Backmarket
Spain Payroll Specialist
Barcelona, Remote. Posted 22 days ago
The role
You will own the end-to-end Spanish payroll cycle and manage payroll queries. You will also contribute to HR automation using Workday and AI tools.
What you will do
- Own the end-to-end Spanish payroll cycle
- Collect and verify inputs, run payslip checks and reconciliations
- Ensure accurate, on-time salary payments, taxes, and social contributions
- Handle payroll queries with speed and a human touch
- Coordinate with external payroll and benefits providers in Spain, UK, Germany, and France
- Maintain data quality and consistency across HR, payroll, finance, and accounting systems
- Build dashboards to track key metrics
- Partner cross-functionally with HRBPs, Recruiters, Finance, Legal, and IT
- Help the Global HR Ops specialist to audit and automate People Operations workflows for Spain using Workday and AI tools
Required qualifications
- 4-5+ years of hands-on experience processing Spanish payroll
- A solid understanding of Spanish social security, tax requirements, and employment legislation
- Experience working with external payroll providers and managing payroll stakeholders
- Strong analytical skills
- Near-obsessive attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills in English
- Spanish
Nice to have
- Experience with Workday or Papaya Global
- Exposure to UK, Germany, or France payroll
- A degree in HR, Payroll, Accounting, Finance, or a related field — or equivalent experience
Benefits
- Mission driven work environment
- Hybrid work environment, with 2 remote days a week and 1 remote work week per quarter, plus 3 flex days
- Employee Resource Groups
- Mentorship programs
- Comprehensive accessibility policies
- Cultural competency training
Before you apply
- Hr Interview (45min)
- Technical Interview (1h)
- Internal Stakeholder interview (45min)
- Team interview (30min)
- Back Market Values fit interview (45 min)
About the company
Back Market is a global marketplace for refurbished devices. Their mission is to do more with what we already have to lower environmental impact.