Team Lead Payroll (m/f/d)

The role

You will take end-to-end responsibility for preliminary payroll processes across Europe. You will provide disciplinary line management for the German payroll team and functional leadership for local People Operations Managers in other European countries.

What you will do

• Take end-to-end responsibility for preliminary payroll processes across Europe
• Own internal and external payroll audits
• Implement robust compliance frameworks
• Serve as the internal subject matter expert for complex payroll, income tax, and social security cases
• Hold disciplinary line management responsibility for the German payroll team
• Provide functional leadership by guiding and upskilling local People Operations Managers across Europe
• Act as the primary interface between HR, Finance, Controlling, and Compliance
• Evaluate, steer, and optimize relationships with external payroll providers and consultancies
• Drive the digitalization of payroll processes
• Assess the current tech stack and optimize integrations with HRIS

Required qualifications

• Substantial experience in payroll management within a fast-paced, international environment
• Deep, hands-on knowledge of German payroll, including income tax (Lohnsteuer) and social security (Sozialversicherung)
• Experience orchestrating multi-country payrolls across Europe
• Proven experience leading a team with disciplinary responsibility
• Fluent in English and German

Nice to have

• Interest and openness to automation and AI-driven approaches

Benefits

• 12 free Flix vouchers
• 12 discount vouchers for friends and family
• Work from another location for up to 60 days per year
• Hybrid work model
• Access to confidential 1:1 counselling, courses, and stress management for yourself and up to four family members
• Language classes, training courses, and expert-led sessions
• Mentoring Program

About the company

Flix offers a dynamic work environment with a tech-driven approach to making travel more accessible, sustainable, and affordable.