Junior Payroll Analyst

Living Social; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Groupon is seeking a Junior Payroll Analyst in Warsaw to join our Payroll Operations team. You will learn the full payroll cycle hands-on, validate inputs, and support our AI-assisted workflows to improve accuracy and speed.

Ideal candidates have a year of experience in a corporate setting, strong numerical skills, and English at B2 level. You will work with Excel, data verification, and collaborate with payroll vendors in a growing AI-driven environment.

Qualifications

• 1 year of experience in a corporate environment.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.
• Genuine curiosity about AI and willingness to learn new tools.
• Good written and spoken English (B2).

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end monthly payroll processing: collect inputs, validate data, and prepare data for external payroll provider.
• Reconcile payroll outputs against HR data and flag discrepancies.
• Work with AI tools to automate checks and build workflows.
• Respond to employee payroll queries and support vendor communications.
• Maintain payroll documentation, checklists, and SOPs.
• Support audit and SOX compliance activities with accurate control files.

Skills

Attention to detail

Excel proficiency

English (B2)

Curiosity about AI

Tools

Excel

Job description

Groupon connects 42 million customers with local experiences - restaurants, events, wellness and travel - and the million-plus merchants who deliver them. Our mission is to get people offline and into the real world at prices that make it possible. We’re an AI-native company in the middle of a platform transformation, moving from a deals marketplace to an experience discovery platform that works for customers and merchants at the same time.

About the role

Groupon’s Payroll Operations team delivers accurate, compliant payroll across multiple countries. We’re looking for a Junior Payroll Analyst who is detail-oriented, eager to grow, and excited about using AI to modernise how payroll gets done. You’ll learn the full payroll cycle hands-on while working in a team that actively builds AI-assisted workflows — this role is ideal for someone starting their payroll career who wants to develop both operational and digital skills.

What you’ll do

• Support end-to-end monthly payroll processing: collecting and validating inputs (new hires, terminations, absences, bonuses, benefits), running verification checks, and preparing data for our external payroll provider.
• Reconcile payroll outputs against HR system data (e.g. gross-to-net checks, bank detail and absence verifications) and flag discrepancies.
• Work with AI tools (e.g. Claude) to automate repetitive checks, build reusable workflows, and improve process quality — with training and mentoring provided.
• Respond to employee payroll queries and support communication with payroll vendors.
• Maintain payroll documentation, checklists, and SOPs.
• Support audit and SOX compliance activities by preparing accurate, well-documented control files.

What we’re looking for

• 1 year of experience in any role in a corporate environment.
• Strong attention to detail and comfort working with numbers and deadlines.
• Genuine curiosity about AI: willingness to learn AI-assisted ways of working and experiment with new tools.
• Good written and spoken English (B2 level); additional European languages are a plus.
• A growth mindset — you ask questions, take feedback well, and want to build expertise.
• Confident in Excel — comfortable with formulas, pivot tables, and VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP.
• Discretion in handling confidential employee data.

What you’ll gain

• Hands-on AI fluency development — our team runs regular AI training sessions and builds real automation into daily work.
• Day-to-day work with modern payroll technology — HRIS, automated workflows, and data-driven reporting instead of manual paperwork.
• Mentoring from experienced payroll specialists and a clear path toward Payroll Analyst and Senior Analyst roles.
• Structured on-the-job training in multi-country payroll, compliance, and payroll controls.

Groupon is an AI-First Company

We’re committed to building smarter, faster, and more innovative ways of working and AI plays a key role in how we get there.

We encourage candidates to leverage AI tools during the hiring process where it adds value, and we’re always keen to hear how technology improves the way you work.

If you’re passionate about AI or curious to explore how it can elevate your role you’ll be right at home here.