Payroll & Admin Officer
Akur8
| Company | Akur8 |
| Category | Finance |
| Location | Paris |
| Remote | Hybrid |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Not stated |
| Salary | EUR 45k–50k |
| Posted | 23 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Source | Employer career page (ashby) |
Description
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Akur8 is a fast-growing InsurTech scale-up on a mission to help insurers make better decisions, faster.
Our SaaS platform turns complex risk data into clear, transparent insights, enabling teams to price risk accurately today and anticipate claims tomorrow.
Powered by advanced analytics and transparent machine learning, Akur8 brings speed, reliability, and clarity to critical insurance decisions — developed by multidisciplinary teams in product, engineering, and actuarial expertise.
Recognized globally, Akur8 has been featured in:
- CB Insights’ Insurtech 50 (2025)
- CNBC’s InsurTech Top 150 (2025)
- InsurTech100 Global Insurtech Top 100 (2025)
- Professional Equality Index 97/100 (2025)
With 40+ nationalities across 8 global offices, we serve 320+ clients across 4 continents — scaling rapidly in mature insurance markets.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, assessing all applications fairly based on skills, experience, and potential. Diversity, equality, and inclusion are core to who we are.
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As Akur8 continues to scale, we're looking for a rigorous and forward-thinking Payroll & HR Admin Officer to join our People team. Beyond managing core payroll and HR administration, you will play an active role in improving our processes, leveraging automation, and shaping how we work as we grow.
Your responsibilities will include:
Payroll
- Managing payroll for France (Payfit)
- Ensuring monthly and annual social declarations (DUE, mutuelle, AGEFIPH, etc.)
- Working closely with HR & Finance to ensure data consistency and accuracy
- Maintaining up-to-date payroll records and audit-ready documentation
- Staying current on labor law and payroll tax regulation changes
- Ensuring correct processing of benefits, deductions, bonuses, and allowances.
HR admin
- Managing the full employee lifecycle: administrative onboarding, offboarding
- Registering new joiners across all Akur8 systems : HRIS, Payroll, Health Insurance, Expenses … etc.
- Management of medical examinations and occupational health
- Filing and maintaining all HR documentation
- Preparing end-of-contract documents for departing employees
- Managing CPAM reimbursements and subrogation
- Acting as the go-to contact for all HR-related questions (leaves, holidays, transport subsidies, certificates, etc.)
- Collaborating with HR and Legal on labor law compliance across all geographies.
Process Improvement & Automation
- Audit and document existing HR processes, identify bottlenecks and manual steps that can be eliminated or automated
- Drive continuous improvement of HR workflows: onboarding checklists, offboarding processes, payroll reconciliation routines
- Participate in the evaluation and roll-out of new HR tools or integrations
- Leverage AI tools to streamline the HR & Admin processes
- Contribute to the team's digital literacy: share best practices and tools with the broader People team
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We're looking for a serious and rigorous mind that has a solid hands-on experience managing payroll. Ideal candidates possess the following attributes:
- Degree in Human Resources, Payroll, Labor Law, or Business Administration
- 3-4+ years of experience in a similar Payroll & HR Admin role, ideally in a fast-growing startup or tech company
- Strong working knowledge of French labor law and payroll regulations (Syntec knowledge is a plus)
- Experience with multi-country payroll coordination is a plus
- Comfortable using digital and AI tools