Senior Payroll & HR Administration Specialist

Location: Warsaw, Poland

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

Join a role where your payroll expertise directly supports employees and ensures accurate, compliant payroll operations in Poland. You will take ownership of complex payroll and Time & Attendance topics, partner closely with the external payroll provider, and help strengthen payroll controls, processes and employee experience.

What you will do

Ensure compliance with Polish payroll tax, social insurance, labor law and working time requirements, providing subject matter expertise for complex payroll cases.

Manage end-to-end payroll processing and validation, reviewing payroll inputs and Time & Attendance transactions, auditing payroll results, resolving discrepancies and ensuring accurate, on-time payments.

Validate and challenge payroll calculations and outputs from the external payroll provider, coordinating required corrections through final resolution.

Oversee Time & Attendance processes, including complex working time arrangements in a manufacturing environment, and ensure alignment with Polish working time regulations.

Coordinate employee benefits administration, including payroll-impacting changes, deductions, reconciliations and collaboration with benefits providers.

Maintain accurate payroll records and documentation, complete payroll audits and reconciliations, and provide documentation for internal and external audits.

Improve payroll controls, processes and standard operating procedures, and contribute payroll expertise to system implementations, projects and process changes.

Support managers, employees and Payroll Specialists on payroll, Time & Attendance, benefits and employee lifecycle matters, while partnering with Human Resources, Finance and external providers to resolve complex cases.

What you will need

Required

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification.
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in payroll.
• Hands-on experience managing Polish payroll, including payroll calculations, validation and local statutory requirements.
• Experience with Polish payroll tax, social insurance, labor law and working time regulations.
• Experience with Time & Attendance processes in a manufacturing environment, including complex working time arrangements.
• Experience validating payroll results and working with an external payroll provider.

Preferred

Experience using Enova payroll software.

Experience using SSC Master or comparable payroll and Time & Attendance systems.

Poland Pay Ranges

Poland: zł123.200 - zł205.400 PLN Gross Annual

At Stryker, we believe transparency helps candidates make confident decisions about their next career step. Compensation is an important part of that process and we want to be clear about how pay is determined. The compensation information posted for this role may be presented as a salary range or a fixed amount depending on the role. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for incentive compensation (such as bonus and/or commissions where applicable), along with Stryker’s comprehensive benefits package.

If you’d like to learn more about the salary or the benefits associated with this role, your recruiter will be happy to walk you through the details as you progress through the hiring process.

Travel Percentage: None