Payroll & HR Operations Specialist
About the job
- Proven experience in payroll or human resources operations.
- Strong knowledge of Greek labor, payroll, and social security legislation.
- Practical experience with ERGANI II, time and attendance, and payroll processes.
- Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with payroll and compensation data.
- Experience with payroll and/or human resources information system platforms.
- Strong numerical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and a strong control mindset.
- High level of ownership, accountability, and confidentiality.
- Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and deliver accurately within demanding deadlines.
- Genuine interest in artificial intelligence, automation, and human resources technology.
- Manage and validate monthly payroll inputs, ensuring accuracy and completeness before payroll closing.
- Monitor time and attendance, overtime, leave, absences, allowances, benefits, and compensation changes.
- Perform payroll checks, reconciliations, and variance analysis before finalization.
- Manage employee lifecycle documentation, including hires, contractual changes, and terminations.
- Handle payroll-related processes and submissions through ERGANI II.
- Ensure compliance with Greek labor, payroll, and social security legislation.
- Maintain accurate employee and payroll data across human resources and payroll systems.
- Prepare payroll, headcount, and compensation reports.
- Work closely with Human Resources, Finance, Accounting, and external partners.
- Respond to employee payroll queries accurately and confidentially.
- Proactively identify payroll risks, inconsistencies, and exceptions before they impact payroll closing.
- Actively use KIEFER’s AI ecosystem, including Sophea Nous and Sophea Meet, alongside other digital and automation tools.
- Apply artificial intelligence to payroll data validation, anomaly detection, reporting, and documentation.
- Identify opportunities to automate repetitive workflows, improving speed, accuracy, and control.
- Use artificial intelligence and data tools to support smarter human resources operations and decision-making.
- Continuously challenge existing processes and identify simpler, faster, and more effective ways of working.
About the company
kIEFER TEK LTD is a Greek EPC contractor in the renewable energy sector, delivering end-to-end solutions for energy systems. It develops, designs, supplies, constructs, and maintains photovoltaic, wind, small hydro, and biogas projects, as well as energy storage stations. The company manages the full project lifecycle from development to operation, using a turnkey approach that combines low initial costs with long plant life and ongoing monitoring and maintenance to optimize performance. It differentiates itself through its comprehensive lifecycle service, competitive pricing, and a growing footprint in Southeast Europe (Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania) with ISO 9001:2015 quality certification and a 200 MW operating license. Its goal is to build long-term client relationships by delivering high-quality, cost-efficient projects while expanding capacity and storage across Greece and the region, aiming for about 1 GW of storage and securing 1 GW of additional renewables capacity in 2021–2024.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Grant
Total Funding
$190K
Headquarters
Municipality of Marousi, Greece
Founded
2014
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Athens International Airport validated KIEFER on a globally visible, safety-critical project in 2026.
- KIEFER already deployed 600-plus MW of renewable projects, proving delivery capability.
- Jinko’s partnership and Recovery Fund financing support KIEFER’s next-stage capital plan.
What critics are saying
- KIEFER’s 175 million euro pivot from EPC to AI stretches execution across two industries.
- Megalopolis depends on demand, with only 10 MW planned initially and 150 million euros unfunded.
- International expansion into Poland, Germany, Romania, Bulgaria, Italy, and Austria risks dilution and delays.
What makes Kiefer unique
- KIEFER delivered Athens Airport’s 35.5 MWp PV plus 82 MWh storage project in 2026.
- KIEFER is vertically integrating energy EPC with AI infrastructure, models, and robotics.
- KIEFER claims Greece’s first Nvidia Blackwell and SuperPOD deployment in Megalopolis.
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Benefits
- Remote Work Options
- Relocation Assistance