Payroll Expert Specialist – France

• Own the end-to-end French payroll process, ensuring accurate and timely salary payments for approximately 300 employees in house payroll.

• Collect and verify payroll inputs, review payslips, perform reconciliations, and ensure the accuracy of taxes, social security contributions, and other payroll-related payments.

• Manage employee lifecycle changes, from onboarding to offboarding, ensuring all payroll-related information and documentation are accurate and up to date in SIRH

• Handle recurring legal and social declarations, including DSN submissions and year-end declarations.

• Monitor changes in French payroll regulations and employment legislation, working closely with our Legal team to ensure compliance.

• Maintain accurate payroll records, documentation, and reporting to support audits and ensure reliable processes.

• Work closely with external payroll and benefits providers, as well as local administrations when needed, to ensure smooth and compliant operations.

• Contribute to the implementation and optimisation of Workday, our HR core system, to automate People Operations workflows and payroll preparation.

• Explore opportunities to leverage AI and automation to streamline payroll processes, reduce manual tasks, and improve data accuracy.

• Identify opportunities to improve existing processes, documentation, and benefits administration, including health insurance and lunch card registrations.

• Help build scalable, efficient, and well-documented processes as our organisation continues to grow.

• Respond to employees' payroll and People Operations questions in a timely, clear, and approachable manner.

• Investigate and resolve payroll discrepancies and employee issues with care and attention to detail.

• Communicate payroll-related changes proactively, ensuring employees feel informed and supported.

• 4-6+ years of hands-on experience processing French payroll, with a strong understanding of French social security, tax requirements, and employment legislation.

• Experience managing end-to-end payroll operations, including payroll inputs, payslip checks, reconciliations, and social declarations.

• Experience working with external payroll providers and coordinating with multiple stakeholders.

• Strong analytical skills, excellent organisational skills, and exceptional attention to detail.

• Fluency in both French and English, enabling you to communicate effectively in an international environment.

• A structured, autonomous, and proactive approach, with a strong sense of ownership and a continuous improvement mindset.

• Experience with ADP Decidium or other French payroll systems.

• Exposure to international payroll operations and multi-country payroll providers.

• Experience with Workday or other HRIS platforms.

• An interest in AI, automation, and process optimization.

If you enjoy combining hands-on payroll expertise with process improvement and want to help shape the future of payroll at Back Market, we'd love to hear from you.

• Individual contributor role

• Based in Paris or Bordeaux

• Hybrid - 3 days per week at the office mandatory

• HR Interview - 45min

• Technical Interview - 1h

• Internal Stakeholder interview - 45min

• Team interview - 30min

• Back Market Values fit interview - 45 min

At Back Market, we're committed to hiring and supporting diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives - it's one of the reasons we're such a high-scoring certified B Corp company (93.2). No matter your role and seniority level, you'll enjoy impact-driven work with hands-on career development in an innovative, driven, and fast-paced environment - with benefits to match, like:

• A mission driven work environment where your day to day makes an impact on the planet. Seriously.
• Hybrid work environment, with 2 remote days a week and 1 remote work week per quarter, plus 3 flex days.
• Employee Resource Groups, including mentorship programs, comprehensive accessibility policies, and cultural competency training.

At Back Market, we strive to create a workplace that embodies the world we're trying to change. We've embedded our diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into our DNA - from dedicated staff to employee resource groups to our company values. We know that the perfect background for a role doesn't mean the perfect fit - we encourage you to apply for a role even if you think you may not have all the qualifications. If reasonable accommodations are needed for the interview process, please do not hesitate to discuss this with the Talent Acquisition Team.