Senior Payroll Specialist, German
VISTRA
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇵🇱 Poland
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Senior
About the role
- Preparation of monthly payrolls for the assigned client portfolio in compliance with all employment, social security and tax regulations using the DATEV Lohn & Gehalt payroll software.
- Advising and supporting an assigned client portfolio on tax and social security matters in German and English.
- Maintaining and updating employee master data, entering all payroll movements and processing employee hirings and terminations.
- Acting as a point of contact for social security agencies, authorities, health insurance providers, managers and colleagues.
- Managing certificate administration and all necessary filings with authorities, health insurers and public offices.
- Preparing all notifications/applications related to maternity protection, garnishments, company pension schemes and other special cases such as the disabled person’s levy (Schwerbehindertenabgabe), etc.
- Monthly preparation of reports and analyses using DATEV reports, the DATEV Data Analysis System, OsC, DATEV Arbeitnehmer Online and Excel.
- Importing and exporting client master data in DATEV including preparation of all related notifications to Berufsgenossenschaften (statutory accident insurance institutions), social security agencies and tax offices.
- Manual preparation of income tax certificates (Lohnsteuerbescheinigungen) and annual reports for accident insurance.
- Preparing and supporting clients during audits by the German Pension Insurance (Deutsche Rentenversicherung) and the tax office.
Requirements
- University degree or completed vocational training as a tax clerk (Steuerfachangestellte/r) or a similarly qualifying qualification.
- Experience in payroll accounting and with DATEV Lohn & Gehalt is an advantage.
- Hands-on mentality and ability to work in a team.
- Independent and accurate working style.
- Excellent written and spoken German and English.
- Open to new technologies and automation processes.
- Strong communication skills.
Benefits
- The health of our employees is our highest priority — you receive financial support for private medical care for you and your dependents.
- We promote an active and healthy lifestyle — a subsidy for a Multisport card is available.
- Work–life balance matters to us — we offer flexible working hours and a hybrid working model.
- Security matters: you have the option to take out additional life insurance.
- To support your development, we provide access to free English or German language courses.
- We guarantee employment stability: a permanent contract with a global company that has a strong market position.
- We care about your professional development — we offer internal training as well as financial support for external training or postgraduate studies and a clear Vistra career development path.
- Exciting projects within international teams.
- Young and motivated team.
- For your convenience our modern office is located in the city centre.
- We act sustainably: we support ecological initiatives such as bee adoption, encourage cycling (including bicycle parking) and operate in an environmentally friendly building.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
payroll accountingemployee master data managementincome tax certificate preparationreport preparation and analysisdata import/exporttax regulations compliancesocial security regulations compliancematernity protection applicationsgarnishments processingcompany pension schemes management
Soft skills
hands-on mentalityteamworkindependent workingaccuracystrong communication skillsadvisingsupporting clientsopen to new technologiesadaptabilityproblem-solving
Certifications
university degreevocational training as a tax clerkSteuerfachangestellte/r qualification