Payroll Specialist UK&IE

At Air Products, with more than 23,000 employees globally, our purpose is to bring people together to reimagine what’s possible, collaborate, and innovate solutions to the world’s most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges.

And at the European Shared Services Center based in Cornellá de Llobregat, with more than 300 employees, we support the group's various subsidiaries across Europe and other regions. We have built an outstanding multicultural environment composed of employees from around 30 different nationalities.

Reimagine what’s possible at Air Products.

We are looking for a Payroll Specialist UK & IE with a temporary contract based in Barcelona.

As a Payroll Specialist, you will:

• Maintain employee payroll records.
• Assist in payroll preparation by providing relevant data, such as absences, bonuses, and leaves.
• Process employees’ requests and provide relevant information.
• Create and distribute payroll-related documents.
• Prepare reports and presentations for internal communications.
• Develop relationships with statutory third parties and members of the HR organization to ensure the smooth flow of information.
• Participate in other projects and tasks as required.
• Deliver service excellence with a strong customer service focus to ensure a positive employee experience.
• Continuously seek ways to improve processes, challenge current practices, and suggest better solutions.
• Support the accurate and timely processing of payroll data for employees.
• Perform monthly payroll controls in collaboration with the senior payroll specialist when needed.
• Document all outside-the-system work practices and operating guidelines for assigned payrolls.
• Remit payments to authorities and benefits providers; complete and submit any required regulatory forms and process payment requests.

You will have:

• Fluency in English; additional languages are a plus.
• Experience in an international work environment.
• Preferably, experience in payroll; experience in HR, accounting, or financial services will also be considered.
• An HR or Payroll degree is a plus.
• Open-mindedness, willingness to learn, flexibility, multitasking ability, cross-functionality, and adaptability.
• Excellent administrative, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with PC and MS Office applications.
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
• Customer focus.
• Resilience to stress and ability to meet deadlines.
• Interest in learning Workday.

What we offer:

At Air Products, we prioritize safety, value diversity, and foster an inclusive culture where everyone belongs and matters.

We are the world’s largest hydrogen producer, delivering safe, end-to-end solutions, investing in clean energy projects at scale, and driving the industry forward for a cleaner future.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, a culture of respect, challenge, and innovation, with excellent opportunities for growth and development. We also support work-life balance with the option to work from home three days a week.

Join us to grow your potential as we build tomorrow together, aiming to be the safest, most diverse, and most profitable industrial gas company in the world.

LI-SZ2

49840BR

Fixed Term (direct AP employee) - Full Time

Corporate

Finance