SNAI - Payroll Manager Fixed Term

Location: Rome

Type of Contract: Fixed term till March 31st 2027

About us:

Flutter, the world’s largest online sports betting and iGaming group listed on the London and New York stock exchanges, is home to the Southern Europe & Africa (SEA) region, featuring iconic brands like Sisal, Snai and PokerStars, a globally loved brand that embodies innovation and ambition, with significant growth potential in a dynamic market.

What you’ll do:

The SNAI Payroll Manager is responsible for ensuring the accurate, timely, and compliant delivery of payroll for a defined cluster of legal entities within the Flutter SEA region.

This role focuses on managing payroll operations, ensuring strong governance and compliance, and supporting payroll transformation initiatives, including payroll provider transitions and process optimization.

The position requires solid experience in payroll operations, vendor management, and the ability to drive improvements in a complex and evolving environment.

Key Responsibilities

Payroll Operations & Delivery

Ensure accurate and timely end-to-end payroll processing for the assigned entities, in collaboration with external payroll providers.

Oversee monthly payroll cycles, including data validation, gross-to-net calculations, and reconciliation.

Manage payroll inputs, controls, and approvals, ensuring data accuracy and completeness.

Monitor payroll KPIs and service levels, ensuring high-quality delivery.

Support statutory reporting, tax filings, and year-end payroll activities.

Payroll Provider Management & Transition

Manage relationships with external payroll vendors, ensuring service quality and SLA compliance.

Act as key point of contact for issue resolution and continuous service improvement.

Support or lead payroll provider transition activities (vendor change, onboarding, and stabilization).

Coordinate payroll migration tasks, including data validation, parallel runs, and go-live support.

Ensure business continuity and payroll accuracy during transition phases.

Process Optimization & Controls

Review and improve payroll and pre-payroll processes to enhance efficiency and reduce risks.

Identify process gaps and implement corrective actions.

Ensure proper documentation of payroll procedures and controls.

Strengthen internal controls to support audit readiness and compliance.

Compliance & Risk Management

Ensure payroll processes comply with applicable legislation, tax regulations, and company policies.

Support internal and external audits, ensuring timely resolution of any findings.

Mitigate risks through strong governance and control frameworks.

What you’ll bring:

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field.

5–7+ years of experience in payroll operations, processes, controls, and compliance requirements.

Proven experience managing external payroll providers and experience in payroll provider transitions or migrations (vendor change, implementation, or stabilization phases).

Experience with HRIS/payroll systems/time management systems (Workday /Zucchetti knowledge is a plus).

Solid understanding of payroll reconciliation and reporting.

Basic project management skills applied to payroll initiatives.

Strong attention to detail and accuracy and ability to manage priorities and deadlines in a dynamic environment.

Excellent stakeholder management, communication skills, problem-solving mindset and proactive approach.

Reliability and accountability.

Experience in managing payroll within structured or international organizations with a fast- paced or evolving structures is a plus.

Experience in payroll transformation or process improvement projects.

Exposure to shared service environments.

Why choose us:

Fixed-term contract – till March 31st 2027.

Meal Allowance.

Supplemental Health Insurance.

The option to join our company share saving scheme.

Choose us also for:

An inclusive work environment and participate in all our initiatives focused on Diversity & Inclusion.

Well-Being Support: online meditation courses, medical online service and counselling with the help of certified psychologists and coaches.

Learning and Development: access a platform full of training courses, join workshops, conferences. Exploit our FlexiLearning program, which allows you to dedicate at least 4 working hours per month for your professional growth.

Parental Leave Packages: additional support for you, children and financial aid for mothers.

Volunteering during your working hours.

Base pay hiring range for this role in Italy - Milan, Rome : €57.000- €69.000 gross per year,under the CCNL Commercio collective agreement, level Quadro.

This is our standard pay guide for the role and location;any offer made will reflect your experience, skills and interview assessment, and will ordinarily fall within this range.

Additional reward elements (benefits and/or incentives) may apply depending on the role and location.

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Equal Opportunity

Flutter SEA is an Equal Opportunity Organization. Diversity and Inclusion are fundamental values for us. We welcome any candidate without distinction of sex, age, culture, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.