Payroll Specialist

"Payroll is more than compliance—it’s a critical part of our HR transformation. You’ll help us deliver seamless global processes that empower our people and accelerate Robeco’s strategy."

Join Our Team as a Payroll Specialist/Controller at Robeco

At Robeco, people are the key to our success—our most valuable asset. As HR, we share the ambition to partner with the business and deliver the best possible results for our clients. Our purpose is simple yet powerful: Creating an inspiring and challenging workplace where Robeco employees are empowered to achieve sustainable success—for our clients, our company, our shareholders, society, and each other.

We work across 15 countries, partnering with management teams to foster leadership, drive desired behaviours, and develop high-performing talent. Payroll plays a vital role in this mission as an integrated part of our HR Operations team.

About HR at Robeco

Our HR department consists of four specialized teams:

• Compensation & Benefits
• HR Business Partners
• Leadership, Talent & Learning
• HR Operations (Payroll, Hiring Desk, Global Mobility, and HR Service Desk)

The Payroll team ensures accurate and efficient payroll processes for colleagues in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland, Norway, Spain, Italy, UK, Dubai, and the US. Acting as the link between our global payroll provider, local accounting teams, and HR Business Partners, we make sure everything runs smoothly.

Position & Requirements

Your Role

• Co-manage the daily execution and quality of salary administration across multiple countries
• Ensure monthly payroll accuracy through checks, reconciliations, and variance analysis
• Serve as the operational contact for payroll providers, HR, Global Mobility, Finance & Accounting, and Fiscal Affairs
• Handle queries on salary, benefits, tax, and social security in both local and international contexts
• Drive continuous improvement in payroll processes
• Implement legislative, benefit, and insurance changes in Workday, including integration with Celergo
• Contribute to cross-functional projects to enhance HR and payroll processes.

What You Bring

• Minimum 5 years of Dutch and/or international payroll experience
• Higher educational level (HBO) or equivalent
• Experience with external payroll providers or ADP Celergo (a plus)
• Advanced Excel skills (Pivot tables, VLOOKUP)
• A hands-on, detail-oriented approach with strong compliance focus
• Problem-solving and analytical mindset
• Fluent in Dutch and English
• Flexible, innovative, and a true team player who takes ownership

What We Offer

• A challenging and varied role in an international, ambitious environment
• A flat organizational structure with multidisciplinary collaboration
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth
• Excellent employment conditions

All applications will be treated with the utmost confidentiality. An assessment and integrity test may be used in the selection procedure.

About Robeco

As a Dutch asset manager operating globally, Robeco has always combined the best of both worlds. We have global reach and ambitions, while retaining our head office in our hometown of Rotterdam. Employees at Robeco share that combination: we hire and nurture people who can think internationally and put the client first, while keeping their feet firmly on the ground. We have strong links with academia, which underpin the research in our robust quantitative and sustainability investing strategies. Our people have backgrounds in finance but also in economics and geography. Likewise, as pioneers in emerging markets investing, our diverse backgrounds also add local knowledge. We offer an informal and flexible office atmosphere that gives people the room to be themselves, to grow and to perform to the best of their ability.