Payroll Associate / Specialist

Cover Genius; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Cover Genius is seeking a Payroll Associate to join our Global Financial Operations team in Amsterdam. You will help evolve day-to-day payroll processes from outsourced management toward a potential in-house solution, working cross-functionally across the organisation.

The role requires a solid background in global payroll, strong accounting knowledge, and excellent communication. You will manage end-to-end payroll, ensure data integrity, and build relationships with payroll vendors and

Qualifications

• 2+ years of global outsourced and/or in-house payroll experience.
• Experience with various payroll solutions.
• Knowledge of global payroll principles and accounting practices.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary point of contact for payroll inquiries with external and internal stakeholders.
• Payroll data collection, validation, processing & payments; reconcile payroll output.
• Data integrity and compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
• Process improvements; automation and streamlined workflows with cross-functional teams.
• Reconciliation and reporting; assist with month-end/year-end closing and audits.
• Payroll vendor/solution implementation and management.

Skills

Global payroll

Vendor management

Communication

Independence

English fluency

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

The Company

Cover Genius is the global infrastructure for embedded protection. Active in over 60 countries and all 50 US States, we protect the customers of the world’s largest digital companies, including Klarna, Revolut, Stripe, Priceline, Agoda, Booking.com, Turkish Airlines, Tongcheng Travel, eBay, and Uber, with seamless, end-to-end experiences. Cover Genius has protected more than 73M customers globally across 240M policies with USD $3.2BN in gross written sales.

Cover Genius is the global infrastructure for embedded protection. Active in over 60 countries and all 50 US States, we protect the customers of the world’s largest digital companies, including Klarna, Revolut, Stripe, Priceline, Agoda, Booking.com, Turkish Airlines, Tongcheng Travel, eBay, and Uber, with seamless, end-to-end experiences. Cover Genius has protected more than 73M customers globally across 240M policies with USD $3.2BN in gross written sales. Coming off a stellar year with 40% YoY revenue growth and a recent $100M capital raise, putting our valuation at $1.9BN, we are accelerating into our next phase of growth. As part of our team, you’ll help drive our AI-first roadmap, developing hyper-personalization engines, agentic distribution, and automated claims infrastructure, while building the scalable technology powering the fast-growing $70B embedded protection market.

Our people are: Accountable, customer-obsessed, collaborative, driven

Our people are not: Passive, defensive, siloed, hesitant

About The Role

As a Payroll Associate at Cover Genius, you will be working amongst a rapidly expanding Global Financial Operations team, reporting to the Associate Director, Global Payroll based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This role requires a knowledgeable and resourceful team player who will drive, support and assist in the evolution of the day-to-day global payroll from outsourced management to potentially an in-house payroll solution while working cross-functionally across the organisation.

This role is responsible for managing the end-to-end payroll processes while ensuring data integrity, fostering strong employee, payroll vendor and internal relationships and driving process improvements. The ideal candidate is a driven and reliable person with a strong background in global payroll, general payroll accounting principles, exceptional communication skills, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and wants to be part of a global insurtech company with the vision to protect all customers of the world’s largest digital companies.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary point of contact for external and internal stakeholders regarding payroll inquiries, discrepancies, and resolutions. Foster positive working relationships with all stakeholders.
• Payroll Data Collection, Validation, Processing & Payments: Review, process, and reconcile payroll output. Ensure accurate and timely payroll payments. Perform monthly NetSuite payroll related journal entries.
• Data Integrity & Compliance: collaboration with People Team for accurate records and ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
• Process Improvement: Identify opportunities for enhancing efficiency within the global payroll function, including automation and streamlining workflows. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement best practices.
• Reconciliation & Reporting: Reconcile payroll General Ledgers. Assist with month-end and year-end closing activities as well as drive/support audit requirements.
• Payroll Vendor/Solution Implementation and Management

To Help Us Level Up, You'll Ideally Have

• 2+ years of global outsourced and/or in-house payroll experience.
• Experience working with various payroll solutions preferred
• Knowledge of global payroll principles, general accounting practices, and financial controls.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills with the ability to manage payroll vendor and employee relationships effectively.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.

Why Cover Genius?

At Cover Genius, We Create Magic By Turning The Archaic Into The Extraordinary. We Take One Of The World’s Oldest And Most Complex Industries And Reinvent It With World-class Technology. Cover Genius Doesn’t Just Disrupt Legacy Insurance; We Make The Impossible Feel Effortless.Our Operating Principles Guide Our Mission

• Make today matter: We deliver with urgency and excellence. We act decisively, move with intention, and hold a high bar.
• Act with accountability: We own our commitments and take pride in delivering results that move us forward.
• Grow together: We are a collective of curious minds. We learn from wins and setbacks, share knowledge generously, and elevate each other every day.
• Inspire Each Other: We push each other to think bigger and pull together to go further.
• Champion Our Customers: We lead with empathy and center the customer, turning complex disruptions into seamless moments of trust.
• Flexible Work Environment - Our teams are hybrid. We work from home on a Wednesday and Thursday and attend the office on Monday, Tuesday and Friday with flexibility around start/finish times.
• Don't just take our word for it - hear about our culture straight from our people here: story time.

The Legal & Privacy Stuff

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