📍 This Job located in Amsterdam, with the possibility of two remote working days per week

Shine exists to help freelancers and small business owners reclaim the joy of working for themselves.

Running a business shouldn’t mean drowning in financial admin — it should be inspiring and rewarding

By bringing together leading European fintechs like Shine, Kontist and Tellow, we’ve built a single, intuitive platform combining banking, invoicing, accounting and admin, so entrepreneurs can focus on what really matters.

We’re a multicultural team of 400+ people across France, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands, united by a shared mission: making self-employment simpler and more human.

The Payroll Product team at Shine

Shine exists to help freelancers and small business owners reclaim the joy of working for themselves.

Running a business shouldn’t mean drowning in financial admin — it should be inspiring and rewarding.

By bringing together leading European fintechs like Shine, Kontist and Tellow, we’re building a single, intuitive platform combining banking, invoicing, accounting and payroll, so entrepreneurs can focus on what really matters.

We’re a multicultural team of 400+ people across France, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands, united by a shared mission: making self-employment simpler and more human.

Your role as a Payroll Product Expert

As a Payroll Product Expert, you are the payroll authority within the Dutch market. You ensure that our payroll product is legally compliant, accurate and future-proof.

You translate changes in Dutch payroll legislation and collective labor agreements into clear product requirements and configure these rules directly in our payroll backend system, in close collaboration with Product, Development, and Support teams.

All in all, you will act as the bridge between Support and Product, ensuring customer feedback and payroll realities are reflected in the product roadmap.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Acting as the domain expert for Dutch payroll

• Monitoring changes in payroll legislation and take action accordingly

• Implementing and maintaining payroll rules in our internal payroll system

• Translating payroll and legal requirements into clear product tickets for the Product & Development teams

• Testing new features and payroll calculations before release

• Answering complex payroll questions from the Support team

• Supporting with payroll expertise

• Continuously improving payroll processes and product quality

🔎 About you

• Native or fluent Dutch (mandatory)

• Fluent English, spoken and written

• 5+ years of experience in payroll administration

• Recognized as a payroll expert (e.g. experienced payroll specialist)

• Strong knowledge of Dutch payroll, HR, employment law,

• Comfortable working with technical systems:

  • Able to configure payroll rules in a custom payroll backend we created ourselves (don’t worry we will onboard you to our system)

• Precise, structured, and detail-oriented

• Strong communicator with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Proactive, reliable, and service-oriented

Nice to have:

• Background in HR payroll, an accountancy or payroll service or product firm

• Interest in building modern payroll systems rather than maintaining legacy tools

Team

• You will work closely with:

  • 4 Support colleagues

  • 6 Product team members (developers)

• You will act as the key-link between Support and Product

Why this role is special

• Be a part of building the future of payroll, not maintain systems older than 10 years

• Real impact on a product used daily by entrepreneurs

• Strong ownership and autonomy

• Modern office, 15 minutes from Amsterdam Central Station,

• Great daily lunch and social events

• Possibility to work from our other office hubs across Paris, Copenhagen and Berlin

• Collaborative, human-focused fintech environment

🎙️ Our recruitment process

1️⃣ Screening call with Talent acquisition

2️⃣ Short payroll case from home (30 minutes)

3️⃣ On-site deep-dive interview (2 hours)

4️⃣ PTP (personality assessment interview to help you succeed) + Reference checks

5️⃣ Offer

💚 Equal Opportunity Employer

We follow the principle of equal treatment and do not discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, color, racial or ethnic origin, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic, in accordance with applicable law.