Senior Payroll Specialist (Spanish & English speaker)

Rovensa is a global leader of sustainable solutions for agriculture with a great history and an ambitious dream: to feed the planet by helping farmers to produce healthy and nutritious food for all, all over the world.
Safety, Empowerment, Ethics, Dedication and Striving are our SEEDS. Ensure accurate, timely and compliant end-to-end payroll delivery across an international country portfolio, with primary responsibility for Portugal, France, Ireland, Italy, Egypt and South Africa, together with other lower-volume countries. The role combines multi-country payroll operations with employee administration, data quality, provider coordination, and continuous process improvement.
Reporting directly to the HR Shared Services Manager, you will be responsible for :
Manage end-to-end payroll operations across multiple international countries, ensuring accurate, timely and compliant payroll delivery through ADP Celergo.
Act as the primary point of contact for payroll matters, resolving employee and manager queries while ensuring a high level of service.
Validate and control payroll inputs, including employee data, salary changes, variable compensation, benefits, absences, tax and statutory deductions.
Monitor payroll calendars, approvals, reconciliations and controls, ensuring compliance with deadlines and audit requirements.
Manage employee administration throughout the full employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, contractual changes, benefits and personnel records.
Maintain accurate and confidential employee information across HR and payroll systems, ensuring data integrity and consistency.
Prepare payroll reports and KPIs, support recurring HR reporting, and drive process standardisation, automation and continuous improvement initiatives
Identify opportunities for process improvements and participate in HR enhancements and projects
Bachelor's degree in human resources, you have at least 7 years of demonstrated experience in Payroll Specialist and HR administrative role.
Strong knowledge of payroll operations, controls and employee administration.
Experience working with multiple countries and external payroll providers.
Strong Excel , HRIS and digital skills.
Fluent English plus French or Portuguese is essential. Spanish is desirable.
A challenging and demanding project within a corporate and international environment, aimed at making a positive impact on the agricultural industry.
Competitive salary package (fixed + variable) based on experience, along with social benefits.
Meal vouchers, private medical & life insurance
Hybrid work model (2 days remote per week) and flexible working hours.
Continuous training and professional development opportunities.
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