Staff Administration Payroll Officer

**Key Tasks and Responsibilities**:
**As part of the team, you will have the following responsibilities**:

- Hiring (i.e. payroll insertion) and HR administrative onboarding of new staff
- Individual contract and position (i.e. in the organisational structure) administration during the entire employment period, e.g. contract extensions, reassignments to new positions, etc.
- Bulk adjustments to the organisational structure, e.g. in case of reorganisations
- Ad-hoc (i.e. request-based) and periodic (e.g. via questionnaires, reporting) ex-ante and ex-post verifications of entitlements, in particular examining complex cases of entitlement to allowances (i.e. those that are not handled automatedly by our IT systems) by means of an enhanced management / analytical approach- Making the necessary payroll inputs for salaries, benefits and other compensation, as well as calculating ad-hoc payments (e.g. untaken leave)
- Systematic monthly payroll verifications to a level which satisfies the external auditors
- Assisting the Head of Service in interfacing the external service provider to which parts of the ESA payroll have been outsourced
- Time and leave management.

**Skills & Experience**:
**You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience**:

- Formal academic qualification at least at Bachelor level, in Business or Public Administration, Human Resources, Finance, Informatics, Engineering, or a related field.
- Required behavioural attributes are discipline, professionalism, an excellent attention to detail, and absolute discretion.
- Specific and in-depth exposure to payroll operations. Possess or have the ability to acquire in-depth knowledge of payroll regulations, staff policies, and compliance standards in the context of an international organisation.
- Fluency in English is mandatory; knowledge of another European language is an advantage.

This job is located in **Frascati, Italy**.

An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you