Payroll Officer

Are you passionate about payroll and ready to take your expertise to an international level? As a Payroll Officer at DEME, you’ll be part of a team managing the full payroll process for our global workforce. From contract preparation to shadow payrolls and international tax declarations, you’ll play a key role in ensuring smooth and compliant payroll operations across multiple countries. This is your opportunity to grow in a dynamic, international environment where ownership, precision, and collaboration are key.

Your Responsibilities

As a Payroll Officer in our International Payroll team, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the smooth and accurate processing of payroll for our international workforce. You’ll work closely with internal departments and external stakeholders to manage payroll from A to Z, including administration, reporting, and compliance.

Your Tasks Will Include:

• Preparing, processing, and validating international payroll for both white- and blue-collar employees, including large volumes of data (up to 550 employees)
• Reviewing payroll output reports and incoming timesheets with a critical eye to detect inconsistencies and ensure accurate processing of variable data
• Performing timely and accurate month-end closing activities and salary finalizations
• Managing payroll-related tasks in multiple systems, including occasional manual data entry and validation
• Providing payroll-related reports to internal departments (Finance, Planning, HR) and external parties (tax authorities, pension providers)
• Handling payroll and personnel administration tasks, including:
• Acting as the main point of contact for employees regarding salary, leave, and sick leave
• Preparing cost calculations related to payroll, including year-end bonuses, eco vouchers, and other benefits
• Ensuring accurate and up-to-date management of various insurances (pension, disability, health)
• Collaborating on the payroll administration of Belgian employees working abroad under the DOSZ system
• Supporting the full payroll cycle for countries such as Austria, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Cyprus, the UK, and Latin America (knowledge of these is a plus, not a must)
• Preparing contracts and onboarding documentation
• Collecting and processing timesheets from various sources
• Managing input forms (e.g. cost claims)
• Preparing foreign tax declarations (shadow payrolls)
• Processing personal data in the HR information system
• Uploading tax forms (e.g. 281.10) and managing salary attachments

You’ll be part of a team working in an international context where no two days are the same. From contract discussions to insurance management and shadow payrolls, you’ll gain hands-on experience in a wide range of topics. You’ll also contribute to onboarding conversations and work closely with team leads who coordinate payroll responsibilities across different departments.

Your Profile

• You have a strong interest in international payroll and HR administration. Payroll experience is a big plus
• You are highly organized, analytical, and detail-oriented
• You are fluent in Dutch and English, both spoken and written
• You are a team player with a proactive, accurate, and customer-oriented mindset
• You have advanced experience with Excel, MS Office, and ideally Workday
• You’re eager to grow in a role that combines operational excellence with international exposure
• You’re ready to take ownership of your career and contribute to impactful projects with a global reach

Our Offer

• No two days the same: With projects all over the world across multiple sectors, there’s always something new to add to our 140 years of know-how.
• Awesome colleagues: An amazing, international team fully dedicated to exploring new horizons, together.
• An environment where you can flourish: The perfect combination of the freedom to make the role your own and collaborative, supportive teamwork.
• Continuous development: a training pathway that allows you to develop yourself personally and professionally.
• Exploration: The opportunity to develop and explore your own horizons with locations across the globe.
• An extensive mobility program for a healthy work-life balance.
• A people-oriented environment with an interactive health program and a focus on employee wellbeing.