People Operations & Payroll Specialist (Italian Payroll)

Location: Milan, Italy — Hybrid

Company

hirify.global is a European digital employee benefits platform operating across nine markets with more than 1,100 employees and over 100,000 service providers.

What you will do

• Manage employee administration across the full lifecycle, including contracts, onboarding, employee changes, leave and offboarding.
• Maintain complete, accurate and compliant employee records in HiBob and resolve employee and manager queries through the ticketing system.
• Run the internal monthly payroll for Italy end to end, including payroll inputs, calculations, discrepancy checks, payment files and reconciliation with Finance.
• Coordinate with the labour consultant and relevant authorities, administer local benefits, and answer questions about payslips, deductions and social security.
• Complete year-end activities including Certificazione Unica, tax equalisation, statutory reporting and audit requests.
• Help build unified People Operations processes by simplifying, documenting and automating repetitive work across teams and markets.

Requirements

• Hands-on HR administration experience across the full employee lifecycle.
• Strong experience running Italian payroll end to end, including INPS, IRPEF and statutory reporting.
• Good knowledge of Italian employment law, including CCNL, contract types, working time, leave, probation and notice periods.
• Experience with HiBob or a comparable HRIS and an Italian payroll system such as Zucchetti, TeamSystem or Paghe Web.
• Italian: native/C2 mandatory; English: B2–C1 mandatory.
• Strong data accuracy, discretion, service orientation and collaboration skills, with confidence using Jira, Google Workspace, Slack and AI tools responsibly.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid and flexible working style based in Milan.
• International environment with collaboration across European markets.
• Open, inclusive culture with low hierarchy and an emphasis on respect and collaboration.
• Modern working tools and company events.
• Wellbeing benefit package and private health support.
• Opportunities for professional growth in a fast-growing employee benefits technology company.