Multi-Country Senior Payroll Specialist (Madrid or Lisbon based)

Rovensa; Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Meal vouchers

Private medical & life insurance

Flexible remuneration

Continuous training and development

Nursery voucher

Job summary

Rovensa is seeking a seasoned Payroll Specialist to deliver end-to-end payroll across multiple international markets, led from Spain. You will own data quality, employee lifecycle administration, and liaison with external providers to ensure compliant, timely payroll delivery.

Requirements include a bachelor’s in HR, 7+ years in payroll and HR admin, expertise with ADP Celergo, and fluent English with French or Portuguese. Hybrid model with two days remote per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field.
• At least 7 years of experience in payroll and HR administration.
• Strong knowledge of payroll operations, controls and data management.
• Experience with ADP Celergo is highly desirable.
• Experience with multiple countries and external payroll providers.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end payroll operations across multiple international countries ensuring accuracy and compliance (ADP Celergo).
• Act as primary payroll contact resolving queries while delivering high service levels.
• Validate inputs: employee data, salary changes, benefits, absences, tax deductions.
• Monitor calendars, approvals, reconciliations, and controls for deadlines and audits.
• Manage employee administration across lifecycle including onboarding and changes.
• Maintain confidential employee information across HR/payroll systems with data integrity.
• Prepare payroll reports and KPIs and drive process standardisation and automation.
• Identify opportunities for HR enhancements and projects.

Skills

Payroll operations

Data quality

Stakeholder management

Excel

HRIS

ADP Celergo

Multi-country payroll

English (fluent)

French or Portuguese

Spanish (desirable)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources

Tools

ADP Celergo

Excel

HRIS

Job description

Rovensa is a global leader of sustainable solutions for agriculture with a great history and an ambitious dream: to feed the planet by helping farmers to produce healthy and nutritious food for all, all over the world.

Safety, Empowerment, Ethics, Dedication and Striving are our SEEDS. It defines how we work every day, and the responsibility we all have towards our colleagues, our customers, our farmers, our business partners, and our planet.

We are determined to keep our SEEDS growing. We need the right people on our team - those that love what they do and strive to contribute to Rovensa’s mission.

So, if you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, plant our SEEDS with us and grow along the way, while cultivating a better future for the next generations.

www.rovensa.com

Your Mission:

Ensure accurate, timely and compliant end-to-end payroll delivery across an international country portfolio, with primary responsibility for Portugal, France, Ireland, Italy, Egypt and South Africa, together with other lower-volume countries. The role combines multi-country payroll operations with employee administration, data quality, provider coordination, and continuous process improvement.

Your Responsibilities:

Reporting directly to the HR Shared Services Manager, you will be responsible for :

• Manage end-to-end payroll operations across multiple international countries, ensuring accurate, timely and compliant payroll delivery through ADP Celergo.
• Act as the primary point of contact for payroll matters, resolving employee and manager queries while ensuring a high level of service.
• Validate and control payroll inputs, including employee data, salary changes, variable compensation, benefits, absences, tax and statutory deductions.
• Monitor payroll calendars, approvals, reconciliations and controls, ensuring compliance with deadlines and audit requirements.
• Manage employee administration throughout the full employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, contractual changes, benefits and personnel records.
• Maintain accurate and confidential employee information across HR and payroll systems, ensuring data integrity and consistency.
• Prepare payroll reports and KPIs, support recurring HR reporting, and drive process standardisation, automation and continuous improvement initiatives
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and participate in HR enhancements and projects

The Talent We are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, you have at least 7 years of demonstrated experience in Payroll Specialist and HR administrative role.
• Strong knowledge of payroll operations, controls and employee administration.
• Advanced experience with ADP Celergo is highly desirable.
• Experience working with multiple countries and external payroll providers.
• Strong Excel , HRIS and digital skills.
• Fluent English plus French or Portuguese is essential. Spanish is desirable.
• High attention to detail, confidentiality and service orientation.
• Strong organizational and stakeholder management skills.

What We Offer:

• A challenging and demanding project within a corporate and international environment, aimed at making a positive impact on the agricultural industry.
• Competitive salary package (fixed + variable) based on experience, along with social benefits.
• Meal vouchers, private medical & life insurance
• Hybrid work model (2 days remote per week) and flexible working hours.
• Nursery voucher & more products through flexible remuneration.
• Continuous training and professional development opportunities.
• Growing together to sow a greener future, with healthy and nutritious food for everyone.

Rovensa Group is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training and apprenticeship. Rovensa Group makes hiring decisions based on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

Please note that, for equity compliance purposes, sometimes and depending on the jurisdiction, our Group follows specific criteria related to hiring processes, when mandatory . Therefore, we are aware of our local duties, worldwide – feel free to consult your local laws and ask any questions to our HR representatives.