Payroll Consultant Portugal & Spain

Permanent employee, Full-time · All locations

The job

Are you experienced in payroll management in Portugal and eager to apply your expertise in a dynamic international environment? We are looking for a Payroll Consultant with strong knowledge of Portuguese payroll and experience with Spanish payroll is a significant plus.

You will support our payroll operations in (mainly) Portugal, and in Spain, advising clients on local payroll rules and ensuring accurate, compliant payroll services. You will connect systems and processes, train colleagues, and act as a key link between HR and Finance operations. Additionally, we plan to change our payroll systems for Portugal in 2026, and you will play a significant role in this transition.

As our clients’ payroll provider, you will help translate their international HR policies into local employment relationships and ensure employees are paid correctly while complying with local laws. Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential to deliver the high-quality service Parakar is known for.

About Parakar

Parakar is a dynamic, sparkling and progressive club! With a team of 60 HR specialists, we provide a range of global outsourced HR and payroll management services. What kind of services are those? Outsourced human resource management, HR consulting and management, payroll, immigration and everything that comes with it. At Parakar, we deliver effective solutions repeatedly by interweaving local expertise with international experience.

Parakar's head quarter is located in Breda, the Netherlands, and we also have several offices across Europe. We believe in a future of work, where organizations and professionals of all generations should always be able to work together, regardless of when, how and where. To make this possible, we are looking for driven professionals who want to take up this challenge with us.

At Parakar, you are central, because we believe that without satisfied people, there are no satisfied customers. This means that we like to invest in your development, understand that flexibility is a must and that all that hard work should be compensated with a lot of fun and a good salary. So, if you think you have the Parakar DNA, we would love to talk to you!

This is your job if

You hold a relevant bachelor’s degree and/or have the equivalent experience and mindset;
You are an expert in Portuguese payroll regulations and have at least 3 years of experience as a Payroll Specialist or similar;
Ideally, you also have experience with Spanish payroll regulations;
Professional command of the Portuguese and English language (C1 level or higher) both written and spoken;
Ideally, you also master the Spanish language;
Strong plus:experience with Sage payroll software (Spain) and general HR experience in Portugal and/or Spain is very welcome;
You are motivated to learn more about the complex HR-, employment-, legal-, payroll-, tax- and immigration regulations particularly in our international employment outsourcing context;
You are eager to learn, proactive, able to handle multiple tasks, and detail-oriented.

Our offer

A starting salary of between €2750 and €4000 gross per month (depending on your experience);
An end-of-year bonus potential of 10%, depending on your personal and company goals;
An annual training and development budget of EUR 1000;
A very dynamic and international working environment;
Working remotely or from one of our offices, for example in Barcelona;
31 vacation days based on a fulltime position;
Our annual Team Event together with all your (international) colleagues;
An extensive onboarding training at our headquarters in the Netherlands;
Many (new) international contacts and occasional exchanges with the other offices;
All the means, facilities and equipment you need to properly do your job (at the office, from home or remote).

Yes, give me the job!

Apply via the form below, we would like to receive your CV and feel free to add any other relevant information. If you have any questions regarding this job opening, please contact careers@parakar.eu.

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About us

Parakar is a dynamic, sparkling and progressive club! With a team of 60 HR specialists, we provide a range of global outsourced HR and payroll management services. What kind of services are those? Think outsourced human resource management, HR consulting and management, payroll, immigration and everything that comes with it. At Parakar, we deliver effective solutions time and again by interweaving local expertise with international experience.

Parakar's head quarter is located in Breda, the Netherlands, and we also have several offices across Europe. We believe in a future of work, where organizations and professionals of all generations should always be able to work together, regardless of when, how and where. To make this possible, we are looking for driven professionals who want to take up this challenge with us.

At Parakar, you are central, because we believe that without satisfied people, there are no satisfied customers. This means that we like to invest in your development, understand that flexibility is a must and that all that hard work should be compensated with a lot of fun and a good salary. So, if you think you have the Parakar DNA, we would love to talk to you!

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We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Thank you for your interest in Parakar. Please fill out the following short form. Should you have difficulties with the upload of your data, please send an email to kayleigh@parakar.eu.