Payroll Team Lead – Hybrid, Warsaw (Maternity Cover)

Deutsche Post; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Job summary

Deutsche Post in Warsaw, Poland, seeks a Payroll Team Lead for a fixed-term maternity cover. You will coordinate payroll for about 5,000 employees, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery while guiding a team of Payroll Specialists.

The role demands deep knowledge of Polish payroll, law, and tax rules, plus strong independence and issue-resolution skills. Collaboration with HR and Finance is essential.

Qualifications

• More than five years of professional experience in Polish payroll.
• Excellent knowledge of Polish payroll principles, labor law, tax regulations, and social security requirements.
• Experience leading, developing, mentoring, or coordinating the work of Payroll Specialists.
• Ability to verify payroll results, identify errors, correct discrepancies, and resolve complex payroll issues.
• Ability to work independently and make sound decisions in a dynamic payroll environment.
• Experience working with payroll systems or Human Resources Information Systems.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Very good written and spoken Polish and English.
• A university degree in HR, finance, economics, management, or related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and oversee the accurate and timely delivery of payroll for approximately 5,000 employees.
• Ensure payroll processes comply with Polish labor law, tax regulations, social security requirements, internal standards, and applicable procedures.
• Review payroll calculations, records, reports, payments, benefits, taxes, deductions, overtime, shift allowances, commissions, and bonuses.
• Identify discrepancies and recurring errors, analyze root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Resolve escalated and complex payroll matters, including staff or system changes.
• Lead a team of Payroll Specialists and provide ongoing support.
• Set clear objectives and monitor delivery of results.
• Monitor payroll process effectiveness, service quality, accuracy, productivity, and deadlines.
• Support payroll system implementations and migrations, and process changes.
• Identify opportunities to improve, standardize, and automate payroll processes.
• Build relationships with HR, Finance, management, vendors, and other specialists.

Skills

Payroll management

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Polish payroll knowledge

English proficiency

Analytical skills

Education

University degree in HR, finance, economics, management, or related field

Tools

SAP Payroll

Xpertis

HRIS

Job description

Deutsche Post in Warsaw, Poland, seeks a Payroll Team Lead for a fixed-term maternity cover. You will coordinate payroll for about 5,000 employees, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery while guiding a team of Payroll Specialists.

The role demands deep knowledge of Polish payroll, law, and tax rules, plus strong independence and issue-resolution skills. Collaboration with HR and Finance is essential.