Role Summary As part of our HR Services - Employee Life Cycle Management team, we are seeking a German Language Expert to support payroll operations across the employee life cycle from onboarding data and organizational structure changes through to ongoing pay administration and offboarding-related processing. This role combines strong German language skills with payroll domain knowledge to ensure accurate, compliant, and timely service delivery for German-speaking clients and employees.You will act as a language and communication bridge between German stakeholders and internal process teams, ensuring accurate documentation, effective query resolution, and a consistently high-quality employee experience throughout each stage of the life cycle hire, change, pay, and leave. Your Responsibilities • Support end-to-end Employee Life Cycle Management mandates, including EDM (Employee Data Management), payroll, and travel processing requests • Process payroll accurately and in compliance with relevant standards, ensuring employee life cycle events (new hires, transfers, terminations, changes) are reflected correctly • Work closely with German-speaking customers and employees, resolving queries and delivering solutions within agreed SLAs • Support internal process experts by bridging German language requirements, helping the team achieve shared service delivery targets • Translate documents from German to English and English to German, ensuring accuracy across HR, payroll, and life cycle documentation • Maintain and update organizational structure data to reflect life cycle changes accurately • Prepare and deliver operational and management reports • Train and guide team members on German language usage and payroll/life cycle process nuances • Perform additional tasks aligned with the scope of employee life cycle and payroll operations as required Your Experience and Skills • Bachelor's degree in Translation, Interpreting, HR, or a related field • 2–3 years of relevant experience (payroll, HR services, or language/translation experience) is an advantage • Proficiency in German (B2–C1 level) • SAP experience is an advantage • Strong client communication skills and enjoyment of stakeholder engagement • Digital affinity and openness to learning new tools and processes What we offer • Multicultural working environment • Friendly and supportive colleagues • Flat organizational structure • Growth and development opportunities • Flexible working conditionsCompetitive compensation and benefits package