Senior Payroll Specialist
AmsterdamFull-timePosted 1w ago
About the role
Senior Payroll Specialist responsible for end-to-end Dutch payroll in Nmbrs, acting as backup for international payrolls, driving harmonization and process improvements, and ensuring compliant, accurate payroll across Dutch entities and beyond.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end Dutch payroll execution in Nmbrs across entities and pay groups: monthly and off-cycle runs, holiday allowance, year-end close and annual statements (jaaropgaven), and the payroll calendar; define consistent execution standards that meet Dutch statutory and contractual requirements.
- Ensure Dutch payroll tax and social security compliance: wage tax and national insurance contributions (loonheffingen), employee insurance and Zvw premiums, the work-related costs scheme (WKR), timely and accurate loonaangifte to the Belastingdienst, corrections, and resolution of Belastingdienst and UWV correspondence.
- Administer regulated and complex pay items accurately: the 30% ruling and other expatriate and cross-border arrangements, equity income (RSU/option) taxation, pension contributions and provider files, sick leave and statutory leave schemes, transition payments and termination settlements, wage garnishments (loonbeslag), and taxable benefits-in-kind.
- Run and reconcile shadow payrolls in Nmbrs for internationally mobile employees (inbound assignees, cross-border and remote workers, and outbound Dutch employees with a host-country shadow payroll)
- Serve as the designated backup for the company’s other international payrolls: maintain working knowledge of country calendars, providers, and controls, and run or support pay cycles during absences, peak periods, and year-end in coordination with the payroll owners.
- Lead root-cause analysis for recurring payroll, accounting, or service failures; design and implement durable fixes.
- Drive process harmonization and simplification to reduce manual steps, handoffs, rework, and off-cycle runs; make full use of Nmbrs functionality, integrations, and reporting.
- Lead payroll execution during transitions (new entity launches, provider or system changes, restructures/M&A), ensuring continuity and control.
- Ensure payroll accounting remains clean as scope changes: consistent journals, accruals, reversals, and reconciliation standards.
- Monitor preventative controls by design, including SOX-aligned payroll controls; improve evidence pack quality and audit readiness.
- Act as escalation owner for complex or sensitive pay issues; provide authoritative explanations to employees and senior stakeholders.
- Partner with HR Ops, Finance, Legal/Compliance, Nmbrs, and international payroll providers to deliver scalable operating models and service quality.
Qualifications
- At least 7+ years of Dutch payroll experience, including multi-entity scope in complex environments (growth, change, or hybrid in-house/outsourced models).
- Hands-on Nmbrs experience: running payroll end to end, configuring wage components and journal mappings, managing loonaangifte and corrections, and using its reporting and integrations (HRIS, GL, pension and benefits providers).
- Deep working knowledge of Dutch payroll compliance: loonheffingen and social security, WKR, the 30% ruling, expatriate taxation and shadow payroll, pension administration, sick leave and statutory leave, termination settlements, and year-end reporting.
- Working knowledge of international payroll (running or overseeing outsourced country payrolls) and readiness to act as the designated backup for the company’s other payrolls.
- Strong payroll controllership skills: ability to design controls, enforce SoD/approvals, and ensure audit-ready evidence.
- Proven capability improving payroll processes (standardization, automation enablement, reducing manual effort and errors) and leading transitions (vendor/system/new entity) with structured planning and issue resolution.
- Strong payroll accounting knowledge and experience working with Finance during close and audits.
- Excellent stakeholder management; comfortable acting as an escalation owner and payroll authority.
- Fluent English and professional working proficiency in Dutch (statutory correspondence, legislation, and provider documentation are in Dutch).
Skills
Required:Dutch payroll executionNmbrsDutch payroll compliancePayroll ControllershipProcess improvement
Nice to have:Stakeholder management
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Career growth and learning opportunities
- Flexibility and ownership
- Collaborative and innovative culture
- Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
- International environment and talented teams
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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