YOUR IMPACT In this role, you will make sure People Operations runs smoothly across Spain, France, and Italy.

- You will combine hands-on HR operations, employee and manager guidance, payroll coordination, HRIS ownership, documentation quality, and continuous improvement.

- You will manage the employee lifecycle across Spain, France, and Italy, including preboarding, onboarding, contract changes, internal transfers, promotions, leave topics, and offboarding.

- You will be a trusted operational contact for employees and managers, providing clear guidance on People Operations, payroll-related questions, benefits, employee relations, and day-to-day HR topics.

- You will coordinate monthly payroll preparation for Spain, France, and Italy in close collaboration with the respective local payroll providers.

- You will prepare, validate, and submit payroll-relevant employee information, review payroll results, and coordinate necessary corrections with providers and internal stakeholders.

- You will prepare and manage HR documentation, including employment contracts, amendments, certificates, confirmations, and other lifecycle documents.

- You will maintain accurate employee data and documentation in our HRIS and support reliable reporting for the Southern European scope.

- You will support the administration of local employee benefits and ensure that relevant changes are communicated accurately to employees, internal stakeholders, and payroll providers.

- You will help ensure that local employment requirements, internal policies, and compliance standards are reflected correctly in daily People Operations work.





- You will stay informed about relevant regulatory and administrative changes and coordinate their operational implementation with internal experts and external partners.

- You will work closely with colleagues in Culture & People, Accounting, Finance, and Legal to ensure accurate information flows and reliable operational processes.

- You will use tools such as Personio, local payroll platforms including PayFit or comparable systems, AI-enabled solutions, and workflow automation to reduce manual work, improve data quality, and make recurring People Operations processes easier to scale.

- You will contribute to process improvements, templates, playbooks, and scalable ways of working across our international People Operations setup.THIS IS YOU

Must have

- You have 3–6 years of experience in People Operations, People Administration, HR Operations, or a similar role.

- You have practical experience supporting employees in at least one of the following countries: Spain, France, or Italy.

- You have experience preparing payroll information and coordinating monthly payroll processes with external payroll providers.





- You understand the distinction between internal payroll preparation and the payroll processing performed by external providers.

- You are confident supporting employees and managers with clear, pragmatic, and service-oriented guidance.

- You have hands-on experience with HRIS and payroll-related systems, ideally Personio, PayFit, or comparable platforms, and you care about clean data, accurate documentation, and reliable execution.

- You work independently, take ownership of your country scope, and handle confidential or time-sensitive topics with care.

- You have English skills at C1 level and professional proficiency in Spanish, French, or Italian at B2 level or above.

- You are confident using AI-enabled tools and automation to improve productivity, documentation quality, and process consistency while handling employee data responsibly.

Nice to have

- You have People Operations or payroll-coordination experience in more than one of the three countries.

- You bring practical knowledge of local employment requirements in Spain, France, and/or Italy.

- You have worked in an international or matrix organization before.

- You have experience improving HR processes, creating templates, or documenting workflows.

- You bring a degree in HR, Business, Psychology, Labour Law, or a comparable qualification.

This position is located in Barcelona, where parts of our Integral Culture & People team are based. We are looking for someone with relevant People Operations and payroll-coordination experience in at least one of the Southern European markets and the ability to work confidently across Spain, France, and Italy.

📌 People Operations Specialist Southern Europe (Barcelona)
🏢 Eqs Group
📍 Barcelona