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About the role

Working in Global HR at Munich Re for Reinsurance & Specialty Group means being part of a dynamic, globally connected team that plays a critical role in shaping the future of our organization. As an HR professional, you contribute to the success of our business by supporting people strategies that drive transformation, foster collaboration, and enable sustainable growth. Our Global HR function is evolving to meet the needs of a fast-changing world. We operate in a connected, collaborative, and forward-thinking Global HR matrix community that values empathy, initiative, and a global mindset—where every team member plays a role in delivering effective services and solutions and creating meaningful impact. Whether your focus is talent, rewards, analytics, business partnering, services, or any other area of HR, you will work across regions and functions to co-create solutions that support our people and business. You will be empowered to collaborate, innovate, and grow—contributing to a culture that values diversity, continuous learning, and shared success. Join us in building the future of Global HR.

The Payroll Specialist is responsible for the accurate and compliant delivery of payroll operations across the UK and Ireland through the iTrent payroll platform, while co-ordinating payroll processing with external payroll providers across Europe and Latin America (EULA). The role acts as a key interface between our HR Services and Rewards teams, the HR teams, our payroll vendors, and our employees ensuring data integrity between SAP SuccessFactors Time Management, and payroll systems. The position supports payroll governance, statutory compliance, system integration activities, payroll controls, reporting, and continuous process improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate end-to-end payroll activities across the UK, Ireland, Europe, and Latin America, ensuring accurate and timely payroll delivery through iTrent Payroll (UKI) and outsourced payroll providers (EULA).
• Serve as a primary point of contact for UKI stakeholders and external payroll providers across EU/LA, ensuring effective communication, issue resolution, and service delivery.
• Review, validate, and reconcile payroll data interfaced from SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, Time Management, and manual inputs, ensuring accurate and timely processing of employee changes, pay adjustments, benefits, variable pay, and statutory transactions.
• Investigate and resolve data discrepancies to ensure accuracy and completeness before payroll processing.
• Process and validate payroll transactions