Supervisor, German Payroll

Location: Budapest, Hungary

Company

hirify.global provides global payroll and payment solutions designed to simplify compliant payroll operations for businesses and their employees.

What you will do

• Supervise and support a German payroll team of approximately six professionals through regular one-to-ones, performance discussions, objective setting, and development planning.
• Manage at least one end-to-end German payroll and support processing during peak periods or staff absence.
• Review payroll accuracy, investigate discrepancies, complete validations, and ensure compliance with governance, procedures, SLAs, and payroll calendars.
• Act as an escalation point for client issues and collaborate with the German Payroll Manager, supervisors, and subject-matter experts.
• Identify and implement process improvements that increase team efficiency, service quality, and operational consistency.
• Prepare statutory declarations, payroll reports, audit documentation, and responses to special client requests.

Requirements

• Fluent English and German are required.
• Experience supervising or mentoring employees in payroll or an operational function.
• Proficiency in end-to-end German payroll processing and local statutory requirements.
• Strong organization, prioritization, attention to detail, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Confident use of MS Office, especially Excel, as well as email and internet-based applications.
• Ability to collaborate across departments and regions, contribute to strategic discussions, and support process improvements.

Culture & Benefits

• Culture centered on professionalism, passion, empowerment, innovation, teamwork, integrity, and continuous improvement.
• Competitive salary and vacation allowance.
• Work-from-home allowance, private medical insurance, life assurance, cafeteria, and commuting expense support.
• Employee assistance program, Calm app, eye tests and glasses contribution, and employee referral program.
• Paid volunteering, study, marriage, and bereavement leave.