experience? Would you like to join an international company where your expertise is valued and where you can help shape and improve payroll processes?

Be part of the movement - and play your part.

About the role

Payroll is more than numbers. It's about ensuring that our colleagues are paid accurately, on time, and in compliance with legislation and collective agreements. As our new Payroll Specialist, you will play a key role in creating a seamless payroll experience for employees across our Danish entities.

You will join a dedicated Payroll & Administration team within Finance, where collaboration, professionalism, and continuous improvement are at the heart of everything we do. We are a small team of five dedicated employees working with accounting hereof 2 with payroll and administration. Working closely with colleagues across the business, you'll have the opportunity to take ownership, contribute ideas, and help optimize our payroll processes.

What you'll be doing

As Payroll Specialist, your responsibilities will include:

• Processing and calculating payroll for hourly and salaried employees across our Danish entities.
• Reconciling payroll, time registrations, and eIncome reporting.
• Ensuring payroll processes comply with Danish legislation, tax regulations, and collective agreements.
• Managing reimbursements related to sickness, parental leave, and other statutory schemes.
• Preparing payroll reporting, analyses, and statistics.
• Acting as a trusted advisor by supporting employees and managers with payroll-related queries.
• Identifying opportunities to improve payroll processes and ways of working.

About you

We're looking for someone who enjoys working with details while never losing sight of the bigger picture.

Ideally, you bring:

• Experience working with payroll administration, preferably 3+ years.
• Solid knowledge of Danish payroll legislation and payroll processes.
• Professional proficiency in both Danish and English, written and spoken.
• A structured and detail-oriented approach with a strong focus on quality and accuracy.
• The ability to work independently and take ownership of your responsibilities.
• A proactive mindset and a natural curiosity for optimizing processes.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with a service-minded approach towards employees and stakeholders.

Most importantly, you take pride in delivering a reliable payroll service and enjoy being part of a team that supports each other's success.

We know that you might not meet all the things on this list, but you might bring skills and experience that we haven't even included here.

Working at DFDS

At DFDS, you'll become part of a company that keeps Europe moving. We offer a dynamic international environment where your contribution has a direct impact on both our employees and the business.

We promote a great workplace with a diverse and vibrant community and a healthy work/life balance. Our newly built headquarters in Copenhagen is a unique, modern workplace. Here, we enjoy different work zones, fitness facilities, cantina and café and a rooftop terrace with a beautiful ocean view, all just 5 minutes from the nearest train & metro station.

While you're with us, we want you to develop. At DFDS, we believe that development happens first and foremost through activities in the workplace. We will also offer training courses that can support you in your role, if needed.

We look forward to hearing from you.