Senior Payroll Expert
Playtech Managed Services is looking for a Payroll Expert to join the People and Culture team. This role focuses on managing payroll processes, ensuring compliance with labour legislation, and maintaining accurate employee data.
The successful candidate will act as the primary point of contact for payroll-related matters and collaborate closely with the Finance and People and Culture departments to ensure data integrity and operational efficiency.
- Process monthly payroll information to an external vendor accurately and in compliance with company policies, labour legislation, and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure payroll calculations including salaries, bonuses, overtime payments, allowances, taxes, social security contributions, and other deductions are processed correctly by the external vendor.
- Serve as the main point of contact across the organisation for all matters related to work schedules and attendance reports, including hours worked, shifts, absences, and overtime.
- Prepare monthly payroll estimates, forecasts, and related reports.
- Manage and track all types of employee leave, including annual leave, sick leave, maternity/paternity leave, and other statutory absences.
- Maintain accurate, complete, and up-to-date employee records and data.
- Organise payroll documentation and ensure it is maintained and archived in accordance with company procedures and legal requirements.
- Support payroll-related reporting and assist during internal and external audits.
- Compile management reports related to payroll and workforce data.
- Partner closely with People and Culture and Finance teams to ensure payroll accuracy, data integrity, and regulatory compliance.
- Respond to employee inquiries regarding payroll, compensation, benefits, taxes, and leave-related matters in a timely and professional manner.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, HR, Business Administration or a related field (required)
- 3+ years of Payroll experience (required)
- Fluent in English (required)
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, and VLOOKUP (required)
- Experience with local payroll software (required)
- Strong knowledge of employment, social security, and tax legislation (required)
- Attention to detail, reliability, accuracy, and excellent communication skills (required)
- Ability to collaborate effectively and adapt to changing priorities (required)
- Ability to manage time efficiently and work proactively (required)
- Experience managing complex shift rotations and summed-up working time (nice-to-have)
- Familiarity with payroll for rotating schedules and shift-based compensation (nice-to-have)
- Experience from mid-size or large organisations with decentralised teams (nice-to-have)
- Comprehensive health and dental insurance plans
- Life insurance
- MultiSport card
- Employee assistance program
- Food, travel, and wellness allowances
- 25 days of paid annual leave
- Company-sponsored seminars and training programmes
- Social activities and events
- Additional bonuses for life events such as marriage and childbirth
Playtech plc is one of the world's largest gambling technology companies, providing software, platforms and content to online and land-based operators. Founded in 1999 and registered in the Isle of Man, it supplies casino, live casino, sportsbook, bingo and poker products, along with its IMS player-management platform. The company also runs B2C operations, most notably the Snaitech business in Italy. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Playtech employs thousands of people across offices worldwide.