Payroll & People Ops Trainee — Hybrid (Barcelona)

SeQura; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 vacation days

2 days disposal per year

Professional development workshops

Flexible compensation plan for transit

Health insurance discounts

Urban mobility support

Free fruit

Wellness programme

Job summary

seQura, a Barcelona-born fintech, is seeking a Payroll Trainee to join its People Operations team. You will gain hands-on experience across the full payroll cycle, Spanish labour administration, and our HR/payroll systems, gradually taking on more ownership as you develop.

You don't need to know everything at start; we value curiosity, numerical comfort, meticulousness, and a strong willingness to learn. The role targets growth into Payroll and People Operations with increasing autonomy.

Qualifications

• Beginning of career with genuine interest in Payroll and People Operations.
• Studied or currently studying Labour Relations, Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or related field.
• Comfortable working with numbers, spreadsheets and detailed information.
• Organised, proactive and curious, able to ask questions when needed.
• Enjoy understanding how and why things work, not just following processes.
• Able to handle confidential information responsibly.
• Proficient in Spanish and good level of English.
• Experience with payroll software (A3innuva) is a plus.
• Payroll or HR administration experience is welcome but not required.

Responsibilities

• Learn the payroll cycle end-to-end and support monthly payroll processes.
• Maintain accurate payroll and employee data across systems.
• Support hires, contracts changes, leaves, absences and terminations.
• Learn Spanish labour and Social Security administration.
• Help ensure payroll accuracy through checks and reconciliations.
• Keep payroll documentation, trackers and controls organized.
• Assist employees by answering payroll-related questions with cross-functional teams.
• Grow ownership by taking on more complex payroll tasks over time.
• Contribute ideas to improve and automate payroll processes.

Skills

Payroll

Numbers

Attention to detail

Organisation

Curiosity

Spanish language

English language

Payroll software

Education

Labour relations

Human Resources

Business Administration

Finance

Accounting

Tools

A3innuva

Job description

seQura, a Barcelona-born fintech, is seeking a Payroll Trainee to join its People Operations team. You will gain hands-on experience across the full payroll cycle, Spanish labour administration, and our HR/payroll systems, gradually taking on more ownership as you develop.

You don't need to know everything at start; we value curiosity, numerical comfort, meticulousness, and a strong willingness to learn. The role targets growth into Payroll and People Operations with increasing autonomy.