Senior Specialist, Payroll

GOODYEAR & GOODYEAR, INC.

Senior Payroll Specialist managing payroll for Spain and Portugal at Goodyear. Ensuring compliance, accuracy, and providing expert payroll guidance to stakeholders.

Posted 7/3/2026part-timeRemote • 🇵🇹 PortugalSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage end-to-end monthly payroll processing for Spain and Portugal, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with local regulations and collective bargaining agreements
Validate payroll inputs (hires, terminations, changes, bonuses, leaves, allowances, shifts, etc.) and reconcile payroll outputs from external providers
Act as the primary point of contact for external payroll vendors, monitoring service quality, SLAs, escalations, and continuous improvement actions
Ensure compliance with labor law, social security, taxation, and internal payroll controls, supporting internal and external audits as required
Prepare, analyze, and validate monthly payroll reports for HR, Finance, and management
Provide expert support to employees, HR Business Partners, Finance, HRIS, and Legal on payroll, benefits, taxation, and time & attendance matters
Drive process improvements, standardization, and digitalization of payroll activities, ensuring alignment with global standards where applicable

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience)
5+ years of payroll experience in Spain; exposure to Portugal payroll is a strong advantage
Strong knowledge of Spanish labor law, social security, taxation, and payroll compliance
Proven experience working with external payroll providers (e.g., ADP, SD Worx, or similar)
Solid experience with HRIS and payroll systems (Workday, SAP HR, Meta4, or similar), with advanced Excel skills preferred
High attention to detail, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and ability to perform in a fast-paced environment
Excellent communication skills, service orientation, confidentiality, plus fluency in Spanish and English.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

Payroll ProcessingPayroll ComplianceLabor Law KnowledgeTaxation ExpertiseAnalytical SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsAttention to DetailProcess ImprovementDigitalization of Payroll ActivitiesPayroll Reporting

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsService OrientationConfidentiality