EMEA HRSS Payroll Specialist

Amer Sports Corporation; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Amer Sports Corporation in Kraków is seeking an EMEA HRSS Payroll Specialist on a fixed-term contract with a 3-month probation, hybrid work setup. The role covers end-to-end payroll data management, lifecycle administration, and compliance across the EMEA region.

You will handle data accuracy in Workday, coordinate with HR, payroll, and external vendors, and ensure timely and correct payroll processing. English fluency and a 2+ year payroll/HR admin background are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in Payroll, HR Administration or Shared Services.
• Fluent English with good written and verbal communication.
• Experience with Workday or similar HRIS systems; knowledge of payroll processing, HRIS management, payroll compliance, HR administration, time and attendance; MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Payroll Data Management: Owns preparation, validation, and maintenance of payroll input data for the countries within scope, ensuring data accuracy and integrity.
• Employee Lifecycle Administration: Ensures lifecycle changes reflected in Workday and communicated to Payroll; supports onboarding to offboarding.
• Payroll Operations & Validation: Performs data audits, validates payroll inputs, resolves discrepancies to ensure timely processing.
• Stakeholder & Vendor Coordination: Acts as liaison between HR, Payroll, employees, and external vendors across the EMEA region.
• Compliance & HR Administration: Maintains employee records and ensures compliance with labor, tax, payroll regulations and internal policies.

Skills

Payroll expertise

HR administration

English fluency

Data accuracy

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Tools

Workday

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Fixed-term Contract | 3-month probationary period, followed by a contract until end of December 2028| Hybrid | Kraków |

We’re looking for EMEA HRSS Payroll Specialist for Amer Sports’ office in Kraków.

Amer Sports is a global collective of iconic sports and outdoor brands, powered by a community of people who share a passion for authenticity, impact, and excellence. We bring together leading brands, talented teams, and a culture built on collaboration. If you’re looking for an environment where you can make an impact and grow your career, we invite you to explore the opportunity below.

What you will be doing

• Payroll Data Management: Owns the preparation, validation, and maintenance of payroll input data for the countries within their scope, ensuring data accuracy and integrity.

• Employee Lifecycle Administration: Ensures all employee lifecycle changes, including hires, transfers, promotions, salary changes, terminations, and leaves of absence, are accurately reflected in Workday and communicated to Payroll; supports HR administration from onboarding to offboarding.

• Payroll Operations & Validation: Supports end-to-end payroll operations by performing data audits, validating payroll inputs, and resolving payroll discrepancies to ensure timely and accurate processing.

• Stakeholder & Vendor Coordination: Acts as a key liaison between HR, Payroll, employees, and external vendors, coordinating payroll-related activities for internal and external employee populations across the EMEA region.

• Compliance & HR Administration: Maintains employee records and supports HR administrative activities while ensuring compliance with local labor, tax, and payroll regulations, as well as internal policies and procedures.

What you need to succeed

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree.

• Relevant Experience: Minimum 2 years of experience in Payroll, HR Administration or Shared Services; experience with payroll-related processes and employee data management.

• Language Skills: Fluent English, with good written and verbal communication skills.

• Technical Skills: Experience with Workday or similar HRIS systems; knowledge of payroll processing, HRIS management, payroll compliance, HR administration, time and attendance management, and Microsoft Office, particularly intermediate or advanced Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.

• Soft Skills: Detail-oriented and proactive approach, strong organizational and analytical skills, problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, effective stakeholder management, customer service orientation, methodical working style, ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines, strong time management, and ability to work effectively in a team.

What’s in it for you

At Amer Sports, you'll be part of a global community of people who care about what they do and how they do it. Across our teams and brands, we are driven by ambition, collaboration, and a shared purpose of elevating the world through sport.

• Global collaboration: Work with diverse, international teams and collaborate across brands, functions, and markets, learning from different perspectives along the way.
• Access to a global network of leading brands: Work within a global collective of iconic sports and outdoor brands, gaining exposure to different businesses, perspectives, and opportunities across Amer Sports.
• We're in the game together: Join a culture built on trust, support, and shared responsibility, where progress is achieved together, and success is celebrated as a team.
• Purpose-driven environment: Be part of work that supports healthier, more active lives through our iconic sports and outdoor brands.
• Small teams, real impact: Contribute in small, trusted teams within a global company, where your ideas matter, and your work can create real impact.
• Excellence in how we work: Join an environment where quality, innovation, and continuous improvement matter, and where people are encouraged to raise the bar in how work is done.
• Ambitious career development: Develop your skills through meaningful work, new challenges, and collaboration with experienced colleagues.
• Modern technologies and ways of working: Be part of teams that work with modern technologies and continuously evolve how we build, operate, and improve our digital solutions

What to expect from the recruitment process

1. CV screening: Every CV is reviewed by a human.
2. Phone screening: A conversation with Amer Sports’ Talent Acquisition Team to discuss the role, our organization, and your expectations.
3. Interviews:2 rounds with the hiring manager and prospective team.
4. Feedback and decision: We aim to provide feedback throughout the process.