Payroll Specialist

Your Role as a Payroll Specialist

As a Payroll Specialist, you will play a key role in delivering accurate, compliant, and timely payroll services for a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple French collective bargaining agreements.

You will manage the payroll process end‑to‑end, acting as a trusted point of contact for clients while ensuring a high level of precision, responsiveness, and compliance with French labour and social legislation.

• Collecting and integrating variable payroll elements received from clients
• Preparing payroll slips and carrying out detailed payroll checks to ensure accuracy and compliance
• Managing monthly, quarterly, and annual social declarations (DSN)
• Preparing employer certificates, final settlements, onboarding/offboarding documents, and other employee lifecycle documentation
• Managing day‑to‑day client relationships, including payroll queries, follow‑up, and issue resolution
• Creating and configuring payroll files for new clients
• Monitoring payroll activities and reporting updates to management
• Maintaining up‑to‑date knowledge of French labour law, social obligations, and collective bargaining agreements
• Supporting and collaborating with other payroll team members when needed to ensure service continuity and operational excellence

Measurements of Success

• Timely responses to client payroll requests and emails
• Payroll production completed within target deadlines (maximum 2 business days)
• Accuracy and compliance of payroll processing
• Quality of client relationship management and service delivery

About You

• 3–5 years of experience in payroll management
• Strong end‑to‑end payroll expertise (collection, calculation, controls, declarations)
• Experience managing payroll across multiple collective agreements is highly valued
• Strong knowledge of French labour law and social obligations
• Experience using payroll software such as SILAE, Sage, ADP, PayFit, Workday Payroll, or similar. SILAE is highly preferable
• Experience managing DSN and social declarations
• Ability to ensure payroll accuracy, compliance, and confidentiality
• French fluency required (written and spoken)
• English fluency required (written and spoken)
• Your application can be in French or English.

Location

Position based in Paris, with the possibility of working remotely two days a week.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We follow the principle of equal treatment to consider all job applicants and do not discriminate based on their gender, sexual orientation, color, racial or ethnic origin, religion, disability, etc. as per applicable law.