Payroll Specialist (m/w/d)

About the company

Deutsche Windtechnik is a team of around 2,700 highly trained specialists focused on maintaining, repairing, improving, and inspecting wind turbines. With solutions tailored to different operational needs, the company works to unlock the potential of 7,900 wind farm projects worldwide and actively contribute to the energy transition. As the business continues to grow, the organization is also strengthening its internal service functions across customer support, project management, commercial operations, and IT, while further advancing digitalization, healthy growth, and new services and products. This has been achieved successfully for 20 years.

Role overview

At the Osnabrück site, the company is looking for a Payroll Specialist (m/w/d) to join the internal services team. The role is suited to someone who thinks in solutions, works with initiative, and enjoys supporting payroll and personnel administration in a structured environment.

What the role involves

• Preparing and checking monthly payroll so that pay runs are accurate, timely, and compliant with social security, tax, and company-specific rules.
• Handling reporting, certification, and notification duties for public authorities and other institutions.
• Managing day-to-day communication with health insurance providers, the German Pension Insurance authority, social welfare offices, and similar organizations.
• Assisting with HR administration, including statistics, certificates, and other written correspondence.
• Supporting the time management / time-tracking system.

What you should bring

• Completed commercial vocational training, for example in office management, wholesale and foreign trade, or industrial business administration.
• Ideally, additional qualification in HR or payroll administration, plus practical experience in payroll processing using Datev Lodas.
• Strong knowledge of wage tax and social security law.
• A quick grasp of new topics, a service-oriented mindset, and a dependable, well-organized working style.
• The ability to stay on top of things under pressure and communicate in a professional and friendly way at all times.
• Good command of MS Office, especially Word and Excel.

What the company offers

• A 38.5-hour work week and 30 days of annual leave.
• Flexible working hours and the option to work partly from home within the Flex Office setup.
• An annual health budget of EUR 300 that can be used for items such as glasses, medication, or professional dental cleaning.
• Access to savings on leisure activities and online shopping through a discount platform.
• Additional retirement provision with a 20% employer contribution.
• Christmas bonus after 12 months of service, with the amount increasing as tenure grows.

Additional information

The company welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and promotes a respectful, prejudice-free workplace. Applications from people of all genders, nationalities, ethnic and social backgrounds, religions or beliefs, disabilities, ages, and sexual orientations or identities are encouraged.

Application contact

If you have questions about the role, you can contact Lea Wehking, Junior Recruiting Specialist, at +49 421 69105528.