Payroll Specialist

Primark Stores Limited; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 35.000 - 45.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A multinational retail company is seeking a Payroll Coordinator in Madrid, Spain, to ensure the accurate processing of payrolls for Spain and Portugal. The ideal candidate will have at least three years of payroll experience, a degree in labour relations or business administration, and a strong understanding of payroll practices and labor law. This full-time position requires effective communication and organizational skills, with an emphasis on maintaining high accuracy and compliance in payroll delivery.

Formación

• Minimum 3 years of payroll experience preferred.
• Experience with current labor law in Spain and Portugal.
• Detailed knowledge of payroll rules and common issues.

Responsabilidades

• Ensure accurate processing of payrolls for Spain and Portugal.
• Provide support to the payroll team.
• Liaise with statutory bodies as required.
• Assist with tax year-end duties.

Conocimientos

Degree in labour relations or business administration

Up to date working knowledge of payroll practices

Experience with payroll issues

Ability to work under pressure

Effective communication skills

Intermediate English-speaking level

Microsoft Excel knowledge

Organizational skills

Educación

Degree in labour relations or business administration

Herramientas

Microsoft Excel

Descripción del empleo

Overview

Role: Payroll Coordinator

Location: Madrid, Spain

Reporting to: Payroll Manager

Full Time, Permanent

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate and timely process and balancing of Primark’s Spain and Portugal payrolls alongside the production of financial information.

• Provide flexible support to senior payroll team including support on data uploads to the payroll system to high level of accuracy.

• Help ensure that all store payrolls (including own store payrolls) are delivered to a high standard of accuracy and in accordance with current Spain and Portugal legislations, company regulations and collective agreements.

• Following detailed payroll checking procedures across all areas such as report production, payroll checking and correction, sickness processing, etc.

• Provide flexible support to the Iberia payroll team.

• Liaise with governing and statutory bodies as required for any research.

• Carry out Time-pro, WD data validations and any uploads.

• Assist with tax year end duties such as balance reconciliations and tax control accounts.

• Process timely payments to employees and authorities in both Spain and Portugal.

• Payroll/Finance reconciliations.

• Write, modify and produce reports for Payroll and wider business such as sickness reconciliation reporting from FIE data, trade unions, dismissal.

• Assisting the Payroll manager during internal and external payroll audits.

• Continuously embracing system and process improvements to boost payroll delivery, accuracy and compliance.

• Other duties as may be required – taking on additional responsibility to support international payroll.

Skills & Competencies

• Successful candidates should be degree in labour relations, business Administration or related studies

• Up to date working knowledge of payroll practices.

• Experience of problems that can affect payroll and experience of resolving common payroll issues.

• Experience of tax year end practices and requirements.

• Ability to work under pressure and commit to tight deadlines.

• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels, both written and spoken.

• Ideally have an intermediate English-speaking level.

• Microsoft Excel knowledge at Intermediate level or above.

• Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a wider team, whilst managing workloads and remaining flexible.

• Detailed knowledge of payroll rules and common payroll problems that can occur.

• Strong analytical ability.

• Ability to influence and interact well with team members.

• Organizational and time management skills in managing multiple, diverse and sometimes conflicting priorities.

• Experience in payroll compliance practices.

• Ability to make decisions in a timely manner.

Experience

• Typically, 3 or more years of Payroll experience preferable.

• Very good experience and knowledge of current labor law in both Spain and Portugal.

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