EMEA Payroll Specialist – Equity & Global Projects

Sigmar Recruitment; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Sigmar Recruitment is seeking an EMEA Payroll Specialist for a 12-month FTC based in Dublin City Centre. You will validate inputs, prepare templates, handle equity-related payroll, and coordinate multi-country payroll across EMEA, ensuring compliance.

The role requires 3–5 years of payroll experience in a multinational setting, strong Excel and regulatory knowledge, with SAP beneficial. Collaboration with HR, external providers and authorities is essential.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of payroll experience in a multinational environment.
• Strong end-to-end payroll processing, accounting, reconciliations, controls and compliance.
• Experience with outsourced payroll providers advantageous.
• Excellent Excel skills; SAP beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Validate payroll inputs from HR systems to ensure data accuracy and completeness.
• Prepare and review payroll templates, adjustments and data changes for assigned countries.
• Process equity-related transactions and ensure correct payroll period inclusion.
• Coordinate payroll across multiple EMEA countries ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Perform month-end payroll activities, reconciliations, variance analysis and reporting.
• Manage payroll tax filings, statutory payments and year-end obligations.
• Investigate discrepancies and explain variances to maintain payroll controls.
• Build relationships with external payroll providers, tax advisors and service partners.
• Liaise with third-party providers and tax authorities to resolve queries.
• Partner with HR to ensure accurate flow of employee and payroll information.
• Support audits by providing payroll data and analysis.
• Contribute to payroll projects, country implementations and transformations.

Skills

Payroll processing

Payroll accounting

Reconciliations

Regulatory compliance

Excel

SAP

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

Sigmar Recruitment is seeking an EMEA Payroll Specialist for a 12-month FTC based in Dublin City Centre. You will validate inputs, prepare templates, handle equity-related payroll, and coordinate multi-country payroll across EMEA, ensuring compliance.

The role requires 3–5 years of payroll experience in a multinational setting, strong Excel and regulatory knowledge, with SAP beneficial. Collaboration with HR, external providers and authorities is essential.