Lead Dutch Speaking Payroll Administrator

Lead Payroll Administrator

Location: Near Rotterdam

Salary: Fully Negotiable depending on experience

Our Client

Our client a leading transportation company is seeking a Lead Payroll Administrator for their

offices near Rotterdam. This position can be based at either Botlek, Moerdijk or Dordrech.

Job Overview

We are seeking a proactive Lead Payroll Administrator to join the finance team. The ideal

candidate will provide payroll administration for the various Netherlands BV business in a precise

and timely manner, ensuring accuracy and compliance. You will also assist in some financial

ledger activities helping out in busy times and holiday cover.

Reports to: Global head of Payroll and European Finance Director.

Responsibilities

● Compiling and inputting employee data into the Payroll System "NMBRS" and "AFAS"

processing payroll for the accurate payment of salaries for the various monthly payrolls, against

set deadlines and including worked hours, overtime, annual leave, sickness and benefit

payments, legal payments.

● Ensuring legal compliance for all legislative payments/deductions. Reconciling all aspects of

employee and company tax, and carrying out payroll tax year end.

● Producing Mutation sheets before final self checks and checks with line Managers.

● Ensuring all additional payroll items, travel, social, Dutch legal expense claims for all eligible

employees, are calculated correctly and posted to the right nominals.

● Work with HR to ensure that all new starters and leavers in NMBRS and AFAS are set up

correctly. Calculating first and final payments due/owed and processing the payments

accordingly and/or making the necessary arrangements with leavers to ensure repayment of any

debts owed to the business. Follow up action to recover outstanding monies.

● Work with HR and Line Managers around legal annual pay awards, linking these to the various

work council tables to ensure the employees are receiving the correct pay changes.

● Work alongside HR and Management, attending worker council meetings.

● In conjunction with HR, ensure all employee changes are made in NMBRS and AFAS before

monthly payroll in run.

● Liaise with financial team members over the ledger coding of staff to ensure they are being

charged to the correct business unit and section of the P&L.

● Along with HR maintaining records of pension benefits for all employees.

● Ensuring that, with HR all employee absences ie holidays and sickness are questioned with

management so payroll is correct.

● Completing and communicating business reports relating to payroll/salaries as required by the

business and authorities

● Liaises with the companies' external auditors on year end payroll related items

● During the month provide extra resource to the Finance team to help cover with holiday and

busier periods of the month. This might be helping to input on the ledgers, reconciling customer

accounts or ledger codes. Producing reports and analysis.

● Working with colleagues in the UK and Germany over payroll matters. This could include

project work and holiday cover.

Requirements

● Verbal and written communication skills in both Dutch and English.

● In-depth understanding of human resources and labour rules and regulations in the

Netherlands

● Attention to detail and numeracy skills

● Working knowledge of HR/payroll software (NUMBRS and AFAS and Dayforce would be

advantageous)

● Strong organisational and time management skills, you will be working to your own time

management.

● Ability to prioritise tasks effectively

● Interpersonal skills

● Reporting and analytical ability

● IT skills, use of Excel

● Minimum of 3 years proven experience in payroll.

● Any recognised Dutch payroll qualification is advantageous