Payroll Specialist
.📍 Location: Porto, Hipercentro Areosa Business Park
🏠Hybrid Model: Work from home/office (3 days in office)
Application closing date: Sunday 15th June
🚀 What’s the role about?
GKN Automotive has created a Payroll Shared Service team in its Porto office supporting the EMEA region.
This role will directly have responsibility for Portuguese Payroll (processed as a managed service with our Payroll partner) and also for the UK Payroll (no prior UK experience required).
The role involves supporting end-to-end payroll administration, working with the business and our partner to ensure accurate and timely monthly payrolls. You’ll also contribute to establishing documented procedures for our newly set-up team, paving the way for future integrations.
✉️ What you'll do?
- End-to-end monthly payroll processing: input delivery, output and audit checks
- Timely collation of data to provide to the Payroll partner at agreed cut-off dates
- Performing detailed monthly checks (gross-to-gross, net-to-net), identifying and resolving discrepancies
- Managing post-payroll activities, including statutory filings and payment reconciliations
- Collaborating with local business partners to ensure accurate and timely data delivery
- Handling employee queries and resolving issues in a professional, timely manner
- Supporting report requests from HR, managers, and Finance
- Liaising with internal and external audit teams
- Developing relationships with key stakeholders
- Proactively solving problems and creating innovative solutions
- Providing quick support in urgent situations
- Assisting with the development of Oracle integration with Payroll partner software
- Driving improvements in payroll processes to enhance service delivery
- Taking initiative to improve our Payroll offering
🚀 What are we looking for?
- Strong familiarity with Portuguese payroll legislation
- Experience handling monthly tax and social security filings
- Familiarity with online portals of Tax and Social Security agencies
- Experience in managed payroll service environments
- Solid knowledge of payroll cycles, deadline management, and accuracy
- Ability to manage priorities in a dynamic environment
- Proficiency in Excel, MS SharePoint, and Teams
- Experience working with international stakeholders
- Project management experience and delivering impactful initiatives
- Experience within Portuguese payroll processing experience
- Portuguese (fluent) & English (pre-intermediate), both verbal and written
🎉 Benefits:
- Attractive salary package including health insurance & meal allowance
- A truly multinational environment (23 nationalities, 12 languages!)
- Modern office space with social, dining & relaxation areas
- Career growth & development opportunities
- Hybrid working model
- Free access to LinkedIn Learning
- Birthday off & extra vacation days
- Various discounts across retail & services
Come join us and be part of a team that is shaping the future of GKN Automotive in Porto!
We encourage you to apply even if you don't tick every box – your unique perspective might be exactly what we're looking for!
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GKN Automotive in Porto:
Established in 2020, our Global Business Services (GBS) is located at the heart of Porto (Hipercentro Areosa Business Park), where our 300+ employees provide support on a global level within areas of Finance, Procurement, HR and IT (to name a few). Our workplace is diverse and inclusive and our locally based team is represented by individuals from 23 different countries. Our culture is underpinned by our Values & Behaviours – Ingenious, Collaborative, Driven, Principled.
NOTE: Please submit your resume in English because not all our people managers speak Portuguese – and we are an international environment so English is our business language.
We understand some applicants are less likely to apply to jobs unless they feel they meet every single qualification. Well we all need the opportunity to grow and develop in a role. The team at GKN Automotive would encourage you to apply if our advert has taken your interest, rather than ruling yourself out based on any self-limiting beliefs. You never know, you may be exactly who we’re looking for!
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Disclaimer: GKN Automotive does not accept agency resumes unless directly engaged by Talent Acquisition. Please do not forward any resumes to our employees. GKN Automotive will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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