Payroll Specialist, Europe

The Nature Conservancy

Payroll Specialist managing payroll operations for The Nature Conservancy across European countries. Handling payroll compliance, vendor management, and reporting duties within Finance & Operations team.

Posted 7/4/2026full-time🇧🇪 BelgiumJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Execute end-to-end payroll operations across multiple European countries.
Manage payroll calendars, deadlines, and processing schedules.
Coordinate payroll activities with external payroll vendors and accounting providers.
Review and validate payroll calculations, deductions, benefits, taxes, and statutory contributions.
Maintain payroll-related employee data, including salary, tax, social security, and bank information.
Ensure payroll changes related to hires, terminations, compensation changes, benefits, and leave are processed accurately.
Oversee time reporting and leave administration processes to ensure payroll accuracy.
Prepare and review payroll accounting reports and related adjustments.
Reconcile payroll reports to vendor reports, general ledger accounts, and local books.
Support payroll payments and related banking processes.
Maintain payroll documentation, audit trails, SOPs, and process controls.
Respond to employee payroll inquiries.
Coordinate payroll audits and compliance reviews.
Produce payroll reports, perform analysis, and identify process improvements.
Support additional Finance & Operations activities and projects related to payroll, employee compensation accounting, reconciliations, reporting, compliance, and process improvements as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree and 2 years related experience or equivalent combination.
Experience coordinating administrative processes.
Experience generating reports and interpreting data.
Experience in business writing, editing, and proofreading.
Experience organizing time and managing diverse activities to meet deadlines.
Experience working across teams and communicating with a wide range of people.
Professional working proficiency in German and English is required. Additional languages are a plus.
Knowledge of payroll administration, payroll accounting, payroll compliance, and payroll vendor management.
Experience working with multi-country European payroll.
Experience working with Workday or similar HRIS/payroll systems.
Valid driver's license and compliance with TNC’s Auto Safety Program.

Benefits

Comp & perks

health care benefits
retirement benefits
parental leave
paid time off
life insurance
disability coverage
employee assistance program
other life and well-being benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

Payroll OperationsPayroll CalculationsData AnalysisReport GenerationProcess ImprovementTime ReportingLeave AdministrationPayroll AuditsStatutory ContributionsEmployee Data Management

Soft Skills

Organizational SkillsCommunication SkillsTeam CollaborationBusiness WritingProblem Solving