Legal Manager – Payroll Software
VRG GmbH
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Oldenburg • Germany
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About the role
- You combine subject-matter expertise, legal requirements and a quality-oriented mindset and thus play a key role in ensuring our customers can rely on their payroll.
- As part of quality assurance, you assess statutory requirements and design practical solutions for our products — in close collaboration with colleagues from software development.
- Conduct legal and compliance tests and produce clear, traceable documentation.
- Perform risk assessments based on changes to legislation and derive appropriate quality gates.
- Develop test cases based on statutory requirements to secure new and existing functionality.
- Support release and quality controls, e.g., in the context of ITSG audits and approval processes.
Requirements
- Very good knowledge of and practical experience in payroll processing.
- Solid understanding of payroll-related legislation, in particular tax and social security law, payroll tax and reporting obligations.
- Ability to confidently interpret legal texts and derive reliable, practical specifications and recommendations.
- Enjoyment in raising colleagues' awareness of legal requirements and in explaining legal topics in an understandable way.
- Analytical, structured working style, sense of responsibility and enjoyment of both independent work and teamwork.
- University degree or vocational qualification with relevant professional experience.
- Ideally, you also bring initial experience in project or stakeholder management and in working with associations or external institutions.
Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
payroll processinglegal compliance testingrisk assessmenttest case developmentquality assurancedocumentation productionstatutory requirements assessmentquality controlITSG auditspayroll tax reporting
Soft Skills
analytical skillsstructured working stylesense of responsibilityindependent workteamworkcommunication skillsability to interpret legal textsawareness raisingexplanation of legal topicsstakeholder management
Certifications
university degreevocational qualification