Payroll & HR Systems Specialist — Part-Time, Hybrid

Sunbird; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 20,000 - 27,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working from Cork

Flexible part-time hours

Tools & IT equipment provided

Job summary

Sunbird is seeking a part-time payroll/HR administrator based in Cork, Ireland, with hybrid working. You will support payroll, HR administration, onboarding/offboarding and employee records across our European operations.

The role focuses on accuracy, discretion and coordinating with outsourced payroll providers to ensure timely, compliant payroll delivery. Flexible hours around month-end, with duties spanning payroll coordination, HR system maintenance, and benefits/compliance administration.

Qualifications

• Experience in payroll and/or HR administration, ideally across more than one country.
• Experience working with outsourced payroll providers.
• A highly organised person with excellent attention to detail, and absolute discretion with confidential information.
• Trustworthy and comfortable handling sensitive personal and financial information.
• Confident with HR systems.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Organised and self-motivated, able to manage your own time within flexible hours.
• Based in, or able to commute to, Cork, Ireland.
• You must already have the right to work in Ireland; visa sponsorship is not available.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate monthly payroll with external payroll providers and act as their day-to-day point of contact.
• Collate and check payroll input, and review output before it goes for approval.
• Provide joiner, change and leaver details so people are paid correctly from their first month.
• Issue payslips and support payroll queries from employees.
• Support the loading of monthly payments process for payroll and consultants, preparing information for approval.
• Keep a clear record of what has been processed, what is pending and what needs follow-up.
• Maintain the HR system as the single source of truth for employee records.
• Check recorded holiday, absence and leave, and balances against payroll.
• Handle employee personal data carefully and in line with GDPR/DPA.
• Work with hiring managers and IT to align contracts, systems access and payroll for joiners/movers/leavers.
• Prepare contracts and offer letters from approved templates for sign-off.
• Keep right-to-work records up to date.
• Handle leaver administration.
• Administer employee benefits and keep policy documents up to date.
• Keep compliance deadlines and records on track with advisers.
• Depending on experience, you may take minutes at internal meetings.

Skills

Payroll experience

HR administration

Outsourced payroll

Discretion & confidentiality

HR systems

English fluent

Time management

Job description

Sunbird is seeking a part-time payroll/HR administrator based in Cork, Ireland, with hybrid working. You will support payroll, HR administration, onboarding/offboarding and employee records across our European operations.

The role focuses on accuracy, discretion and coordinating with outsourced payroll providers to ensure timely, compliant payroll delivery. Flexible hours around month-end, with duties spanning payroll coordination, HR system maintenance, and benefits/compliance administration.