Sr. Operations & Payroll Specialist

Join adidas Europe and shape the future! For over 75 years, our European heritage has been a fusion of culture and innovation, driving global sports trends. Our offices, from Herzogenaurach to London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Athens, Milan, Manchester and Paris, are centers of creativity and collaboration. We aim to be Europe's best sports brand, seeking pioneers and visionaries to join our bold journey. At adidas, you're not just getting a job; you're invited to make a global impact, joining a team that values creativity, courage and innovation. Are you ready to be part of our journey?

Purpose Of The Role

Within the framework of HR Services, we are providing excellent services and business competence regarding all HR Services related processes. As HR Services strives to combine competent and professional business partnering with a constant enhancement of services in an efficient and value-adding way, the role is vitally supporting this target by managing the employees’ whole lifecycle and following key responsibilities.

What You Will Do

• Perform general and more complex administration of HR Services tools, programs, and processes on a local, European and partially global level.
• Provide consultancy services and service excellence to the HR community regarding general and more complex issues.
• Perform within the HR Services team all defined processes which are related to all employee life-cycle actions including mobility topics on a regional or global level.
• Create all kinds of HR documents along the employee life cycle such as employment contractual packages incl. mobility attachments, promotions, offboarding checklists etc. according to defined processes and standards.
• Maintain personnel and organizational data according to defined processes and standards.
• Support the continuous improvement of payroll processes and the use of systems and ensure digitalization of documents and ensure a proper and accurate handled archiving of documents according to defined standards and processes.
• Timely execution of standard and complex payroll tasks according to defined processes, schedules, and service levels in accordance with regional and local guidelines.
• Transmit employee lifecycle data to Payroll Provider, perform payroll validations and ensure Payroll Provider executes accurate payroll calculations.
• Timely reporting and preparation of declarations and ensuring appropriate communication with tax authorities, social security, and all other state institutions.
• Act as a role model in compliance with the relevant laws and regulations as well as adidas’ Fair Play Code of Conduct and other internal policies and company agreement.
  
  

Skills You Will Need

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in payroll related roles
• Very good analytical skills and detail-oriented work style
• Ability to work with high volume and transactional administration issues
• Team player mentality
• Strong customer focus and service minded
• Ability to work under pressure as well as prioritizes and completes tasks in order of importance
• Excellent command of English and Greek
• Good understanding of Greek and Cypriot legal and tariff regulations
  
  

Life At Adidas

• Competitive remuneration package
• Annual bonus
• Private life & health insurance
• Monthly meal tickets
• Premium gym membership discount
• Free access to self-learning platform
• Employee Assistance Program (personal counselling on variety of topics)
• Hybrid working model
  
  

adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an equal opportunity employer.