Germany Global Payroll Lead — Remote & Implementations

Portfolio Payroll Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

16 weeks paid parental leave

Learning and wellness support

Stock options

Mental health support

Home office budget

IT equipment budget

Job summary

Portfolio Payroll Limited is seeking a Global Payroll Country Lead for Germany to join the Implementation team in a fully remote role. You will own end-to-end global payroll implementations for Germany, acting as the subject matter expert and guiding customers from initial setup through to first live payroll.

Based in a global, international environment, you will combine payroll expertise with project management, client-facing delivery and process improvements, while collaborating with product

Qualifications

• Extensive German payroll experience within a client payroll, bureau, outsourced or similar environment.
• Expert Germany payroll legislative knowledge.
• Strong end-to-end payroll implementation and project experience.
• Excellent client-facing, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong payroll systems knowledge, with reconciliations and process improvement.
• Proactive, analytical approach with interest in technology, automation and AI.
• Fluent English is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end payroll implementations, from customer kick-off and project planning through to parallel runs, go-live and handover to Payroll Operations.
• Act as the payroll subject matter expert for Germany, providing guidance on legislation, processes and technical requirements.
• Manage customer and internal stakeholder relationships, ensuring projects, decisions and procedures are clearly documented.
• Develop and improve payroll processes, implementation plans and procedures to drive accuracy and efficiency.
• Support and mentor Payroll Generalists working across implementations.
• Work alongside Product and Software teams on UAT, platform improvements, automation and process development.

Skills

German payroll experience

End-to-end payroll implementation

Stakeholder management

Payroll systems knowledge

English fluency

Automation/AI interest

Job description

Portfolio Payroll Limited is seeking a Global Payroll Country Lead for Germany to join the Implementation team in a fully remote role. You will own end-to-end global payroll implementations for Germany, acting as the subject matter expert and guiding customers from initial setup through to first live payroll.

Based in a global, international environment, you will combine payroll expertise with project management, client-facing delivery and process improvements, while collaborating with product