German Speaking Working Student - Payroll Operations & Automation (m/f/d)
Job description
KWS Group published this listing. We've added our own working-student context below — what this role means for your weekly hours, take-home pay and student visa as a student in Berlin, Germany.
Description provided by KWS Group
Your tasks:
- Support payroll operations with a strong focus on systems, tools, and processes
- Analyze and handle payroll‑related tickets (Level 1), identify patterns and improvement potential
- Support automation initiatives (e.g. Agents, workflow optimisation, low‑code solutions)
- Assist in data checks, validations, and reconciliations between payroll, time management, and HR systems
- Help improve process efficiency, data quality, and documentation
- Collaborate closely with payroll and HR IT colleagues on digitalisation and system improvements
- You are currently studying, ideally with a focus on Human Resources, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field
- Strong interest in process automation, systems, and data handling
- You have a quick grasp and the ability to work independently and accurately
- A high level of customer and service orientation is one of your strengths
- For you, teamwork means supporting each other, solving problems together and learning together
- You are not satisfied with the status quo, and you are looking for opportunities to accomplish your tasks even better and more efficiently
- Fluent in German and very good English language skills complete your profile
- A thorough introduction to our processes and IT systems
- A location in the heart of Berlin
- Hybrid working possible, with a mix of office presence and home office
- A great team with a lot of fun at work and regular team events
- A positive and appreciative work environment
- Flat hierarchies and open communication
- An attractive remuneration and flexible working hours
- Access to a cool network of fellow working students
We look forward to receiving your online application via our application system SuccessFactors! Please use the "Apply" function in the online advertisement.
Working student essentials
What this HR working student role in Berlin means for you — the weekly-hours rules, social-contribution perks, and what international students should check before applying.
Weekly hours
Working students may work up to 20 hours a week during the semester and full-time during the breaks. Staying within this keeps your student status and the Werkstudent benefits.
Working student rulesSocial contributions
Under the Werkstudentenprivileg you're exempt from health, care and unemployment insurance contributions — only pension insurance applies. That leaves more net pay than a regular job.
Check your insuranceInternational students
Non-EU students can work 140 full or 280 half days per year (raised from 120/240 in March 2024). A working student contract usually fits within this — confirm the exact limits printed on your residence permit.
Studying in Germany
