Westhouse Job: Executive Manager Payroll – Western Europe (m/f/d)

Project overview

Westhouse is one of the leading recruitment agencies specialising in placing highly qualified specialists across the entire IT lifecycle and engineering sectors.

For our client we are currently looking for a

Executive Manager Payroll – Western Europe (m/f/d)

General information

Reference:180624

Responsibilities

Interested?

Interested? We look forward to receiving your detailed CV in electronic form.

Your Contact:

Sonya Kalaai

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• Oversee the end-to-end monthly payroll cycle across all countries in scope, including payroll calendars, input collection, validation, reconciliation and preparation for final sign-off.
• Lead and manage the payroll operations team, including workload allocation, absence planning and coverage.
• Manage external payroll providers, including service-level monitoring, quality checks, escalations and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with Finance, Accounting and local HR on data quality, payroll reconciliations and ad hoc requests.
• Perform final payroll checks and controls to verify the accuracy and completeness of each country’s payroll calculations.
• Coordinate the resolution of payroll discrepancies and escalate delivery risks before submitting payroll to the Director Payroll for final sign-off.

Requirements

• Proven experience managing payroll operations and leading payroll teams.
• Direct payroll operations experience in at least one of the following countries: France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom or Portugal.
• Hands-on knowledge of ADP GlobalView.
• Strong understanding of payroll validation, reconciliation and control processes.
• Experience managing external payroll providers and collaborating with internal stakeholders.
• Ability to lead a geographically distributed team remotely.
• Fluency in English.
• Experience overseeing payroll across multiple European countries.
• Knowledge of Workday.
• Additional language skills relevant to the countries in scope.

Project details

Pullach

01.12.2026

Volume:full-time

Your Skills

• Start: 2026-12
• Duration: 18 Monate
• Remote: remote
• Location: Pullach, Deutschland, DE
• Languages: English