People Systems & Payroll

People Systems & Payroll Specialist

About the role

You own two things that keep the organisation running: our people systems (HRIS, reporting, data quality, integrations) and our payroll coordination across group entities , spanning Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, the UK and Türkiye. The split is roughly 50/50 between systems and payroll.

Payroll runs through Deel in all countries, in partnership with our internal accounting teams in each market; you prepare inputs, validate outputs, own the payroll calendar, and are the single point of accountability for it being right and on time. On the systems side, you are the group-wide owner of Deel as our HRIS and of our people data.

You report directly to the Head of People Operations and work closely with HR Ops Managers in each market and with Finance.

What you'll do

People Systems (~40%)

Own and administer Deel as our group HRIS: configuration, workflows, access, data quality

Build and maintain people reporting — headcount, attrition, org data

Manage integrations between Deel and other tools; own employee data flows end to end

Drive the people-systems roadmap: evaluate tools, lead implementations and migrations, automate manual processes

Act as internal consultant to HR Ops Managers on process design and system usage

Payroll (~40%)

Own the monthly payroll cycle for all group entities: collect and validate inputs (comp changes, absences, bonuses, joiners/leavers), process through Deel, review outputs before approval

Work hand in hand with internal accounting teams in each country

Own the payroll calendar and ensure statutory deadlines are met in every jurisdiction

Reconcile payroll with Finance; support audits and year-end processes

Continuously improve payroll processes, controls and documentation; reduce error rates and manual effort

People Ops Support (~10%)

Depending on your work location, there can be adhoc support required by the people operations team. The team works across countries and might ne