Payroll Specialist Lead
Pubblicato il 22-09-2026 - Jobgether in Italia
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Payroll Specialist Lead based in Italy.
Join a global Payroll Operations team and take ownership of end-to-end payroll delivery for your assigned country.
You'll serve as a subject matter expert, ensuring payroll accuracy, compliance, timely processing, and strong data quality.
The role combines hands-on payroll expertise with process improvement, performance management, and stakeholder collaboration.
You'll work closely with teams across Finance, Payroll Implementation, Product, and Engineering in a highly international environment.
As a lead, you'll also mentor payroll specialists and provide operational support to regional managers when needed.
The culture is remote-first and largely asynchronous, giving you the autonomy to organize your work around your life.
It's an opportunity to make a meaningful impact while helping build efficient, scalable global payroll operations.
Accountabilities
Own and execute
end-to-end payroll processing
for the assigned country, including statutory filings, exceptions, approvals, payments, and compliance requirements.
Act as the
country payroll subject matter expert
, ensuring payroll practices remain accurate, compliant, and aligned with local requirements.
Maintain high standards of
data integrity, payroll accuracy, and quality
throughout the payroll cycle.
Prepare and manage
payroll journals and reconciliations
, investigating discrepancies and ensuring accurate financial reporting.
Monitor and deliver against key
KPIs and SLAs
, identifying risks and taking proactive corrective action.
Build and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders across Payroll Implementation, Finance, Product, Engineering, and other relevant teams.
Identify opportunities to
improve, automate, and streamline payroll processes
, increasing productivity and operational efficiency.
Mentor, support,
and share knowledge with payroll specialists to strengthen team capabilities and performance.
Provide backup support to regional managers during periods of absence and contribute to broader payroll operations initiatives.
Requirements:
Demonstrated experience managing
end-to-end payroll processing
, either in-house or within a payroll service provider environment.
Strong knowledge of
payroll best practices
, compliance principles, and payroll operations.
Experience with
French payroll processing
from end to end.
Experience using
Silae payroll software
is required or highly relevant to the role.
Proficiency with productivity and data tools such as
Excel and Google Workspace
.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a structured approach to identifying and resolving payroll issues.
A continuous-improvement mindset and enthusiasm for finding ways to make processes faster, more efficient, and more scalable.
Ability to thrive in a
fast-paced, international, fully remote environment
and collaborate effectively across distributed teams.
Comfortable working largely
asynchronously
, with a high degree of autonomy, ownership, and proactive communication.
Fluent written and spoken
English and French
.
Previous remote-work experience is a plus, but not mandatory.
Strong mentoring, communication, stakeholder-management, and organizational skills.
Benefits:
Annual salary range of
€50,300–€56,550 EUR
, with final compensation determined by factors including location, experience, skills, training, and market conditions.
Work from anywhere
with a fully remote working model.
Flexible working hours
within an asynchronous work environment.
Flexible paid time off
to support sustainable work-life balance.
16 weeks of paid parental leave
.
Budget for
co-working spaces, learning, and wellness
, including gym memberships.
Mental health support services
.
Stock options
.
Home office budget and IT equipment
.
A globally distributed, multicultural environment with opportunities to collaborate across countries and functions.
A strong focus on
pay equity, fairness, inclusion, and employee growth and development
.
How Jobgether works:
We use an
AI-powered matching process
to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!
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