People & Culture and Finance Lead – DACH 

About the role 

You are the People & Culture lead for Fluido across the DACH region and the primary local HR and finance partner for Fluido Germany. This is a highly autonomous role that combines strategic HR leadership, employment law, payroll oversight, compliance, employee relations, and financial administration. 

One day, you may be advising the CEO on a sensitive people matter, negotiating a settlement agreement with external counsel, or managing a performance case. Next, you may be reviewing payroll calculations, supporting month-end reporting, coordinating with accountants and payroll providers, preparing employment documentation, or ensuring compliance with German labour law. 

You act as a trusted advisor to leadership while also serving as an advocate for employees. You are the main point of contact for all people-related matters across the employee lifecycle and frequently operate at the intersection of HR, finance, legal, and business operations. 

What you’ll actually do 

Employee Relations, Employment Law & HR Compliance 

• Lead employee relations, employment law and compliance matters across the employee lifecycle, including organisational change, performance management and complex case handling. 

• Advise leaders on German labour law and people-related risks, balancing legal compliance with business needs. 

• Partner with external counsel and in-house legal teams on employment, compliance and litigation matters. 

• Draft and review employment-related documentation, including contracts, amendments, compensation arrangements and separation agreements. 

• Ensure compliance with statutory requirements, internal policies and HR governance across DACH, while supporting wider European people initiatives. 

HR Operations, Payroll & Employee Lifecycle Management 

• Own the end-to-end employee lifecycle across the DACH region, ensuring operational excellence, compliance, and a seamless employee experience from onboarding through to offboarding. 

• Act as the primary governance lead for payroll, overseeing monthly payroll processes, salary changes, bonuses, benefits, final settlements, and complex employee compensation matters in partnership with external payroll providers. 

• Drive HR operations and data integrity across Workday, DATEV, and Salesforce, ensuring accurate employee records, contractual documentation, organizational changes, and workflow management. 

• Lead onboarding, offboarding, background screening, leave management, and employee administration processes for employees and subcontractors. 

• Serve as the key point of contact between employees, managers, payroll providers, finance, and external stakeholders on HR operational matters. 

• Ensure compliance with local labor law requirements, internal governance standards, and audit expectations through robust process ownership and controls. 

• Act as the final quality and compliance checkpoint for payroll and employment-related transactions, proactively identifying risks, discrepancies, and opportunities for process improvement. 

Finance & Cost Control 

• Act as the primary local finance contact for the German entity. 

• Coordinate with accountants and Group Finance on month-end activities, audits, statutory filings and ad-hoc financial matters. 

• Approve and follow up on employee expenses, ensuring accurate allocations and reimbursements. 

• Review financial impacts of headcount changes, severance arrangements, salary increases and restructuring activities. 

• Support budgeting exercises, cost transfers and intercompany charging discussions. 

• Escalate tax, compliance and reporting matters to relevant finance stakeholders. 

Reward, Compensation & Benefits 

• Lead compensation-related initiatives, including salary reviews, promotions and bonus arrangements. 

• Own local benefit programmes, including occupational pensions (bAV) and statutory employee benefits. 

• Drive readiness for EU Pay Transparency requirements, including pay range development, job architecture and pay-gap analysis. 

• Support managers in making equitable and compliant compensation decisions. 

Performance, Talent & Culture 

• Own and continuously improve the performance management framework and performance culture initiatives. 

• Support managers with performance conversations, development planning, retention cases and career progression decisions. 

• Manage career frameworks and contribute to organizational capability development. 

• Deliver manager guidance and employee communications on people-related topics. 

Leadership Partnership 

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and leadership team on confidential employee matters, organisational change and business decisions. 

• Provide pragmatic, risk-based recommendations while maintaining strong employee relations. 

• Challenge decisions constructively when required and ensure people’s considerations are represented during strategic discussions. 

• Lead sensitive communications and change management activities. 

HR Technology, Process Transformation & AI 

• Drive continuous improvement of HR processes, policies and employee experience through practical solutions, automation and AI-enabled ways of working. 

• Leverage HR data and reporting to support decision-making, compliance and workforce planning. 

• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce risk and simplify processes across the employee lifecycle 

What you’ll need 

• Extensive practical experience in HR, employee relations and German employment law. 
• Strong knowledge of payroll administration, compensation, benefits and HR operations. 
• Experience working with finance processes, budgeting, payroll costing and external accountants. 
• Ability to handle highly sensitive and confidential matters with discretion and sound judgement. 
• Business-fluent German and English. 
• Confidence working independently in a matrix organisation and navigating complex approval structures. 
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence senior leaders. 
• Commercial mindset combined with a people-first approach. 
• Curiosity, adaptability and a strong interest in leveraging AI and automation to improve ways of working. 
• Experience supporting HR operations and employment matters across multiple European countries would be an advantage. 
• Based in the Munich area or able to travel to the Munich office at least twice per week.

What to know before applying 

• This role combines HR leadership, employment law, payroll, finance and operational ownership in one position. 

• You are the primary point of contact for most people and employment matters within the DACH region. 

• The role requires balancing business needs, legal compliance and employee experience, often simultaneously. 

• While Fluido operates with an entrepreneurial mindset, many processes require coordination within the broader Infosys ecosystem. 

• In return, you gain significant autonomy, direct exposure to executive leadership and the opportunity to shape how people operations are run across the region.