Senior Payroll Specialist

Shine; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch provided

Social events

Flexible working options

Job summary

Shine, a fintech company in Amsterdam, seeks a Senior Payroll Specialist to enhance their payroll solutions. The role requires fluent Dutch and at least 5 years of payroll administration experience. You will monitor payroll legislation, ensure compliance, and support the team with complex inquiries.

This position offers strong autonomy, the chance to impact product development, and the opportunity for hybrid work with a dynamic team.

Join us to contribute to creating modern payroll solutions for small businesses.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in payroll administration.
• Strong hands‑on experience with payroll for small or medium‑size businesses.
• Solid knowledge of Dutch payroll rules, employment law, and collective agreements.

Responsibilities

• Be the payroll expert for the Dutch market.
• Monitor changes in Dutch payroll legislation and collective agreements.
• Help implement and maintain payroll rules in our internal payroll system.
• Check and review payroll calculations to ensure accuracy.
• Provide practical input to improve our payroll solution.

Skills

Fluent Dutch

Payroll administration

Knowledge of Dutch payroll rules

Attention to detail

Proactive approach

Job description

Shine exists to help freelancers and small business owners reclaim the joy of working for themselves.

Running a business shouldn't mean drowning in financial admin - it should be inspiring and rewarding. Our app brings banking, invoicing, accounting and admin together in one place, so entrepreneurs can focus on what matters most: growing their business and enjoying the freedom of working for themselves.

We're a multicultural team of over 400 people across France, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. By bringing together leading European fintechs like Shine, Kontist and Tellow, we've built a single, intuitive platform designed for simplicity, speed and accuracy - backed by local, award‑winning support.

Your hiring experience matters

Just as we respect our customers' time, we respect yours. Your experience with Shine should feel simple, transparent and genuinely supportive.

If this sounds like somewhere you want to grow, we'd love to hear from you.

Your role as a Senior Payroll Specialist

We are looking for an experienced Dutch payroll professional who knows payroll inside out and feels confident working with different collective agreements, small businesses, and practical day‑to‑day payroll questions. In this role, you will use your payroll expertise to help us build and continuously improve our payroll solution for the Dutch market. Your main responsibility is to make sure our payroll calculations are correct, compliant, and up to date. You will work closely with our Support team and the colleagues who maintain our payroll system, so that your payroll knowledge is reflected in how the system works.

Experience working for a payroll software company is a plus, but not required. We actively welcome candidates with strong hands‑on payroll experience from bookkeeping offices, accountancy firms, or payroll service providers.

This role is perfect for someone who wants to take the next step in their career — moving from processing payroll to helping shape and build a modern payroll solution.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Be the payroll expert for the Dutch market
• Monitor changes in Dutch payroll legislation and collective agreements
• Help implement and maintain payroll rules in our internal payroll system (training provided)
• Support the Support team with complex payroll questions
• Check and review payroll calculations to ensure accuracy
• Work closely with colleagues to make payroll processes smoother and more efficient
• Provide practical input to improve our payroll solution based on real payroll experience
• Help us make payroll easier for small businesses

This Job located in Amsterdam, with the possibility of two remote working days per week

About you

• Fluent Dutch (required), good English skills (spoken and written)
• 5+ years of experience in payroll administration
• Strong hands‑on experience with payroll for small or medium‑size businesses
• Recognized as a payroll expert in your previous role
• Solid knowledge of Dutch payroll rules, employment law, and collective agreements
• Comfortable working with digital tools (no coding or technical background needed)
• Accurate, structured, and detail‑oriented
• Able to explain payroll topics clearly to others
• Proactive, reliable, and used to working independently

Team

You will work closely with:

• Our Support team (4 colleagues)
• A small group of colleagues maintaining the payroll system
• Other teams when payroll expertise is needed. You will be the main payroll expert for the Dutch market and an important partner for several teams.

Why this role is special

• Be a part of building the future of payroll, not maintain systems older than 10 years
• Real impact on a product used daily by entrepreneurs
• Strong ownership and autonomy
• Modern office, 15 minutes from Amsterdam Central Station
• Great daily lunch and social events
• Possibility to work from our other office hubs across Paris, Copenhagen and Berlin
• Collaborative, human‑focused fintech environment

Our recruitment process

• 45 minute call with Talent Acquisition
• 45 minute interview with Hiring Manager
• 1 hour business case presentation to highlight your skills and give you a hands‑on feel for the role
• A team introduction, followed by a soft skills interview based on personality assessments to see how we can best support your growth at Shine

Equal Opportunity Employer

We follow the principle of equal treatment to consider all job applicants and do not discriminate based on their gender, sexual orientation, color, racial or ethnic origin, religion, disability, etc. as per applicable law.