Payroll Expert with German

SD Worx; Katowice; Hybrid; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care (LuxMed)

Cafeteria system / Sportscard

Lunch card (Edenred)

Annual bonus

Free parking spaces for employees

Loans for employees

Workation: 4 weeks per year (EU only)

Life insurance

Holiday allowance

Free language courses

Referral program

Employee Capital Plans (3.5% employer)

Job summary

SD Worx in Europe is seeking a senior Payroll expert to own end-to-end payroll processes across multiple countries with a focus on accuracy and compliance. You will drive standardisation and improvements while coordinating across teams and regions.

We require 8–12 years of payroll experience, strong knowledge of local regulations, and fluency in English and German. The role offers flexible hours and remote work options within a multinational environment.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of payroll experience, preferably in outsourcing or shared services.
• Strong expertise in payroll systems, configurations, integrations, and local regulations.
• Fluent English and German skills.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end responsibility for payroll processes and cross-country harmonisation.
• Ensure compliance with local employment, tax, and social security regulations.
• Coordinate collaboration across countries with internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead payroll-related projects, implementations, and system changes.
• Deliver training and functional support to payroll teams and customers.

Skills

Payroll expertise

Cross-country payroll coordination

German payroll knowledge

Fluent English

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

SD Worx is a leading European provider of Payroll & HR services with global reach. We have offices in Europe and Mauritius. Our goal? We bring people solutions to life and turn HR into a value source for our clients and their people.

Our people solutions span the entire employee journey, from salary payment to attracting, rewarding, and developing talent.Are you ready to join us?

What do we have to offer?

• Stable employment conditions: permanent employment contract (after a 6-month fixed-term contract)

• Flexible working hours and remote work opportunities

• Private medical care (LuxMed)

• Cafeteria system / Sportscard

• Lunch card (Edenred)

• Financial allowance for remote work

• Loans for employees

• Workation: possibility to work from any SD Worx location (4 weeks per year, EU only)

• Life insurance

• Holiday allowance

• Free language courses (during your working hours)

• Annual bonus

• Integration events

• Free parking spaces for employees

• Referral program

• PPK (Employee Capital Plans): 3.5% employer contribution

• Learning opportunities: through an individual development plan and professional training

• Career growth: whether you want to become more of an expert in your field or expand your knowledge horizontally, there’s always room to grow within SD Worx!

Which tasks can you expect?

• End-to-end responsibility for payroll processes, including optimisation, standardisation, and cross-country harmonisation.

• Ensuring compliance with local employment, tax, and social security regulations.

• Acting as the key contact for internal and external stakeholders and coordinating collaboration across countries.

• Assessing the impact of payroll and system changes and coordinating required adjustments.

• Driving knowledge sharing, best practice adoption, and continuous improvement across markets.

• Managing the development of payroll templates, local solutions, and enhancement proposals in cooperation with Product teams.

• Monitoring payroll performance and identifying opportunities for process improvement, automation, and digitalisation.

• Leading payroll-related projects, implementations, transitions, testing, and system changes.

• Providing expert guidance on payroll processes, legal requirements, configurations, integrations, and customer escalations.

• Ensuring service delivery meets contractual obligations and SLAs.

• Maintaining payroll documentation, including SOPs, payroll designs, and wage type catalogues.

• Delivering training, workshops, and functional support to payroll teams and customers to promote best practices and customer satisfaction.

What do you have to offer?

• 8-12 years of payroll experience, preferably in an outsourcing or shared services environment

• Strong expertise in payroll systems, configurations, integrations, and local payroll regulations

• Good understanding of German payroll, tax, and labour legislation

• Fluent English and German skills

• Very good command of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel

• Strong sense of ownership and a high level of results and quality orientation

• Very good stakeholder and customer management skills

• Ability to communicate complex payroll matters clearly, comprehensively and persuasively

• High degree of integrity and discretion when handling sensitive data

• Structured, proactive and quality-focused approach to work

• Resilience and confidence in critical or time-sensitive situations

• Ability to influence effectively through functional expertise, persuasion and collaboration, without formal people management responsibility

• Experience with expat/impat payroll, split payroll, and shadow payroll is a plus

From many places, we work as one, moving from better to best together.

SD Worx embraces diversity in the workplace. Diversity brings inspiration and innovation to our company. We particularly welcome applications from qualified talent, regardless of origin, nationality, gender, skin color, ethnic and social background, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, or stage of life.