Who you are

- 4-5+ years of hands-on experience processing Spanish payroll
- A solid understanding of Spanish social security, tax requirements, and employment legislation

- Experience working with external payroll providers and managing payroll stakeholders

- Strong analytical skills and a near-obsessive attention to detail

- Excellent communication skills in English (Spanish goes without saying)

- Experience with Workday or Papaya General

- Exposure to UK, Germany, or France payroll
- A degree in HR, Payroll, Accounting, Finance, or a related field — or equivalent experience

- We know that the perfect background for a role doesn’t mean the perfect fit — we encourage you to apply for a role even if you think you may not have all the qualifications

What the job involves

- Our People team is on a mission to make work life smoother for every Back Maker — and payroll is at the heart of it. We're in the middle of an exciting HR transformation: automating People Operations end-to-end, strengthening our global payroll expertise, and making the whole experience genuinely better for our employees

- Based in Barcelona, you'll join the Payroll & People Operations team and own our Spanish payroll (currently ~90 employees and growing),



while contributing to our international scope and HR automation agenda with Workday and AI tools

- Own the end-to-end Spanish payroll cycle: collect and verify inputs, run payslip checks and reconciliations, and ensure accurate, on-time salary payments, taxes, and social contributions

- Handle payroll queries with speed and a human touch — employees should always feel informed and supported

- Coordinate with external payroll and benefits providers (Spain, UK, Germany, France) to keep data flows accurate and deadlines tight

- Contribute to automating People Operations workflows (onboarding, offboarding, employee changes) using Workday and AI tools

- Maintain data quality and consistency across HR, payroll, finance, and accounting systems — and build dashboards to track key metrics

- Partner cross-functionally with HRBPs, Recruiters, Finance, Legal, and IT to deliver a seamless employee experience from day one to last day

The application process

- Call with Julie, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner (45min)

- Technical Interview (1h)

- Internal Stakeholder interview (45min)

- Team interview (30min)
- Back Market Values fit interview (45 min)

📌 Senior Payroll and People Operations Specialist (Barcelona)
🏢 Back Market
📍 Barcelona