Senior Payroll Controls Analyst — Europe (Automation & Governance)

SIXT; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 60.000 - 78.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Lisbon experience

Global environment

Hybrid work model

AI tools access

Vacation days

Meal allowance

Private health insurance

Zusammenfassung

SIXT in Lisbon seeks a Payroll Controller to own end-to-end monitoring of payroll data across European markets. You will automate recurring checks, standardise controls and establish governance that scales across Germany, France, Portugal and beyond.

This is an ownership role with hands-on analysis 75% of the time and framework building the rest. You’ll run payroll checks, investigate deviations, set analysis logic, and present findings to the Head and stakeholders.

Qualifikationen

• Education you hold a degree in HR, business, finance, data/analytics or comparable
• Experience you bring 3–6 years of hands-on experience in payroll controlling, HR controlling, payroll audit or HR analytics — ideally with exposure to European payroll regulations
• Technical skills you have strong analytical skills, advanced Excel/BI and SQL are required; Workday and payroll system knowledge is a strong plus
• Process improvement you have experience building or improving controls and processes
• Precision you work with high precision and discretion when handling sensitive data
• Languages you are business-fluent in English

Aufgaben

• You run recurring payroll checks and reconciliations, including payroll vs. HR master data, period-over-period variances, plausibility and outlier analyses
• You investigate deviations, find the root cause and coordinate resolution with Payroll, HR Operations and People Systems
• You decide on analysis logic and thresholds for the checks, and judge when a finding is material enough to elevate
• You prepare clear check results and findings for the Head and stakeholders
• You safeguard the quality of the underlying payroll and people data, and automate recurring checks to reduce manual effort
• You design and introduce governance processes for payroll monitoring, define check standards and a risk-based control approach, and work with Payroll, Finance, Compliance and People Systems to anchor the controls in the processes

Kenntnisse

Analytical thinking

English fluency

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Ausbildung

HR/Business/Finance/Data analytics degree

Tools

Excel

BI

SQL

Workday

Jobbeschreibung

SIXT in Lisbon seeks a Payroll Controller to own end-to-end monitoring of payroll data across European markets. You will automate recurring checks, standardise controls and establish governance that scales across Germany, France, Portugal and beyond.

This is an ownership role with hands-on analysis 75% of the time and framework building the rest. You’ll run payroll checks, investigate deviations, set analysis logic, and present findings to the Head and stakeholders.