Portfolio are delighted to be working alongside our client in recruiting a highly organised and proactive HR & Payroll Operations Coordinator to support their Netherlands contractor workforce.
This hybrid role - Dutch Speaking HR & Payroll Coordinator - sits at the intersection of HR administration, people operations, and payroll coordination, ensuring that worker data, contracts, onboarding, extensions, leave, allowances, and pay-related actions are processed accurately and on time.
You will be the key link between Talent Managers, Workers, Payroll Shared Services, Finance, and external stakeholders, ensuring compliant processes and an excellent worker experience.
As a Dutch Speaking HR & Payroll Coordinator, you'll be managing HR administration for external workers with a third-party payroll provider, covering onboarding to offboarding. This includes maintaining worker records, supporting compliance, payroll coordination, leave and payment administration, and acting as a point of contact to ensure accurate, fair, and compliant pay and documentation.
* Manage HR administration for external workers with a third-party payroll provider.
* Support HR administration, compliance activities, and worker documentation.
* Create and maintain worker records across multiple systems.
* Support onboarding, screening, and visa/IND processes and deregistration.
* Coordinate holidays, parental leave, and other leave types.
* Manage allowances, expenses, one-off payments, and study costs with Payroll Shared Services.
* Ensure fair and compliant pay in line with legal requirements, collective labour agreements (e.g. ABU CLA), and equal pay rules.
* Issue employer statements, study agreements, and termination letters.
* Act as a key contact for workers and internal stakeholders, responding to HR and payroll queries.
* Ensure accurate payroll data, support corrections, and manage offboarding and final payments.
About you
* At least 5 years’ experience in HR administration, HR operations, or similar support role.
* Fluent in Dutch and English
* Exposure to payroll processes or payroll coordination.
* Strong understanding of Dutch employment processes (contracting, CLA, leave, IND/visa rules).
* Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks.
* Strong communication skills and stakeholder management across teams.
* Comfortable working with HRIS, ATS, and workforce systems (Salesforce, Aybler, or similar).