Payroll Specialist - France

Charles De Gaulle

What youll be doing

As a Payroll Specialist, you’ll manage accurate and timely payroll for a dedicated group of colleagues across easyJet’s network, ensuring compliance with local laws, collective agreements, and company policies. You’ll work closely with HR, Finance, and external vendors, handling end-to-end payroll processing, data validation, reconciliations, and employee queries while contributing to process improvements and maintaining strong internal controls. You’ll support audits, help implement system changes, and occasionally assist other countries in our European network to maintain consistent practices. For France, you’ll ensure full compliance with French payroll legislation, manage relationships with stakeholders, and handle statutory payments and reporting, bringing strong knowledge of tax, social security, and collective labour agreements. Your attention to detail, organisational skills, and proactive approach will help deliver a seamless, professional payroll experience in a fast-paced environment.

What you need to do the role

To excel in this role, you’ll need solid experience managing the end-to-end payroll cycle, ensuring everything runs smoothly, accurately, and in line with local regulations and deadlines. You’ll be detail-focused, risk-aware, and comfortable maintaining strong controls and audit readiness, while building trusted relationships with colleagues across HR, Finance, vendors, and the wider business. You’ll bring analytical skills to spot and resolve payroll issues, and be confident using systems like Workday, Excel, SharePoint, and ticketing tools. You’ll take ownership for delivering high-quality work on time, work well in a collaborative team environment, and thrive in a fast-paced, complex European business. Professionalism, empathy, and discretion are essential when dealing with sensitive information. Fluency in English and the local language of your assigned country is crucial, as is the ability to explain payroll matters clearly to a range of audiences. Experience in the airline or retail sectors, exposure to international payrolls, or formal payroll qualifications would be a bonus. Personally, you’ll be organised, proactive, solutions-focused, and adaptable, with a positive approach to change and a genuine team spirit.

What we offer in return

• Competitive base salary
• Up to 20% bonus
• 25 days holiday Plus 12 RTT
• SAYE share schemes
• Mutuelle and Prévoyance Insurances 
• Life Assurance
• Flexible benefits package
• Excellent staff travel benefits

Location & Hours of Works

This full-time role will be based in Luton and will be 35 hours per week. Hybrid working with 3 days in the office.

About easyJet

At easyJet our aim is to make low-cost travel easy – connecting people to what they value using Europe’s best airline network, great value fares, and friendly service.

It takes a real team effort to carry over 90 million passengers a year across 35 countries. Whether you’re working as part of our front-line operations or in our corporate functions, you’ll find people that are positive, inclusive, ready to take on a challenge, and that have your back. We call that our ‘Orange Spirit’, and we hope you’ll share that too.

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We encourage individuality, empower our people to seize the initiative, and never stop learning. We see people first and foremost for their performance and potential and we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates.

At easyJet, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace that reflects the diverse customers we serve across Europe. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds. If you require specific adjustments or support during the application or recruitment process, such as extra time for assessments or accessible interview locations, please contact us at ma.recruitment@easyjet.com. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to ensure accessibility and accommodation. .

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