Junior Payroll Partner

Junior Payroll Partner

About the team

Our People Operations and Payroll team keeps SumUp running smoothly behind the scenes, making sure every SumUpper is paid accurately and on time, every month. Based in Berlin, you'll sit within the Northern Europe People Ops and Payroll team, working closely with a Senior Payroll Partner who brings deep expertise in German payroll, as well as colleagues across People Operations, and our external payroll provider.

This is a role where precision really matters. You'll own the day-to-day operational payroll activities for Germany, building your expertise in German payroll legislation while playing a critical part in keeping our employees' trust. As SumUp continues to grow, there's real scope to expand into additional payrolls across Europe over time.

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What you'll do

Support all stages of the monthly German payroll cycle, from preparing and validating inputs through to reconciliation and submission

Respond to employee payroll queries through our ticketing system, resolving them accurately and promptly

Work closely with People Operations to maintain accurate employee payroll records and documentation

Support payroll compliance with German tax, labour, and social security legislation

Identify opportunities to simplify and improve payroll processes, reducing manual work where possible

You'll be great for this role if…

Fluency in both German and English, written and spoken, is something you bring to the table

Experience supporting payroll processes or working with payroll-related data is part of your background

Strong Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, and IF statements, are part of your toolkit

Ability to handle confidential information with a high level of discretion and integrity

Comfort working in a detail-oriented, deadline-driven environment while staying organised and accurate

A genuine curiosity to develop expertise in German payroll legislation and a proac