Role Summary

As part of our HR Services - Employee Life Cycle Management team, we are seeking a German Language Expert to support payroll operations across the employee life cycle from onboarding data and organizational structure changes through to ongoing pay administration and offboarding-related processing.

This role combines strong German language skills with payroll domain knowledge to ensure accurate, compliant, and timely service delivery for German-speaking clients and employees.You will act as a language and communication bridge between German stakeholders and internal process teams, ensuring accurate documentation, effective query resolution, and a consistently high-quality employee experience throughout each stage of the life cycle hire, change, pay, and leave.

Your Responsibilities
Support end-to-end Employee Life Cycle Management mandates, including EDM (Employee Data Management), payroll, and travel processing requests
Process payroll accurately and in compliance with relevant standards, ensuring employee life cycle events (recent hires, transfers, terminations, changes) are reflected correctly
Work closely with German-speaking customers and employees, resolving queries and delivering solutions within agreed SLAs
Support internal process experts by bridging German language requirements,



helping the team achieve shared service delivery targets
Translate documents from German to English and English to German, ensuring accuracy across HR, payroll, and life cycle documentation
Maintain and update organizational structure data to reflect life cycle changes accurately
Prepare and deliver operational and management reports
Train and guide team members on German language usage and payroll/life cycle process nuances
Perform additional tasks aligned with the scope of employee life cycle and payroll operations as required

Your Experience and Skills
Bachelor's degree in Translation, Interpreting, HR, or a related field
2–3 years of relevant experience (payroll, HR services, or language/translation experience) is an advantage
Proficiency in German (B2–C1 level)
SAP experience is an advantage
Robust client communication skills and enjoyment of stakeholder engagement
Digital affinity and openness to learning new tools and processes

What we offer
Multicultural working workplace
Friendly and supportive colleagues
Flat organizational structure
Growth and development opportunities
Flexible working conditionsCompetitive compensation and benefits package

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