Senior HR Admin & Payroll Specialist
We’re Kingfisher, a team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher and all our other brands – Castorama, B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Dépôt and Koçtaş – to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.
We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.
We are open to flexible and agile working. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our office located in Kraków. Talk to us about how we can best support you!
At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles, even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.
In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.
Responsibilities
- Preparing, updating and reviewing procedures, process descriptions and guidelines
- Creating, updating and implementing HR documentation and forms
- Active search for new solutions and improvements in HR processes (e.g., process automation)
- Delivering the highest quality of service in personal administration and payroll operations by gathering, reviewing and preparing data for personal administration activities and payroll input
- Running required controls of documentation and reports
- Entering and updating data in HR and payroll systems
- Preparing documents regarding employees’ life cycle and verifying employees’ work time evidence (time sheets)
- Preparing reports, data for statutory reporting and ad‑hoc reports
- Ensuring all data is delivered and processed in accordance with set deadlines
- Providing substantive support for HR Administration and Payroll Junior Specialists and Specialists
- Taking active part in local and global HR projects
- Handling highly sensitive data with confidentiality and integrity
- Answering employees’ queries
Qualifications
- Min. 5 years of relevant work experience in HR Administration/Payroll area – including participation or leading projects
- Strong working knowledge of Polish labour law and regulations (personal administration, work time, income tax, social security regulations, social fund)
- Excellent planning and organizational skills
- Proactive approach
- Strong attention to detail
- Good command of English
- Working knowledge of Excel
- Ability to work as part of a team and using own initiative
- Very good communication and interpersonal skills
- Stress resilience and ability to work under time pressure
Benefits
- Up to 29,000 PLN gross per month on an employment contract
- Private medical healthcare at LUXMED (including dental care) for you and your family
- Medicover sports card (Fit&More package)
- Life insurance financed by the employer
- 30‑minute lunch break included in the 8‑hour working day
- Training & Buddy programme that will allow you to quickly adapt to your new role
- Wellbeing programme for employees
- Co‑financing of monthly public transport tickets in Kraków
- Comfortable working environment in the office and the possibility of working from home
- Language courses, accounting courses, access to LinkedIn Learning and possibility of co‑financing studies & certification
- Employee referral programme
Application Process
- Application – Send in your application via our Kingfisher Careers website.
- Review – A member of the Talent Acquisition team will review your application and let you know if you have progressed to the next stage.
- Interview 1 – Telephone interview/one‑to‑one conversation with a recruiter.
- Interview 2 – Face‑to‑face or virtual interview.
- Feedback – Your recruiter will provide feedback and, if successful, details of your job offer!
