Payroll & Benefits Specialist

If you're passionate about payroll and enjoy turning numbers into accuracy, trust, and a smooth employee experience, this is your chance to join Goldair Handling as a Payroll & Benefits Specialist.

Goldair Handling is one of the leading ground handling companies in South-East Europe, recognized for its commitment to operational excellence, safety, and innovation.

As our company continues to grow, we are looking for a payroll professional with a keen eye for detail to help ensure that the payroll process remains accurate and compliant, and runs smoothly for our employees across the network.

🌟 About the Role

The Payroll & Benefits Specialist will support the end-to-end payroll process — from validating monthly inputs to reconciliations and reporting — so that every employee is paid accurately and on time, and payroll data stays reliable and confidential across our systems.

You will also be a point of contact for employees on payroll and benefits questions, and will help us keep improving our payroll processes, controls, and systems.

🧭 Key Responsibilities

• Support the end-to-end payroll process, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with applicable labor, tax, and social security legislation and company policy
• Collect, review, and validate monthly payroll inputs — working time, absences, overtime, allowances, benefits, and other payroll-related data
• Perform payroll checks and reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, and support the resolution of payroll-related issues
• Monitor time & attendance data and working schedules, including shift work, overtime, night work, Sundays, and public holidays, ensuring accurate payroll processing
• Prepare and analyze payroll, headcount, labor cost, and other workforce-related reports to support recurring reporting, planning, forecasting, and business requirements
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date payroll and employee data across relevant HR systems, ensuring data quality, consistency, and confidentiality
• Respond to employee inquiries regarding payroll, benefits, attendance, and related matters in a timely and professional manner
• Collaborate with internal and/or external stakeholders to collect, validate, and provide reliable payroll and workforce information
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of payroll processes, controls, reporting, and systems, identifying opportunities to improve accuracy, efficiency, and automation

🎓 Qualifications & Experience

• 3–5 years of relevant professional experience in payroll
• Strong hands-on knowledge of the end-to-end payroll cycle
• Very good knowledge of Greek labor, tax, and social security legislation related to payroll
• Experience in payroll processing within a shift-based working environment will be highly valued
• Strong numerical and analytical skills, with the ability to work confidently with payroll and workforce data
• Proficient in MS Office applications, especially Excel
• Very good written and verbal communication skills in Greek and English
• Hands-on experience working with EpsilonNet SCAN HRMS is a plus

💡 What You’ll Bring

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy and data quality
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to work effectively under strict payroll deadline
• Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills
• Professionalism and discretion in handling sensitive and confidential information

🎁 What We Offer

• Competitive remuneration package
• Genuine career growth — 97% of our administrative and operational roles are filled through internal transfers
• OASA Card or Fuel Card, plus exclusive discounts at partner stores
• Wellbeing initiatives and recognition for outstanding performance
• A true open-door culture, where your ideas and suggestions are heard and acted on
• The stability and reach of one of the leading ground handling companies in Greece and South-East Europe

✈️ Why Join Goldair Handling

At Goldair Handling, we believe that our people are our strength.
You will join a dynamic HR team that values innovation, teamwork, and continuous learning.
We offer an environment where new ideas are welcomed and where your work will directly shape how we support and serve our employees.

🚀 Ready to take off with us?

If you're detail-driven and enjoy being the person people rely on to get payroll right, we'd love to hear from you.

👉 Apply now and become part of Goldair Handling's success story!

All applications will be treated in strict confidentiality.