Senior Payroll Officer
easygo · Serbia, Belgrade
About The Role
Easygo is the Australian technology powerhouse behind global brands **Stake**, **KICK**, and **Easygo Gaming**. As we continue to grow our presence in Serbia, we’re strengthening our local People & Culture operations and looking for an experienced **Senior Payroll Officer** to join us in Belgrade.
This is an opportunity to take ownership of payroll operations for our Serbian entities, **Easygo Tech Europe and MB Care**, supporting 200+ employees while working closely with our local People & Culture and Finance teams, as well as our global team in Melbourne.
You’ll play an important role in bringing our payroll operations in-house — leading the transition from an external payroll provider to Pantheon, improving data accuracy, and helping us build more efficient and consistent payroll processes as the business continues to grow.
**The Role**
As Senior Payroll Officer, you’ll be a key member of our People & Culture team, responsible for ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing across our Serbian entities.
The role combines hands-on payroll management with HR administration, systems integration, and process improvement. You’ll work closely with local and global stakeholders, support employees with payroll-related queries, and contribute to the development of our internal payroll operations.
**Key Responsibilities**
- **Payroll Processing:** Manage monthly payroll processing for 200+ employees across Easygo Tech and MB Care, ensuring accuracy, timely payments, and compliance with Serbian regulations and internal policies.
- **Payroll Compliance:** Maintain accurate payroll records and supporting documentation in line with Serbian payroll and accounting regulations, ensuring readiness for tax and labour inspections.
- **Payroll Reporting:** Assist with month-end reconciliations and prepare payroll-related reports and documentation, working closely with Finance.
- **HR Administration:** Manage payroll-related HR administration, including employee registrations, deregistrations and changes through CROSO, sick leave administration via eBolovanje/RFZO, and relevant processes through ePorezi.
- **Employee Support:** Act as a key point of contact for payroll-related queries, ensuring employees receive accurate information and timely support.
- **Payroll Changes:** Collaborate with People & Culture to ensure accurate and timely processing of new hires, terminations, salary adjustments, leave, overtime, and other payroll changes.
- **Contractor Payments:** Process contractor invoices, reconcile vendor accounts, resolve discrepancies, and manage queries related to contractor payments.
- **Payroll Transformation:** Support the transition from an external payroll provider to an in-house payroll function using Pantheon, working closely with implementation partners and internal teams.
- **Systems Integration:** Support and maintain the integration between HiBob and Pantheon, ensuring employee data, leave, overtime, and salary changes flow accurately between systems.
- **Process Improvement:** Identify and resolve data inconsistencies between HR and payroll systems, improve data accuracy, and help automate payroll processes across both Serbian entities.
**Who You Are**
- **Payroll Experience:** At least 5 years of hands-on experience in Serbian payroll processing.
- **Serbian Payroll Expert:** Strong knowledge of Serbian payroll and accounting regulations, with experience ensuring accurate and compliant payroll processing.
- **Systems Knowledge:** Working knowledge of Pantheon or a strong willingness and ability to quickly learn the system.
- **Excel Skills:** Good knowledge of Excel, including pivot tables and lookup functions.
- **Attention to Detail:** Highly accurate and detail-oriented, with a strong focus on ensuring payroll and financial data is correct.
- **Organised & Reliable:** Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage deadlines and multiple priorities.
- **Clear Communicator:** Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across People & Culture, Finance, and external partners.
- **English Proficiency:** Excellent command of English, both written and spoken, with the ability to communicate confidently with international stakeholders.
**Bonus points if you also have:**
- **Payroll Transformation:** Experience transitioning payroll from an external provider to an in-house or ERP-based payroll system.
- **HR Systems:** Experience with HiBob or a comparable HRIS, particularly integrating employee data, leave, overtime, and salary changes with payroll processing.
- **Financial Reporting:** Exposure to Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) concepts, including cost-centre allocations and departmental cost reporting.
- **Accounting Knowledge:** A basic understanding of general accounting principles.
**Why Join Easygo?**
- **Performance Reward:** Annual bonus linked to individual and company performance.
- **Professional Growth:** Clear opportunities for development, learning, and career progression within a global organization.
- **Health & Wellbeing:** Private health insurance for you and your dependents.
- **Office Perks:** Daily catered lunch, snacks and beverages, parking reimbursement, and a modern Belgrade office.
- **Global Exposure:** Opportunities to collaborate with — and occasionally visit — our **Melbourne headquarters**.
- **Team Culture:** Regular team-building activities and a professional, collaborative working environment.
We’re an **office-first workplace** because we believe the best collaboration, communication, and team connections happen when we work together in person. Our Belgrade office is our primary place of work, while we still offer **flexibility to work from home when needed**.
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