People & Payroll Specialist

Power Capital; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 days annual leave

Employer matched Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Bike to Work Scheme

Flexible/hybrid working

Personal Growth and Development plan

Job summary

Power Capital Renewable Energy in Ireland seeks a Payroll and People Operations professional to manage payroll, employee lifecycle support, and people processes. You will ensure compliant, accurate payroll records, support audits, and help evolve HR systems and benefits programs.

Responsibilities include coordinating recruitment, onboarding, performance reviews, and policy updates, while maintaining data integrity and GDPR compliance across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, human relations or related field is desirable.
• Minimum 3 years experience as Payroll Professional or in a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of Irish employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience coordinating audits, reviews or regulatory activities.
• Experience maintaining and improving HRIS and data integrity, reporting accuracy and an efficient employee experience.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement in people, payroll, and business processes.
• In-depth knowledge of payroll processes and regulations and tax laws.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent communication and people skills.
• Ability to manage sensitive information with confidentiality.
• Experience working in a scaling, multi-site, engineering, construction, infrastructure, or renewable energy environment would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Payroll management and processing, monthly files, and reconciliation.
• Maintain employee records and ensure compliance.
• Coordinate recruitment and onboarding.
• Support annual performance reviews and learning plans.
• Track turnover, absence and payroll costs; report metrics.
• Develop and evolve policies and handbook; ensure compliance with Irish laws.
• Implement and communicate People policies; ensure GDPR compliance.
• Coordinate learning and development plans; track mandatory training.
• Support audits and ESG reporting.
• Recommend and implement tech to improve payroll integrations with finance systems.

Skills

Payroll management

Irish employment law

HRIS experience

Audits coordination

Data reporting

Confidentiality

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Human relations or related field

Tools

HRIS

Job description

Reporting into our Head of People and Culture with a dotted line into finance, this role combines payroll administration, employee lifecycle support, and people operations to ensure accurate, compliant, and employee-friendly processes.

Key responsibilities:

Payroll Management

• Review and maintain employee records and payroll data.
• Prepare monthly payroll files for all Team Members and reconcile accounts.
• Partner with Finance to reconcile payroll, benefits and pension costs and improve reporting accuracy.
• Ensure legal compliance and alignment with contracts, updating when relevant.
• Administer pensions, social welfare, bonuses, and statutory payments (e.g. maternity, sick pay). Research benefit trends and influence people strategy.
• Monitor and evolve pensions, social welfare, bonus, and statutory payment processes in line with regulatory changes, company growth, and the wider People Strategy Maintain payroll policies, procedures, and controls to ensure business continuity and audit readiness.
• Support audits and generate payroll reports.
• Recommend and implement tech solutions to improve payroll and integration with finance systems.
• Work with Finance to support internal and external audits relating to payroll, benefits, HR compliance and ESG reporting.

People Operations – Promote Positive Team Member Experiences

• Coordinate recruitment: schedule interviews, draft offers, conduct references.
• Document employment changes (promotions, salary reviews, terminations).
• Support annual people process including salary reviews with Line Managers, goal setting, performance reviews, and engagement initiatives, including coordination, updating templates, and following up with teams.
• Identify trends in absence, turnover, recruitment and engagement, escalating risks, and opportunities.
• Track and report on people metrics: turnover, absence, headcount and payroll costs against identified best-practice benchmarks and trends.
• Annual review and evolution of policies, including the company handbook, related to rewards and benefits and Team Member experiences to ensure compliance with Irish laws and best practice.
• Update People handbook based on evolving policies that reflect Team Member Life Experiences
• Support the implementation and communication of People policies, programes, and initiatives across the business.
• Update New People hub (when developed) when required to reflect needs of Team Members
• Act as first point of contact for payroll and people-related queries.
• Coordinate annual learning and development planning and monitor completion of mandatory training.
• Maintain training records and compliance matrices.
• Administration of Personal Growth and Development programmes, including Team Member training and learning and development across site and office, and tracking of same.
• Ensure GDPR and employment equity compliance.
• Co-ordinate Team Member Training across site and office.
• Support wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, and employee engagement initiative. Support Head of People and Culture with Overarching people strategy and a world-class Team Member experience.
• Recommend, implement and evolve tech to support the People function, including administration, training and People Hub evolution.

What we offer Team Members

• Attractive salary, depending on your experience.
• 20 days annual leave + discretionary leave days between Christmas-New Year.
• Employer matched Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Bike to Work Scheme
• Opportunity for flexible/hybrid working
• Career progression through your Personal Growth and Development plan.

Background and Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Human relations or related field is desirable
• Proven experience as a Payroll Professional or in a similar role (minimum of 3 years)
• Strong knowledge of Irish employment law and HR best practice
• Experience coordinating audits, reviews or regulatory activities.
• Experience maintaining and improving HRIS and people systems, ensuring data integrity, reporting accuracy and an efficient employee experience.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement in people, payroll, and business processes.
• In-depth knowledge of payroll processes and regulations and tax laws.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent communication and people skills.
• Ability to manage sensitive information with confidentiality.
• Experience working in a scaling, multi-site, engineering, construction, infrastructure, or renewable energy environment would be advantageous.

Core Competencies at Power Capital Renewable Energy

Adaptability:You thrive and pivot through changing circumstances. You have an ability to adjust priorities and you see the big picture. You are open to innovation and technology advances to drive efficiencies, and open to learning new skills.

Problem-solving:Good critical thinker. Prevents problems through careful planning, taking learnings from previous experiences. Can be creative/adaptive. You like bringing people together to solve an issue. You demonstrate patience/ perseverance when needed. You know when to ask for support, highlighting any potential issues.

Positive Personal Impact:You are confident in being yourself. You develop effective relationships. You network appropriately, handle conflict well whilst challenging people respectfully when necessary. You are open, friendly, and enthusiastic and you show empathy when necessary. You seek and respect multiple perspectives and value and embrace diversity on multiple levels.

Commitment to results:You demonstrate the energy, commitment and focus that delivers high quality results whilst living our values of balance, sustainable growth and socially responsible. You take initiative and challenge the status quo. You take initiative and manage priorities appropriately. You embrace technology, coaching and feedback to enhance efficiencies and performance.

In valuing a strong culture, we would hope that you would:

• Work in ways that are aligned to our values, demonstrate behaviours that showcase Socially Responsible, Sustainable Growth, Be Bold, Balance and Curiosity
• Continually and consistently support those around you
• Celebrate individual and Team Members’ special moments and successes.
• Embrace diversity in thinking and doing
• Implement a fast response approach to the concerns expressed by fellow Team Members, Clients, and other Stakeholders.
• Compassionate Team Leaders who value life balance

Power Capital is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer, committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment, despite their race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, disability and national origin.