Payroll & Benefits Operations Specialist – 6 Month Fixed-Term
Novo Nordisk
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Location Type: Office
Location: Warsaw • 🇵🇱 Poland
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Junior
About the role
- Handle and resolve payroll tickets and employee queries via email and ticketing systems
- Validate and prepare data for payroll runs, investigate and fix timesheet and system errors, and ensure timesheet cards are closed accurately
- Encode compensation & benefits (group insurance, hospitalisation, eco‑vouchers, company cars, bike leasing, cafeteria plans) into payroll systems
- Work closely with internal teams and external payroll providers to resolve issues and ensure accurate payments
- Create reports to support payroll operations and management
- Operate in a fast‑paced environment across payroll cycles (advance, corrective and main runs)
Requirements
- 1–3 years’ payroll processing experience in a medium/large organisation
- Fluent spoken and written French (mandatory)
- Fluent English
- Experience working with HRIS/payroll systems and strong Excel skills
- Familiarity with time & attendance systems (e.g., Protime or equivalent) and external payroll providers is highly desirable
- Degree in Business, Economics, Accounting, HR or related field preferred but not mandatory
- Excellent attention to detail, reliability, and the ability to work to deadlines in a high‑volume, production payroll environment
- Strong stakeholder management, customer‑centred mindset and ability to prioritise in a hectic operational setting
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
payroll processingdata validationtimesheet managementcompensation encodingreport creationExcelHRIStime & attendance systems
Soft skills
attention to detailreliabilitydeadline managementstakeholder managementcustomer-centred mindsetprioritization