HR Generalist (m/f/d) | Focus on Payroll & People Operations

About the Position

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We are looking for an HR Generalist (m/f/d) | Focus on Payroll & People Operations to join our team in Aachen. Our company, with a global market share of over 75%, is dedicated to building software components for the CAD/CAM industry, ensuring CNC machines and robots run safer, faster, and more efficiently.

Location: Aachen | Hybrid (4 days on-site / 1 day remote)

Working Hours: Full-time (40 hours/week)

Salary Range: €40,000 – €48,000 gross per year (depending on relevant experience and qualifications)

Start Date: As soon as possible

Responsibilities

• Payroll: Independently manage the monthly payroll process for our employees in Germany, ensuring accuracy and timely execution.
• Employee Lifecycle: Support and manage all payroll-related processes throughout the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, contract changes, reporting, and certification requirements.
• Advisory: Serve as a point of contact for employees, managers, and external stakeholders on payroll, tax, and social security matters.
• International Environment: Coordinate our international payroll processes and collaborate with external payroll providers and tax consultants.
• Data & Systems: Maintain employee master data and ensure high data quality across our HR and payroll systems.
• Continuous Improvement: Prepare reports and analyses while actively contributing to the enhancement of HR and payroll processes.
• Compliance: Monitor legislative changes and support their implementation in payroll-related processes.
• People Operations: Contribute to administrative HR topics and exciting People Operations projects.

Requirements

• Professional Background: Completed commercial training, further qualification in payroll administration, or a degree in Human Resources, Tax, Finance, or a comparable field.
• Payroll Experience: Practical experience in payroll administration and the ability to manage the monthly payroll cycle independently.
• Expertise: Solid knowledge of payroll tax and social security regulations; knowledge of employment law is a plus.
• Systems: Experience working with payroll and HR software such as DATEV, Personio, or comparable systems.
• Working Style: Structured, detail-oriented, and reliable, with a high level of accuracy.
• Ownership: A strong sense of responsibility and a solution-oriented, service-minded approach.
• Continuous Improvement Mindset: Interested in challenging existing processes and driving improvements.
• Languages: Fluent German and good English communication skills, both written and spoken.

We Offer

• Flexibility: Trust-based working hours, flexible office schedules, and various remote work models.
• A Great Workplace: Height-adjustable desks, at least two monitors, ergonomic equipment, and fast, pragmatic IT support.
• Energy: Free drinks, free lunch in our Aachen office cafeteria, ice cream in the summer, and yes, we also have the famous fruit basket.
• Health & Well-being: Yoga and back-health classes, free vaccinations, showers and changing rooms, company runs, and internal movement challenges.
• Growth & Development: Annual feedback and development discussions, workshops, training courses, coaching, external supervision for teams, free language courses, and opportunities to participate in research projects (depending on your role).
• Community: International teams representing more than 25 nationalities, an informal culture, no dress code, annual team-building budgets, and events such as Hackathons, Summer Jams, Christmas parties, and Pizza & Afterwork gatherings.
• Mobility: Bike leasing, subsidized Germany ticket, excellent public transport connections, on-site parking spaces, and bicycle parking facilities.

About the Company

More than 200 ModuleWorkers build software components for the CAD/CAM industry – powering and simulating CNC machines and robots. In simple terms: many of our products are the “brains” that help machines run safer, faster, and more efficiently. Our 75%+ global market share didn’t happen by accident: it’s the result of a team that works with care, pragmatism, and a high bar for quality – and that values diversity, respectful collaboration, and reliability in everyday work. The same applies to our hiring process: we welcome applications from everyone who meets the role requirements – regardless of gender, age, disability, background, religion, or sexual identity. Because in the end, what matters to us is how we treat each other: as people.

Ready to Move Forward on Your Career Path? Let’s Go!

Send your application to [email protected].

Please include your CV (cover letter optional) and relevant certificates/references as PDFs. Helpful for us: earliest possible start date and salary expectations (so we can move quickly).

Any questions?

Feel free to reach out to me!

Sarah El Sayed, HR Recruiter

+49 241 9900040 | [email protected]

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