Payroll Manager

Period from: 2026-09-28
Period to: 2027-03-26

Location: On-site in Stockholm 4 days a week

Scope: 100 %, full-time

1. Daily tasks

• Ensure accurate, compliant and timely end-to-end payroll delivery within a large and complex Swedish payroll environment.

• Lead, support and set priorities for the payroll team, ensuring operational stability and clear ownership.

• Monitor payroll quality, controls, risks and service performance, taking action where issues arise.

• Drive process improvements, digitalisation and automation to reduce manual work and strengthen efficiency.

• Collaborate with HR, Finance, IT, Rewards, People Services and external providers on payroll-related matters.

• Translate operational needs into clear priorities for payroll systems, integrations and longer-term development.

2. Minimum technical skills

• Extensive hands-on knowledge of Swedish end-to-end payroll within a large or complex organisation.

• Strong knowledge of Swedish payroll legislation, compliance, controls, reporting and the annual payroll cycle.

• Swedish language a must.

• Experience managing payroll for multiple employee groups and collective agreements.

• Strong understanding of payroll systems, integrations, data flows, troubleshooting and external provider management.

• Experience of payroll transformation, process development, digitalisation or system-related change.

• Experience with SAP and HRM-related payroll flows is highly relevant.

• Confidence using payroll data and reporting to identify risks, support decision-making and drive improvements.

3. Leadership and experience level

• Senior Payroll Manager or equivalent leadership-level experience within a large and complex Swedish organisation.

• Proven experience leading experienced payroll specialists through operational complexity, change and improvement.

• Able to balance strategic direction with hands-on operational judgement and decisive issue resolution.

• Demonstrated ability to stabilise payroll delivery while building clear structures, governance, processes and longer-term development plans.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust and align payroll priorities across senior stakeholders and specialist functions.

• Structured and pragmatic leadership style, with the ability to prioritise business-critical activities and create clarity in a changing environment