Payroll Clerk (Specialist Assistant for Wages and Salaries)

Payroll Clerk

Location: Kassel

Purpose and Objective of the Position rocket Engineering GmbH is a dynamic and technology-driven company dedicated to the development of pioneering technical solutions. With an interdisciplinary team of experienced engineers, creative developers, and practical experts, we stand for intelligent concepts, precise implementation, and the highest quality standards.

Tasks, Competencies, and Responsibilities

• Ensuring proper payroll accounting for an assigned area based on legal, collective agreement, operational, and contractual specifications, including the corresponding preparation and follow-up
• Independent execution and maintenance of time management for an assigned area
• Advising HR employees, managers, and staff on tax, social security, legal, and collective agreement topics
• Supporting payroll-relevant projects as well as participating in overarching projects
• Advising, processing, and accounting for individual transactions such as partial retirement, company pension schemes, company cars, and garnishments for employees covered by collective agreements
• Ensuring the correct taxation of wages for cross-border activities (international assignments) for assigned countries, as well as communicating with tax advisors and employees at home and abroad on tax topics (DBA, ATE, permanent establishments) in standard cases
• Trustful and constructive cooperation with internal HR partners and the works council
• Annual determination and implementation of adjustment rates for company pensions and accounting of company pension benefits
• Full assumption of simple special tasks

Professional Requirements

• A completed at least 3-year commercial vocational training with relevant professional experience in the aforementioned areas
• Extensive knowledge of labor, wage tax, social security, and collective agreement law
• Good knowledge of SAP-HCM
• Proficient use of MS-Office, especially Excel
• Basic knowledge of electronic reporting procedures (ELSTER, DEÜV, EEL etc.)
• Good English skills
• A precise way of working and a high sense of responsibility
• High resilience, even under time pressure