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Payroll Specialist

Madrid, Spain

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Job ID JR-7518

Job Status Employee - Permanent

Category People & Culture

Date posted April 10, 2026

Payroll Specialist

Main function of role:

  • Ensure accurate and timely process and balancing of Primark’s Spain and Portugal payrolls alongside the production of financial information.
  • Provide flexible support to senior payroll team including support on data uploads to the payroll system to high level of accuracy.

Key Responsabilities

  • Help ensure that all store payrolls (including own store payrolls) are delivered to a high standard of accuracy and in accordance with current Spain and Portugal legislations, company regulations and collective agreements.
  • Following detailed payroll checking procedures across all areas such as report production, payroll checking and correction, sickness processing, etc.
  • Provide flexible support to the Iberia payroll team.
  • Liaise with governing and statutory bodies as required for any research.
  • Carry out Time-pro, WD data validations and any uploads.
  • Assist with tax year end duties such as balance reconciliations and tax control accounts.
  • Process timely payments to employees and authorities in both Spain and Portugal.
  • Payroll/Finance reconciliations.
  • Write, modify and produce reports for Payroll and wider business such as sickness reconciliation reporting from FIE data, trade unions, dismissal.
  • Assisting the Payroll Manager during internal and external payroll audits.
  • Continuously embracing system and process improvements to boost payroll delivery, accuracy and compliance.
  • Other duties as may be required – taking on additional responsibility to support international payroll.

Skills & Competencies

  • At least 2 years in a similar role.
  • Experience and knowledge of current payroll in both Spain and Portugal.
  • Have an upper-intermediate/high English-speaking level.
  • Microsoft Excel knowledge at Intermediate level or above.
  • Ability to work under pressure and commit to tight deadlines.
  • Ability to communicate effectively at all levels, both written and spoken.
  • Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a wider team, whilst managing workloads and remaining flexible.
  • Strong analytical ability.
  • Organizational and time management skills in managing multiple, diverse and sometimes conflicting priorities.
  • Ability to make decisions in a timely manner.

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