payroll specialist

Fraport Greece responsible for operating, managing, and upgrading 14 Regional Airports in the most attractive destinations in Greece is looking for a Payroll Specialist to join the HR team and contribute to the accurate and timely delivery of our payroll operations.

The role requires hands-on payroll experience, strong knowledge of Greek labor and social security legislation, attention to detail, and the ability to work effectively with payroll data in a complex, shift-based working environment.

What you will be doing:

Responsibilities

• Support the end-to-end payroll process, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with applicable labor, tax, and social security legislation and company policies.

• Collect, review, and validate monthly payroll inputs, including working time, absences, overtime, allowances, benefits, and other payroll-related data.

• Perform payroll checks and reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, and support the resolution of payroll-related issues.

• Monitor time & attendance data and working schedules, including shift work, overtime, night work, Sundays and public holidays, ensuring accurate payroll processing.

• Support payroll-related processes associated with ERGANI II and the Digital Work Card, ensuring consistency between working-time and payroll data.

• Prepare and analyze payroll, headcount, labor cost, and other workforce-related reports, providing accurate data and insights to support recurring reporting, planning, forecasting, and business requirements.

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date payroll and employee data across relevant HR systems, ensuring data quality, consistency, and confidentiality.

• Respond to employee inquiries regarding payroll, benefits, attendance, and related matters in a timely and professional manner.

• Collaborate with internal and/or external stakeholders to collect, validate, and provide reliable payroll and workforce information for recurring and ad-hoc reporting requirements.

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of payroll processes, controls, reporting, and systems, identifying opportunities to improve accuracy, efficiency, and automation.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of relevant professional experience in payroll.

• Strong hands-on knowledge of the end-to-end payroll cycle.

• Very good knowledge of Greek labor, tax, and social security legislation related to payroll.

• Experience in payroll processing within a shift-based working environment will be highly valued.

• Strong numerical and analytical skills, with the ability to work confidently with payroll and workforce data.

• Proficient in MS Office applications, especially Excel.

• Very good written and verbal communication skills in Greek and English.

• Hands on experience working with Pylon Payroll/HRM and SAP Success Factors is a plus.

Other skills required

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy and data quality.

• Excellent organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to work effectively under strict payroll deadlines.

• Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.

Benefits

The Company offers a competitive remuneration package, career development opportunities in a dynamically growing business environment and participation in the Company's Reward and Employees Benefits programs.

All applications will be treated in strict confidentiality.