French Payroll and People Operations Specialist — Hybrid, Paris, France

Overview

Take practical ownership of French payroll while helping an international digital-asset business improve its people operations. The role combines a recurring monthly deadline with work across employee arrivals, departures and changes. It requires careful handling of payroll inputs and statutory obligations, alongside a habit of documenting processes so that the function becomes more reliable as responsibilities grow.

Requirements

• Bring two to three years of hands-on French payroll experience and readiness to own the monthly cycle.
• Understand French social legislation and use a payroll system such as ADP or an equivalent tool.
• Work comfortably in English within an international team, manage deadlines reliably and show interest in developing broader payroll expertise.

Responsibilities

• Manage payroll inputs, absences, variable pay, validation and payslip checks, preparing the monthly cycle for accurate completion.
• Prepare statutory declarations and maintain the records needed for French reporting, including URSSAF, DSN and related processes.
• Coordinate with Finance on transfer files, costs, headcount and variances, and support equity-related payroll declarations and provider administration.
• Handle employee-lifecycle records and keep Workday data accurate, working with talent, HR, rewards and external payroll colleagues.
• Track relevant process changes, maintain documentation and contribute improvements to payroll and people workflows.

Conditions

• This is full-time hybrid work in Paris.

Tech stack

• ADP Decidium
• Workday