Payroll Accountant
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for a highly organized, detail-oriented, and experienced Payroll Accountant to join our Finance and Administration team.
The Finance and Administration team manages everything from payroll and travel expenses to client invoices and employee inquiries. In short, we take care of all the behind-the-scenes work that keeps a 400-person global company running smoothly.
We’re a small but highly efficient team of six looking for an experienced Payroll Accountant to help us keep things running like clockwork. In this role, you’ll be making work easier and better for hundreds of employees, who will remain blissfully unaware of the mountain of spreadsheets, documents, and policies you’ve had to go through to accomplish it. But they’ll definitely appreciate it when you land in their inbox with the best news of the month: their payroll statement.
Our ideal colleague is someone who enjoys crunching numbers, pays attention to the tiniest details, and is motivated and dedicated to their work. It’s vital that all team members have top-notch organizational skills, can prioritize tasks effectively, and always keep deadlines in mind. Our new colleague should also be a team player and be happy to accept new challenges.
If you excel in Excel and know how to balance numbers, deadlines, and priorities, we’re saving you a seat in the office with the best view in the building.
Work model: hybrid
Working location: Zagreb
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Your responsibilities
- processing payroll for all Infinum employees, including preparing and filing JOPPD forms
- reconciling payroll accounts with the general ledger
- checking that payroll accounts are balanced and cleared after each pay run
- year-end General Ledger account reconciliation
- reconciliation of balances with the Tax Authorities
- preparing annual leave provision calculations for the Corporate Income Tax return
- issuing outgoing invoices for benefits in kind (experience with Fiscalization 1.0)
- processing service contracts and other taxable income
- cooperation with auditors
- maintaining the HR database and notifying relevant team members about employee changes as needed
- addressing employee inquiries on payroll, deductions, and other matters
- staying up-to-date with legislation in the area of payroll and bookkeeping
- collaborating with different departments (e.g., Sales, Marketing, Legal)
- creating payment orders
- maintaining spreadsheets and databases
- preparing reports and statistics for internal and external purposes
- collaborating with labor law institutions (HZMO, HZZO, HZZ)
- ensuring correct and accurate personnel administration
- handling the administrative processes related to employee benefits
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Qualifications & experience
- educational background in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field
- payroll processing experience
- minimum of two years of relevant experience
- solid understanding of accounting principles
- familiarity with Croatian labor law and tax regulations
- advanced computer skills
- proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- good communication skills
- excellent command of written and spoken English and Croatian
- exceptional accuracy, attention to detail, and organizational skills
- flexible mindset and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances
- high level of discretion and confidentiality
The hiring process, explained
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First interview
You talk to the HR person leading you through the selection process. You get to know Infinum, your potential future team and position, while we also get to know you.
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Live assignment
Designed to show you the kind of tasks you will meet with regularly and to give you a better insight into the position itself. It also gives us an insight into your skills and experience with relevant technologies.
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Online testing
You solve a couple of psychological tests that usually include personality tests, logical sequences, and performance and concentration tests, which give us an insight into your character, capacities, and aptitudes.
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Meet the team
This is where you get the chance to mingle with your potential future teammates. You can ask questions, get some practical information first-hand, and check out how it all feels in practice. It goes both ways, of course.
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Final interview
You talk to the CFO, Accounting Manager, and an HR Business Partner. You get a deeper insight into the position and our expectations, while we get the opportunity to ask you more specific questions.
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Offer
All going well, in this stage we send you the offer, which includes all the information from salary details and vacation days to other perks and benefits of working at Infinum.
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Next thing you know
You’ll be clicking away on your million-cell spreadsheets while sipping coffee and enjoying the daily office buzz.
What do we offer?
Feedback and feedforward
Honest communication fuels growth. In our 1 on 1 sessions, 360 reviews, and career progression meetings, we discuss what is great and what could be improved.
Educational budget
We allocate yearly resources for employee education, including books, software, courses, or other learning materials. Big brain energy!
Paid language courses
Paid language courses help our employees master the English language.
Doing a career switch
We don’t have a sorting hat to tell you where you belong, but we will support your career switch from one job position to another.
Traveling on business
Having clients all over the world means our employees sometimes have to travel to and work from beautiful locations.
Subsidized recreation
Stay in shape with a sponsored fitness membership of your choice.
Sponsored health checks
You know the old saying – the greatest wealth is health.
Free power-ups
Snack on fruit, cookies, and nuts to keep your energy levels up.
Car and bike parking
Don’t let it get caught in the rain. We offer free parking for bicycles and subsidized car parking.
Flexible working hours
Tailor your working hours to fit your schedule.
Fun and games budget
Every team gets a monthly budget to hang out and do fun stuff.
Tools
we use
Productive
We use Productive for time tracking, budgeting, and project management. It helps us organize all information in one place.
Slack
We use Slack for work and fun. It’s our go-to tool for maintaining sanity both at the office and remotely.
Google Sheets
For all kinds of data analysis, weekly planning, and keeping track of sprints, we use a lot of Google Sheets.
Handbook
Through the years, we’ve built a vast repository of knowledge related to project management and agile methodologies.
CPP
Bookkeeping software we use for bookkeeping in Croatia.
QuickBooks
Bookkeeping software we use for bookkeeping in the US.
Xero
Accounting software for our UK office that makes our day-to-day work easier.
Apply for this position
Infinum is committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. We are an equal-opportunity employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, abilities, and experiences. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.