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sparkm

Payroll Specialist, HR Administration

sparkm

. Independently manage monthly payroll processing for a defined employee group .

Posted 10/12/2026full-timeDarmstadt • GermanyMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in payroll processing, including managing payroll for employee groups, maintaining HR data, and ensuring compliance with German wage tax and social security legislation. Proficient in optimizing payroll and HR processes while maintaining a meticulous and service-oriented approach.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Payroll Processing ManagementGerman Wage Tax KnowledgeP&I LOGA ExperienceMS Office ProficiencyAnalytical Reporting Skills

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Hard Skills
Payroll ProcessingData AnalysisCompensation Data ManagementTimekeeping ManagementHR Process Optimization
Soft Skills
Meticulous Working StyleService-Oriented TeamworkKnowledge Sharing
Tools & Technologies
P&I LOGAMS OfficeExcel
Certifications & Qualifications
Commercial or Business Administration Training
Industry Keywords
German Wage TaxSocial Security LegislationPayroll SystemsEmployee OnboardingEmployee Offboarding

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Independently manage monthly payroll processing for a defined employee group
  • Maintain payroll-relevant employee and compensation data in HR systems
  • Prepare analyses, reports, certificates, and provisions
  • Present payroll results in a clear and comprehensible manner
  • Handle timekeeping-related matters
  • Review interfaces and data transfers for payroll processing
  • Support onboarding and offboarding, digital personnel files, and other administrative HR processes
  • Contribute to the optimization and digitalization of payroll and HR processes

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Completed commercial or business administration training, ideally supplemented by further training in payroll processing
  • Several years of experience independently managing payroll
  • Sound knowledge of relevant German wage tax and social security legislation
  • Precise, structured, meticulous, and discreet working style
  • Strong affinity for numbers
  • Experience with a payroll system, ideally P&I LOGA
  • Good MS Office and Excel skills
  • Service-oriented approach to teamwork
  • Willingness to share knowledge and further develop processes

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • 30 days of annual leave
  • Remote work within the generally applicable 3/2 hybrid working arrangement
  • Flexible working hours
  • Permanent employment contract