Sr. Professional, Payroll EMEA (1 year contract)

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Purpose of Role

The Payroll Specialist is responsible for the accurate timely and compliant execution of regional payroll operations. This role focuses on payroll validation administrative controls and coordination with vendors and internal stakeholders to ensure payroll is processed correctly across multiple countries. The Payroll Specialist plays a critical role in maintaining data integrity resolving payroll issues and supporting auditready payroll processes for the region.

The Sr. Professional Payroll EMEA reports directly to the Lead Payroll EMEA based in Amsterdam

This role is a one- year fixedterm contract supporting a defined payroll project with a focus on operational stability risk reduction documentation and knowledge transfer to the permanent payroll team.

Your Impact

• Review validate and approve payroll inputs and outputs for assigned countries ensuring accuracy completeness and compliance with local requirements including adherence to countryspecific payroll calendars and cutoff dates.
• Coordinate payroll processing activities with external payroll vendors and incountry partners including submission of inputs and review of payroll results ensuring timely statutory processing and issue resolution across multiple EMEA jurisdictions.
• Perform detailed payroll checks reconciliations and variance analysis prior to payroll approval and posting with a strong focus on risk identification error prevention and corrective action.
• Manage payroll administration activities including new hires terminations salary changes allowances deductions and retroactive adjustments ensuring accurate tracking of employee data and contractual terms in payroll systems.
• Serve as the first point of contact for payrollrelated inquiries from HR Finance and teammates; research issues and support timely resolution or escalation including coordination with vendors and incountry experts for statutory or regulatory questions.
• Ensure payroll data accuracy across HR systems and payroll platforms by validating source data and resolving discrepancies maintaining auditready records.
• Support payroll audits internal controls and compliance checks by preparing documentation reports and audit evidence.
• Partner with Finance to support payroll accounting reporting and general ledger reconciliation activities including investigation and resolution of payrollrelated accounting variances.
• Maintain payroll documentation standard operating procedures checklists and job aids to support consistent execution and knowledge transfer.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of payroll processes including system testing enhancements and administrative simplification initiatives.
• Handle sensitive employee and payroll information with a high level of confidentiality and discretion.
• Support critical payroll events such as yearend processing statutory reconciliations offcycle payments bonus runs and remediation activities as required during the contract term.
• Ensure clear documentation and handover of processes issues and improvements at the conclusion of the contract.

Qualifications

• 24 years of payroll or HR operations experience preferably in a regional or multicountry environment.
• Strong understanding of payroll administration controls and data validation processes.
• Experience working with external payroll vendors across EMEA and coordinating incountry payroll activities.
• High attention to detail with the ability to identify discrepancies and resolve issues efficiently.
• Comfortable working with HR systems and payroll platforms including Celergo WFM and Success Factors.
• Strong organizational and timemanagement skills with the ability to manage recurring deadlines and competing priorities.
• Ability to handle confidential information with integrity and professionalism.
• Experience in an international or matrixed organization

Workplace Location

• Location: Amsterdam office
• Work life Integration Designation: 4X per week in office

Our Commitment to Equal Opportunity

At Under Armour we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race color religion or belief sex pregnancy (including childbirth lactation and related medical conditions) national origin age physical and mental disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity gender expression genetic information (including characteristics and testing) military and veteran status family or paternal status and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Under Armour seeks to recruit develop and retain the most talented people representing a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please contact our Human Resources team via