German Payroll, Time & Benefits Specialist w Warszawa, Polska

German Payroll, Time & Benefits Specialist

Miejsce pracy: Warszawa

Your responsibilities

Important notice: This is fix term contract for 12 months with potential to transfer into permanent position.

Payroll Administration

• Manage end-to-end German payroll operations in partnership with external payroll providers.

• Review, validate, and approve payroll inputs, including new hires, terminations, salary changes, bonuses, commissions, absence data, and overtime payments.

• Validate payroll results and identify anomalies before payroll sign-off.

• Ensure accurate and timely salary payments.

• Reconcile payroll reports and support Finance with payroll accounting activities.

• Prepare payroll documentation and support year-end reporting activities.

Time & Attendance Administration

• Administer time management processes and systems across the company entities in Germany.

• Validate working time records, overtime, shift premiums, and leave balances.

• Support implementation and continuous improvement of time management solutions.

Benefits & Pension Administration

• Administer German employee benefit programs, including occupational pension plans (Betriebliche Altersvorsorge), insurance programs, health-related benefits, and mobility and wellness benefits.

• Support annual benefits renewals and governance activities.

Continuous Improvement & Projects

• Identify process improvement opportunities and automation use cases.

• Participate in payroll, HR technology, benefits, and Time & Attendance projects.

Our requirements

• Qualification in tax, payroll or office management (like Steuerfachangestellte:r or similar) or alternatively BSc in a related field
• At least five years of experience in German payroll administration.
• Knowledge of German payroll legislation, payroll tax regulations, social insurance requirements, German labor law, occupational pension schemes, and employee benefits administration.
• Experience working with workers councils (Betriebsrat).
• Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical capability.
• Experience working with HRIS and payroll systems like DP GlobalView, ADP Celergo, SAP HCM, SAP SuccessFactors and ServiceNow.
• Experience supporting HR digital transformation initiatives and AI.
• German C2 and English B2/C1.

What we offer

• We care about growth, health, and wellbeing of our employees; therefore, our offer includes:
• Luxmed medical insurance: Employee basic package is covered by Wella, you can upgrade the package or extend it to your spouse or partner and kids
• Life insurance: basic option is paid by Wella, you can upgrade the package for you and your family
• Lunch card
• Multisport card
• Parking subsidy or public transportation refund – depending on your commuting style
• One additional day off to celebrate each full year of employment (capped at five days)
• Birthday as a holiday: celebrate with your loved ones!
• End-of-the-year gift, spring celebrations
• Bonus for life-time occasions (e.g., giving birth to a child, marriage)
• Attractive referral bonus for recommending talents to work at Wella
• State-of-the-art workspace, collaborative areas, cool events, and gatherings
• Occasional samples of our products to enjoy
• Access to discounts on our products in Wella and ghd online shops

Benefits

• sharing the costs of sports activities
• private medical care
• life insurance
• flexible working time
• fruits
• corporate products and services at discounted prices
• pre-paid cards
• employee referral program
• extra leave

ABOUT THE ROLE

This profile is designed for a specialist role within a People Support Center, reflecting the complexity of German payroll, pension administration, benefits, labor law, compliance, and cross-functional service delivery. This is fix term contract for 12 months with potential to transfer into permanent position.

We offer equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Wella Company with federal and state disability laws makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us at: 

We strongly believe that cultivating a diverse workplace gives a company strength. The combination of unique skills, abilities, experiences and backgrounds creates an environment that produces extraordinary results.

English - Please click on this link to review the Notification of Equal Opportunity Rights poster

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WELLA POLAND SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ

Together, WE enable individuals to look, feel, and be their true selves.

Wella Company is one of the world’s leading beauty companies, comprised of a family of iconic brands such as Wella Professionals, Clairol, OPI, Nioxin and ghd. With 6,000 employees globally, presence in over 100 countries, Wella Company and its brands enable consumers to look, feel, and be their true selves. As innovators in the hair and nail industry, Wella Company empowers its people to delight consumers, inspire beauty professionals, engage communities, and deliver sustainable growth to its stakeholders.

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