Payroll professional

Job Description

The employer

This organization processes approximately 60,000 annual salary statements each year for around 5,500 clients, primarily small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
As a payroll specialist, you’ll work closely with other payroll experts, advisors, and account managers to provide clients with optimal support in payroll and HR administration. You’ll introduce clients to a leading HR and payroll platform, ensuring it aligns perfectly with their needs. Additionally, you’ll answer questions and offer guidance to clients who handle their own payroll processing.

Empowering entrepreneurs behind the scenes.

With over a century of experience, this organization has been dedicated to supporting SMEs through practical and innovative solutions. Originally established as a trade association, it has evolved into a provider of a wide range of services tailored to entrepreneurs. Today, the organization offers support throughout every stage of business growth—helping entrepreneurs focus on what they do best, without being burdened by administrative complexities. It operates several well-known platforms and partnerships aimed at simplifying HR, payroll, and industry collaboration for small and growing businesses.

As a payroll professional, this is what you do

As a payroll professional, you are the go-to expert for managing your clients’ payroll and HR administration. But that’s not all—you go the extra mile by offering additional services and support, truly taking care of your clients and relieving them of any administrative burdens.

You’ll be working at a well-established organization with decades of experience in payroll and HR services. Clients are in the driver’s seat, while your role is to sit beside them and help steer towards greater efficiency in their payroll and HR processes. With over 45 years of expertise, this organization has played a key role in the development of a smart online application for payroll and HR management—used not only by clients, but also as the foundation for internal service delivery. So it comes as no surprise that this platform is central to how payroll processing is handled.

Your responsibilities

• Managing the payroll administration for your own clients across various collective labor agreements (CLAs);
• Advising your clients on how to streamline and optimize their payroll processes;
• Proactively identifying opportunities to offer HR products to your clients;
• Supporting clients who handle their own payroll by answering their questions—both by phone and in writing—regarding the use of the Loket.nl platform;
• Guiding new clients through the setup and configuration of their payroll and HR administration.

Spotting opportunities and supporting clients is a team effort.
Colleagues across the organization are actively expanding the range of services by advising clients on HR-related solutions. In your role, the focus will be twofold: managing the payroll administration for a diverse client portfolio, and answering client inquiries about the use of a leading online payroll and HR platform.

This is a dynamic position that calls for your customer-focused mindset and expertise as a payroll professional. Within the scope of your role, you’ll have the freedom and flexibility to shape this challenging position in a way that suits both your style and strengths.

The team member we’re looking for

• Possesses a higher professional education (HBO) level of working and thinking, preferably through a degree focused on HR or financial administration, with at least a basic payroll qualification. An advanced payroll certification is considered a plus.
• Has knowledge of and insight into the administrative structure of HR processes and payroll systems.
• Brings relevant work experience that enables independent management of payroll administration for a diverse client base.

What we offer:

• A salary between €2,993 and €4,300, depending on your experience;
• A full-time workweek of 36 hours. Prefer to work fewer hours? That’s definitely open for discussion;
• A one-year contract with the prospect of a permanent position;
• A working environment that gives you the freedom to organize and plan your own tasks;
• Attractive secondary benefits, including a 13th-month bonus, performance-based incentives, a personal development budget, and a solid pension scheme;
• A fantastic workplace in a spacious and modern office, with excellent facilities to work from home part of the time;
• A team of payroll administrators, HR professionals, account managers, and subject-matter experts to collaborate and exchange ideas with;
• The opportunity to join a weekly bootcamp session—helping you stay energized and healthy;
• Access to various training and development programs to support your personal growth and career advancement.