Payroll Accountant

Would you like to take ownership of payroll processes in a global, purpose‑driven company? Are you motivated by accuracy, collaboration, and ensuring employees are paid correctly and on time? We are looking for a Payroll Accountant to strengthen our Finance organization and support our growing payroll setup.

Boost our team

As our new Payroll Accountant, you will play a key role in ensuring reliable, and well-functioning payroll processes across several countries. You will join our small but highly dedicated Danish Payroll team with Group Finance, consisting of 35+ colleagues across our sites in Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and USA.

Collaboration is at the heart of how we work, and you will partner closely with HR, local managers, and international stakeholders to secure consistent and transparent payroll processes across the organization.

You will report to the Head of Accounting & ESG Finance. The position is located in our headquarters in Hellerup, Denmark.

This is how you impact our organization

In this role, you will be responsible for parts of the payroll process ensuring accurate, compliant, and well‑functioning processes, with a particular focus on:

• Ownership and continuous improvement of time registration processes in Denmark (ProMark), including transaction reviews, user support and training
• Ownership of payroll processing and coordination for multiple countries via the DEEL platform, in close collaboration with People & Organization
• Support and backup for Danish payroll execution (Visma) as well as handling of payroll‑related employee inquiries
• Management of reimbursements related to sickness and parental leave in Denmark
• Salary‑related reconciliations and support to month‑end, year‑end, and audit processes

Are you our next payroll pioneer?

You bring experience from payroll and accounting, ideally including Danish payroll, time registration systems, and international payroll processes.  You enjoy working with complex processes and multiple systems (payroll, ERP, Excel) and enjoy solving challenges along the way. Experience with hourly payroll, collective agreements, or platforms such as ProMark, Visma, or DEEL is an advantage.

You are structured, detail‑oriented, and proactive, with a strong sense of responsibility and a natural service mindset.

You communicate professionally in both English and Danish, enabling effective collaboration with colleagues, managers, and external partners.

Why join us?

We offer the opportunity to:

• Play a central role in ensuring accurate payroll across multiple countries
• Work with a broad range of systems and stakeholders
• Strengthen and influence payroll processes as we continue to expand internationally
• Contribute to a company driven by purpose, innovation, and collaboration

Help us ensure smooth payroll operations while supporting our mission to protect lives worldwide.

Ready to make a difference? Apply now! 

We are actively reviewing applications and are excited to learn more about you. If this sounds like the next step in your career, please submit your application by clicking the “Apply” button. We look forward to receiving your CV, a cover letter is not mandatory. Applications submitted via email will not be considered; all applications must be submitted through our designated platform.

We kindly request that headhunters or recruitment agencies refrain from contacting us regarding this position. 

Founded in 1994, we have +30 years of experience developing life-saving vaccines. We are a global leader in smallpox and mpox vaccines. Our commercial product portfolio contains market-leading vaccines against rabies, tick-borne encephalitis, cholera, typhoid, and Ebola. We are headquartered in Denmark and have manufacturing, research, and sales offices across Europe and North America. Our values – our Bavarian Nordic DNA, as we like to call it – are what guide our actions every day. We act as persistent pioneers, embrace change, value being boosted by the team, and believe in protecting lives every day. If that is also a part of your DNA, we invite you to join us at Bavarian Nordic! Bavarian Nordic is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

www.bavarian-nordic.com

#LI-MH1