HR Operations Specialist – Payroll & Administration*

Location: Germany (hybrid/remote)

ARIS is a Process Intelligence company that helps organizations discover, create, and transform their processes to deliver measurable business outcomes and scale AI with confidence. It combines process design, real execution insight, and AI‑driven optimization in a single, integrated platform‑enabling organizations to build a governed digital twin of their operations, understand how work actually happens, and continuously deliver value across the enterprise. By providing the process foundation, visibility, and governance required for AI adoption, ARIS enables businesses to deploy and scale Agentic AI safely and effectively, ensuring agents operate on trusted processes, data, and controls. With over 30 years of expertise and recognition from leading analysts such as Gartner and Forrester, ARIS is trusted by global enterprises to turn process intelligence into real business impact. For more information, visit and follow ARIS on LinkedIn.

Key Responsibilities

• End‑to‑end execution of monthly payroll for Germany, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance
• Operational responsibility for core HR administrative processes, including:
  • employee onboarding and offboarding
  • contractual changes
  • maintenance of employee master data
• Ownership of data quality and process consistency across HRIS (e.g. Dayforce), payroll systems, and external payroll providers
• Processing of bonuses, overtime, absences, and special payroll cases
• Coordination and collaboration with external payroll providers (e.g. Accace)
• Acts as a primary operational contact at the interface between HR, Payroll, and Finance
• Preparation of payroll‑related reports and support during internal and external audits
• Independent creation and correction of notifications via the German social security reporting portal (SV‑Meldeportal)
• Continuous identification of opportunities to improve and standardize HR and payroll processes

Your Profile

• Several years of experience in HR Operations and/or Payroll
• Strong knowledge of German payroll, wage tax, and social security regulations
• Hands‑on experience with HRIS systems (ideally Dayforce) and payroll providers; DATEV experience is a plus
• High level of accuracy, reliability, and discretion, especially when handling sensitive data
• Structured and process‑oriented working style, with a clear sense of end‑to‑end ownership
• Confident communicator, comfortable working with multiple internal and external stakeholders
• Fluent German and good English skills for daily business
• f/m/d - Diversity matters!

Our Environment

• HR System: Dayforce
• Payroll setup: DATEV and external providers
• Work models: including ICP / variable pay structures

What We Offer

• A critical, hands‑on role in a transforming HR and payroll environment
• High responsibility combined with a pragmatic, operational focus
• The opportunity to actively shape HR operations and payroll processes in a modern HRIS landscape

At SAG Aris GmbH we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect and fairness where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, compensate, develop, promote, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.