Your mission: 

Would you like to join and build a newly created team in Riga?

As our Payroll & Reward Operations Team Leader, you’ll play a key role in ensuring smooth, accurate payroll delivery across multiple European countries. This is a leadership-focused position where you’ll guide a team, partner with external providers, and drive operational excellence in a shared services environment.

What you will do: 

• Lead, coach and develop the Payroll & Reward Operations team, creating a high-performing, collaborative environment
• Act as a senior point of guidance, helping the team resolve complex payroll challenges
• Oversee payroll delivery across Europe, primarily through outsourced providers
• Act as the main day-to-day contact for payroll vendors and monitor payroll performance to ensure accuracy, timeliness and compliance with local regulations
• Serve as the payroll escalation point for People Services Teams and other key stakeholders across Europe.
• Support the onboarding and stabilization of payroll services within the shared service model.
• Ensure robust controls and compliance with audit requirements (including J SOX), data governance and internal policies
• Maintain high levels of data accuracy through validation, reconciliations and quality checks
• Oversee key reward processes such as salary review cycles, benefits reporting and compensation data submissions, support with benchmarking activities and regular reward reporting
• Partner with People Services, Finance and Reward teams to deliver accurate and timely reward insights
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across Europe, acting as a trusted payroll expert
• Serve as the key escalation point for payroll-related queries across the business
• Proactively identify and drive improvements in payroll and reward processes, focusing on standardization, automation and efficiency

What we ask for: 

• Significant experience in payroll operations, preferably including delivery across multiple European countries and/or within shared services environments.
• Proven experience leading and developing teams within payroll or HR operations.
• Demonstrated experience managing outsourced payroll providers.
• Strong understanding of European payroll legislation, statutory requirements, compliance obligations and payroll controls.
• Exposure to reward operations, including salary review processes, benefits administration or compensation reporting.
• Experience handling complex payroll issues and escalations, with the ability to resolve matters independently and communicate effectively with stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills, including advanced Excel capability, with experience in reconciliations, data validation and audit checks.
• Experience working with HRIS and payroll systems and understanding of data integrations across systems.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain complex payroll concepts to non-specialist audiences
• Fluent in English (verbal and written) for communication with colleagues in Europe. 

What we offer:

Montly salary 2350 - 2900 EUR gross (The final offer will be based on the candidate’s assessed skills, knowledge and experience.)

Benefits: 

• Annual bonus.
• Hybrid working module (3+2).
• Health insurance.
• Eye care.
• Wellness/Recognition programs.
• Development programs.
• Employee Discount on Epson products.

Our heritage

We aspire to be an indispensable company, trusted throughout the world for our commitment to openness, customer satisfaction and sustainability. We respect individuality while promoting teamwork, and we are committed to delivering unique value through innovative and creative solutions.

Our commitment to the environment

We all have a role to play in building a better future. For Epson, being a sustainable company means being mindful of every aspect of our organisation – from the smallest lightbulb to the largest factory. It fuels our innovation, drives our growth, motivates our workforce and, ultimately, to contribute to society.

Our people

We believe a healthy culture, strong values, teamwork and contribution from a diverse range of individuals will help us to strive for excellence.

Our brand

Ranked by Clarivate Analytics as a Top 100 Global Innovator brand for the last seven years running

Epson is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applications from individuals of all protected characteristics and are committed to providing any necessary accommodations during the application and assessment process, as well as upon joining our team.

If you require additional assistance for your application or wheelchair access to our facilities, please email recruitment@epson.eu. A member of our team will be happy to assist you.