Temporary Payroll Specialist

About the role

Primark is looking for a temporary Payroll Specialist in Madrid to help ensure accurate and timely processing and balancing of its Spain and Portugal payrolls, together with the production of financial information. The role provides flexible support to the senior payroll team, including support on data uploads to the payroll system to a high level of accuracy.

Key responsibilities

• Help ensure all store payrolls, including own store payrolls, meet a high standard of accuracy and comply with Spain and Portugal legislation, company regulations and collective agreements.
• Follow detailed payroll checking procedures across report production, payroll checking and correction, sickness processing and other areas.
• Provide flexible support to the Iberia payroll team and liaise with governing and statutory bodies as required.
• Carry out Time-pro and WD data validations and uploads, and assist with tax year-end duties such as balance reconciliations and tax control accounts.
• Process timely payments to employees and authorities in Spain and Portugal, and carry out payroll and finance reconciliations.
• Write, modify and produce reports such as sickness reconciliation reporting from FIE data, trade union and dismissal data.
• Assist the team during internal and external payroll audits and embrace system and process improvements to improve accuracy and compliance.

Required profile

• Significant experience in a payroll operational team; ideally a minimum of 2 years, more is a plus.
• Degree in labour relations, business administration or a related field.
• Intermediate English-speaking level.
• Knowledge of current labour law in Spain and Portugal.
• Ability to work under pressure, manage multiple priorities and communicate effectively at all levels.

Required skills

• Advanced level of Microsoft Excel.
• Up-to-date working knowledge of payroll practices and tax year-end requirements.
• Experience resolving common payroll issues and understanding payroll rules.
• Strong analytical ability, organisational and time-management skills, and good judgment and ethics.