Senior Specialist Payroll, Iberia (Part-time)

About the role

At Goodyear Iberia, we are expanding our HR team and are looking for a Senior Payroll Specialist Iberia to join us on a part-time basis (20 hours/week).

Why This Role Matters

In this role, you will ensure accurate, compliant, and timely payroll delivery for Spain and Portugal, acting as the key link between Goodyear and external payroll providers, while supporting employees and business stakeholders with expert payroll guidance.

What You’ll Do

• Manage end-to-end monthly payroll processing for Spain and Portugal, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with local regulations and collective bargaining agreements.
• Validate payroll inputs (hires, terminations, changes, bonuses, leaves, allowances, shifts, etc.) and reconcile payroll outputs from external providers.
• Act as the primary point of contact for external payroll vendors, monitoring service quality, SLAs, escalations, and continuous improvement actions.
• Ensure compliance with labor law, social security, taxation, and internal payroll controls, supporting internal and external audits as required.
• Prepare, analyze, and validate monthly payroll reports for HR, Finance, and management.
• Provide expert support to employees, HR Business Partners, Finance, HRIS, and Legal on payroll, benefits, taxation, and time & attendance matters.
• Drive process improvements, standardization, and digitalization of payroll activities, ensuring alignment with global standards where applicable.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• 5+ years of payroll experience in Spain; exposure to Portugal payroll is a strong advantage.
• Strong knowledge of Spanish labor law, social security, taxation, and payroll compliance.
• Proven experience working with external payroll providers (e.g., ADP, SD Worx, or similar).
• Solid experience with HRIS and payroll systems (Workday, SAP HR, Meta4, or similar), with advanced Excel skills preferred.
• High attention to detail, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and ability to perform in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills, service orientation, confidentiality, plus fluency in Spanish and English.