Payroll Specialist Job

Payroll Specialist

Date: Sep 28, 2026 Location: Dublin 2, IE Company: Bentley Systems

Payroll Specialist - EMEA / Western Europe

About Bentley Systems

Bentley Systems provides software that helps infrastructure professionals design, build, and operate the systems communities depend on. Our technology supports projects across the infrastructure lifecycle, and our purpose is to advance infrastructure for a better quality of life. Join a global team whose work helps shape the places and services people rely on every day.

About the Role:

We're looking for a Payroll Specialist to manage end-to-end payroll operations for assigned countries across EMEA, with a focus on Western Europe. You'll work closely with local payroll providers and internal teams to deliver accurate, timely, and compliant payroll, resolve issues, and continually improve processes.

What You'll Do:

• Own end-to-end payroll delivery for assigned countries, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
• Serve as the day-to-day contact for local payroll providers and hold them accountable for agreed service levels, accuracy, and issue resolution.
• Manage payroll calendars, deadlines, inputs, approvals, and supporting documentation.
• Prepare, validate, and submit payroll changes, including new hires, terminations, compensation changes, bonuses, deductions, benefits, leave, and other adjustments.
• Review payroll calculations, registers, reports, and variance analyses for accuracy and completeness.
• Reconcile payroll results against HR, Finance, and other relevant source data; investigate and resolve discrepancies and significant variances.
• Partner with payroll providers and internal stakeholders to resolve payroll errors and employee-impacting issues.
• Work with providers to ensure country-specific statutory filings, payments, and reporting are completed on time.
• Coordinate off-cycle payments, corrections, year-end activities, audits, and other local payro...