Amsterdam | 38 hours | Hybrid | People(HR)
As Payroll Team Leader, you will manage your team and together ensure a reliable, accurate, and modern payroll operation. You are both the subject‑matter expert and the operational point of contact: you guide and coach the team, improve processes, safeguard compliance, and work within a well‑structured payroll environment powered by AFAS and MANUS. Together, you handle the full end‑to‑end payroll process for approximately 1,300 employees across the Netherlands.
At JD Sports, you work in an international, fast‑growing environment with more than 90,000 colleagues worldwide You’ll have the space to build, improve, and make a real impact on a professional People organization where inclusion and collaboration are at the core. In the Netherlands, we continue to grow and are looking for motivated talent who want to actively contribute to shaping our People culture.
We value diversity and inclusion and strive to create an environment where everyone feels valued, included, and celebrated.
And putting the colleague first is at the heart of what we do!
Key Responsibilities
In this role, you provide daily leadership to your team, manage onboarding and knowledge transfer, oversee planning, and resolve complex payroll issues. You ensure accurate processing of all changes, support Finance during audits, monitor legal compliance, while proactively identifying risks such as capacity gaps, compliance issues, or backlogs and implementing mitigation plans. You will collaborate closely with People Operations, store management, and Finance, and play an active role in digitalization and continuous improvement projects.
What you bring
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Founded in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, JD Group has grown into a leading global omni-channel retailer in Sports Fashion, Outdoors, and Gyms. Our diverse and dedicated teams operate across a portfolio of renowned retail brands in multiple international markets.
Listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1996 and a proud member of the FTSE100 since 2019, JD Group continues to expand both in the UK and globally driven by a commitment to innovation, excellence, and possibility.
Our vision is to become the world’s most trusted and dynamic omni-channel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us in shaping this future. If you're passionate about contributing to an inclusive, people-first, and customer-centric organisation and are motivated by continuous growth and operational excellence we’d love to hear from you.
