HR & Payroll Specialist

Are you a real master in personnel administration and are you curious, independent, supportive and problem-solving? Do you like variety and do you also love music? Then check out this vacancy!

In this role you are part of a small, energetic team of 4 colleagues. You work closely with both the Recruiter, HR Consultant and the Head of HR, to whom you report, and you support them primarily in payroll administration but also work on a variety of other tasks such as pension and insurance management, monthly reports, absenteeism, HR policies. You are the first point of contact for employees with general questions (HRIS, declarations, leave balances, sick leave and pension and insurance etc.). You manage the administration and ensure the correct application of HR policies and will have plenty of room to think about the further professionalization of HR administration and processes. Since Armada holds office in New York and London as well, you also provide support to these offices.

What will you be doing?

• You are responsible for the full management of the payroll cycle in the three offices of Armada;
• You are the first point of contact for employees with questions about employment conditions, salary calculations and personnel pension and insurance;
• You carry out the personnel administration and take care of the input of monthly changes for the salary run;
• You manage the HR inbox and handle general questions from employees;
• You are responsible for absenteeism registration and monitor the relevant deadlines;
• You manage the leave administration, changes and (re)calculations;
• You organize all necessary administration regarding inflow, throughflow and outflow, and inform IT and facility;
• You create monthly reports (from HR2day) for management information;
• You contribute to ideas and the implementation of optimizing HR administration and processes.

What will you bring to the table?

• You’ve acquired a relevant (Bacholer’s) degree (MBO/HBO);
• You have experience with HRM Software (HR2day is a plus), ATS (Recruitee is a plus) and Microsoft Office;
• You have 1-3 years of experience in payroll and HR administration;
• You thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment;
• You are able to prioritize, work across multiple tasks and projects, and communicate on all levels;
• You are able to apply creativity to critical thinking;
• You possess great communication, interpersonal and organizational skills;
• You exercise discretion whilst handling sensitive and confidential information;
• You are highly proficient in spoken and written Dutch and English.

A certificate of conduct (VOG) is required for the position and a reference check is also part of the application procedure.

What will we offer you in return?

At Armada Music, you’ll be pursuing your passion on an international scale. Calling an inspiring and musical environment home, you’ll bump fists with a young and dynamic team of skilled coworkers. We also offer 25 days off per year to force you to miss us every once in a while, and an appealing pension scheme for when we finally decide to grow up. And if that doesn’t convince you, know that we’ve got our own in-office club for wild office parties and Friday afternoon drinks, a gym open to anyone who wants to blow off some steam and colleagues so fun you probably don’t even want to head back home at the end of the day. And of course, we’re stocked up on the music you love. And we’ll pay you. There’s that too, of course.

About Armada Music

Armada Music is the biggest independent dance music label in the world, founded in 2003 by Armin van Buuren, Maykel Piron and David Lewis (AR-MA-DA). Promoting dance music all over the world from its offices in Amsterdam (HQ), New York and London, Armada Music represents and cultivates the creative exploits of some of the biggest players in the electronic music game, including Armin van Buuren, Lilly Palmer, D.O.D, Hannah Laing, ARTY, Audien, Giorgia Angiuli, Yulia Niko, Brando, Cat Dealers, Loud Luxury, Tensnake, Eelke Kleijn, Jan Blomqvist, Joris Voorn, KI/KI, Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano and THEMBA.