Senior Payroll Specialist

The Senior Payroll Specialist will be responsible for the comprehensive management of the company’s payroll activities, ensuring accuracy, compliance with Italian legislation, and process efficiency. This role will handle payroll and salary processing as well as oversee process audits, with the goal of optimizing procedures and ensuring adherence to regulations and internal standards.

Please note, our Talent Acquisition team and some Hiring teams are based in the UK so parts of the recruitment process will be in English. Please also upload your resume in English, thanks!

As our new Senior Payroll Specialist , you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Complete oversight of payroll operations, including the collection and processing of monthly attendance data and verification of salary and tax/contribution calculations, ensuring accuracy and adherence to processing timelines.
• Supervises compliance with Italian labour legislation, contractual agreements, and contributions, coordinating with the payroll provider to ensure national and local regulatory updates are followed.
• Reviews payroll processes to identify improvement areas, ensuring the adequacy of internal controls and adherence to quality standards.
• Supervise the operation of the Time Attendance platform (Zucchetti) to verify its constant updating and correct dialogue with pay roll
• External Relations Management: Interfaces with social security, tax, and union agencies, ensuring the appropriate handling of mandatory communications and payments managed by the payroll provider and/or relevant internal functions.
• Reporting: Prepares periodic reports for management on payroll activities and audit results, recommending actions to improve process efficiency and reduce non-compliance risks.

You’ll have:

• At least 5 years of experience in payroll, preferably in structured settings, with solid experience as an HR process auditor.
• Excellent knowledge of Italian labor legislation, including contractual, tax, and contribution aspects, preferably including the Journalist National Collective Labor Agreement (CCNL Giornalisti).
• Familiarity with main payroll software, Time attendance software (Zucchetti) and advanced Excel skills.
• Structured approach and problem-solving orientation, with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to interact effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be. 

As part of our team,you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop. 

DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:  

AMBITIOUS – people who want to make a big impact and drive DAZN forward.

INVENTIVE – people with bright ideas who deliver great new experiences for our customers – and improvements for our business. People who come up with better, simpler ways of doing things. 

PASSIONATE – people who are proud of our product, our content and our business – and love to shout about it. People who love what they do and show commitment every day. 

BRAVE – people who take difficult decisions to help us focus on improving DAZN, our performance and our results.

SUPPORTIVE – people who know that we achieve more as a team than as individuals. People value inclusion and look out for each other, helping their colleagues enjoy their work and develop their careers. People who consider others before making decisions. 

At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities. 

Everyone has the opportunity to make change and impact our DEI journey by joining our ERGs: Proud@DAZN, Women@DAZN, Disability@DAZN and ParentZone.

If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.

Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.

We look forward to hearing from you.