Payroll Specialist (with German)

Hitachi Digital LLC; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology firm in Birmingham is seeking a Payroll Specialist (German speaker) to manage payroll processing across EMEA. Responsibilities include supervising payroll, preparing calculations, and ensuring compliance with local regulations. The ideal candidate has 2-4 years of payroll experience and is bilingual in English and German. This role emphasizes strong organizational skills and attention to detail while offering a supportive and flexible work environment that fosters professional growth.

Benefits

Industry-leading benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Support for holistic health and wellbeing

Qualifications

• 2 to 4 years’ experience in payroll.
• Ability to deal with confidential information with integrity.
• Flexible and pro-active approach.

Responsibilities

• Supervise payroll processing for the EMEA region.
• Prepare input for payroll calculation.
• Oversee the external payroll provider service.
• Check payroll output for accuracy.
• Administer benefits including pensions and bonuses.
• Calculate overtime.
• Be a point of contact for payroll-related employee inquiries.
• Prepare and submit documents required by local regulations.
• Support payroll-related projects and initiatives.
• Conduct post-payroll accounting tasks.

Skills

Fluent in English and German

Strong organizational skills

Attention to detail

Ability to work as an individual and team member

Job description

We’re Hitachi Digital, a company at the forefront of digital transformation and the fastest growing division of Hitachi Group. We’re crucial to the company’s strategy and ambition to become a premier global player in the massive and fast‑moving digital transformation market.

Our group companies, including GlobalLogic, Hitachi Digital Services, Hitachi Vantara and more, offer comprehensive services that span the entire digital lifecycle, from initial idea to full‑scale operation and the infrastructure to run it on. Hitachi Digital represents One Hitachi, integrating domain knowledge and digital capabilities, and harnessing the power of the entire portfolio of services, technologies, and partnerships, to accelerate synergy creation and make real‑world impact for our customers and society as a whole.

Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to unleash a digital future. We don’t expect you to ‘fit’ every requirement – your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.

The team

We are a team of Payroll professionals who are responsible for managing and processing the payrolls in all EMEA countries where Hitachi Digital is based. We collaborate as a team and cross‑functionally to ensure the successful delivery of the payroll to all our employees. We are passionate about providing the best service possible, focusing on accuracy, attention to detail, and demanding utmost discretion, professionalism and sensitivity at all times.

The role

The Payroll Specialist (German speaker) will be responsible for all activities related to processing the EMEA payroll, ensuring that this is performed accurately and on a timely basis. This role reports to the EMEA Payroll Manager, and will work closely with the Human Resources Department (HR), the Regional Controller (Finance) and with colleagues in the Shared Services Centre in Krakow.

The ideal candidate must have the ability to deal with confidential information, and behave with utmost integrity at all times. The role requires strong organizational skills, excellent attention to detail, the ability to build strong and sustainable relationships with colleagues and outside agencies, and interact within all levels of the organization. In addition, the Payroll Specialist must be able to work collaboratively in a team as well as on their own.

• Monthly supervising of payroll processing for the EMEA payroll which includes:
• Preparation of input for payroll calculation
• Oversees external payroll provider service
• Check the payroll output
• All administration related to pensions, vacation days, insurances, bonuses and other benefits
• Overtime calculations
• Payroll point of contact for employees
• Preparation and submission of all documents and information required in accordance with local regulations (e.g. government, tax authorities, external auditors)
• Supporting the implementation of payroll‑related initiatives and projects
• Post‑payroll accounting tasks

What you’ll bring

• 2 to 4 years’ experience in payroll
• Fluent in English and German
• Ability to work effectively as an individual and as a team member
• Flexible and pro‑active

About us

We’re a global, 1000‑strong, diverse team of professional experts, promoting and delivering Social Innovation through our One Hitachi initiative (OT x IT x Product) and working on projects that have a real‑world impact. We’re curious, passionate and empowered, blending our legacy of 110 years of innovation with our shaping our future. Here you’re not just another employee; you’re part of a tradition of excellence and a community working towards creating a digital future.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry‑leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.