Payroll Analyst EMEA - Fixed Term Contract, end of June 2027

Payroll Analyst EMEA - Fixed Term Contract, end of June 2027

Location: Maidenhead

Country: United Kingdom

Team: Finance

Seniority: Experienced and Senior

Work model: Hybrid

Region: EMEA

Your role at Dynatrace

Reporting to the EMEA Payroll Operations Lead, the EMEA Sr. Payroll Specialist will be responsible for the day to day payroll operations for the EMEA Region locations using an outsourced payroll model with Cloudpay. This role works closely with the EMEA Payroll team members and the broader Finance and HR teams.

This role is a hybrid role, 2 days p/week (Tuesday and Thursday) from our Maidenhead office.

Responsibilities:

• Day to day running of the assigned pay groups, ensuring payroll ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing, including salary calculations, deductions, and statutory contributions
• Liaise with internal HR partners to collect and organize payroll data before preparing templates for submission to 3rd party providers. Ensuring a thorough understanding of data
• In-depth understanding of Payroll processes
• Handle complex payroll scenarios, such as international assignments, expatriate payroll, and cross-border payments.
• Supports the payroll lead with the related operations for EMEA region in an outsourced environment.
• Provide support and handle escalations in a timely manner, managing internal and external stakeholders effectively in the process
• Ensure tight reconciliation and controls over payments to 3rd party vendors, suppliers and authorities
• Assist with handling queries from employees, internal partners and vendors.
• Ensure process controls are in place; Maintain, validate and update process documentations as applicable to ensure compliance

What will help you succeed

• English proficiency skills. A German, French or Spanish speaking to business level would be an advantage but not essential
• Significant experience of processing end to end payroll across multiple countries in Europe
• Experience with outsourced managed payroll environments manual and integrated, specifically Cloudpay.
• Experience using SFEC HCM
• Experience of processing stock compensation is desirable
• Solid functional knowledge, commensurate with level, including understanding of payroll processes and regulations aligned to SOX compliance
• A proven, customer driven attitude towards employees of all levels
• Deadline driven with excellent attention to detail and a self-starter
• Capable of working independently, as a member of the team, and in partnership with vendors
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Uses initiative to solve problems
• Proficient knowledge of Excel

Why you will love being a Dynatracer

• Dynatrace is a leader in unified observability and security.
• We provide a culture of excellence with competitive compensation packages designed to recognize and reward performance.
• Our employees work with the largest cloud providers, including AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud, and other leading partners worldwide to create strategic alliances.
• You'll get to work at the forefront of innovation with Dynatrace Intelligence - the industry's first agentic operations system. Bringing together deterministic and agentic AI, it helps teams understand what's happening, why it matters, and what to do next - automatically.
• Over 50% of the Fortune 100 companies are current customers of Dynatrace.