Payroll Manager (all genders)

HelloFresh
Berlin, Germany
Career-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-level to senior payroll professionals who can independently manage complex payroll systems and processes in a fast-growing tech company based in Berlin.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 2+ years of payroll experience and a track record of improving payroll processes
    — “2+ years of professional experience in payroll”
  • Individuals who can bridge payroll operations with strategic development and stakeholder communication
    — “Be the contact person for internal and external stakeholder specifically in payroll projects”
  • Professionals fluent in both German and English with a preference for tech-driven environments
    — “The ability to speak and write fluently in German and English”

Things to consider

  • The role may require regular in-person collaboration in Berlin despite a hybrid work model
    — “Hybrid working model”
  • Candidates must be prepared to engage in internal and external audits regularly
    — “Participate in the monthly and annual financial statements as well as in internal and external audits”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to independently manage payroll systems and improve processes
    — “manage to organize and structure your tasks independently”
  • Emphasize your experience with labour, tax, and social security law in your application materials
    — “Good knowledge of labour, tax and social security law”
  • Showcase your analytical skills through examples of plausibility analyses or data evaluation
    — “Ensure the data quality with plausibility analyses and evaluation”
  • Demonstrate your affinity for adopting new systems and tools in your resume and interview responses
    — “a general affinity for new systems and tools”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • ensuring monthly payroll
  • participating in financial statements
Typical background
payrollaccounting

Skills & requirements

Required

Payroll ManagementData Quality AnalysisFinancial StatementsAudits

Preferred

Project Management

About the role

Original posting from HelloFresh

The role

The HelloFresh People Operations Team is now looking for a Payroll Manager (m / f / d) who will use their expert knowledge to help think and develop the topic of payroll within a young, rapidly expanding company, and consider this as a strategically important topic within the People Team. As a successful applicant, you will also always have an open ear for the questions of our employees, manage to organize and structure your tasks independently, and support internal team projects.

What you’ll do

It is your main goal to ensure the monthly payroll using the payroll system “Accurat HCM” together with the payroll team. Therefore you will:  

Ensure the data quality with plausibility analyses and evaluation as well as comparison of current data to previous data and the creation of statistics

Be the contact person for internal and external stakeholder specifically in payroll projects

Participate in the monthly and annual financial statements as well as in internal and external audits

Frequently reviewing and developing of actual payroll processes

What you’ll bring

To help you manage your tasks successfully, it would be advantageous to bring: 

2+ years of professional experience in payroll

Good knowledge of labour, tax and social security law 

Being a team player but also able to work independently, structured and extremely conscientious

Very good knowledge of Excel and a general affinity for new systems and tools

The ability to speak and write fluently in German and English

What we offer

Elevate your lifestyle! Join one of Europe's fastest-growing tech powerhouses in a dynamic phase of expansion.

Immerse yourself in a diverse global community of 90+ nationalities.

Enjoy a competitive compensation package that goes beyond the norm, with perks like a HelloFresh- subsidized Pension Scheme, Berlin relocation support, and a Hybrid working model.

Elevate your lifestyle with exclusive discounts on your weekly HelloFresh box and office meals.

Invest in your growth with an annual learning & development budget, German language learning budget, and access to the HelloFresh Academy.

Plus, we've got your well-being covered with mental health support, transportation perks, and working-parent-friendly benefits. From our 24/7 gym access,wellbeing platforms like Headspace and Spill, to sabbatical leave options, HelloFresh is not just a workplace; it's a lifestyle of perks and possibilities!

Are you up for the challenge?

Please submit your complete application below including your salary expectations and earliest starting date.

After submitting an application our team will review this and get back to you within 5 business days. 

Source: HelloFresh careers

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