V Skill HF-D9.5-003 job-specific 9 skills

Payroll administration

Processes payroll changes, calculates pay, deductions and remittances and delivers payslips and returns within the statutory deadlines.

How hrmforce measures this

Test of declarative job knowledge, usually assembled per client.

Level	Behaviour at this level
N1 Guided	Enters submitted payroll changes into the payroll package and checks them for completeness against the checklist. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task
N3 Proficient	Independently processes a payroll run with special cases such as absence and final settlement and explains deviations to the employer. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process
N5 Leading	Sets the processing agreements for payroll, assesses the tax consequences of arrangements and advises the board about them. sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession

N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.

These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.

T	Skill	Definition	Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
V	Running a payroll cycle Payroll processing	Runs the periodic payroll processing, checks the outcomes and makes payslips available.	declining
V	Processing the payroll journal entry Payroll journal entry	Posts the payroll journal entry in the ledger and reconciles wages, deductions and remittances with the accounts.	declining
K	Applying collective agreement pay scales Collective agreement pay scales	Determines the correct pay, increment and allowances for an employee based on the collective agreement.	stable
V	Maintaining leave records Leave administration	Tracks accrual, use and balance of holiday hours, extra statutory days and special leave per employee.	declining
V	Preparing the payroll tax return Payroll tax return	Prepares the payroll tax return, reconciles it with the payroll entries and files it on time.	declining
T	Using Nmbrs Nmbrs	Enters payroll changes, leave and payroll runs in Nmbrs and delivers payslips and journal entries.	stable
T	Using AFAS AFAS	Works in AFAS with the personnel file, payroll changes, salary processing and financial integrations.	stable
V	Processing absence and sickness records Absence payroll processing	Processes sickness and recovery notifications in payroll and adjusts continued pay and benefit claims.	stable
V	Maintaining pension returns and expense scheme Pension reporting	Delivers the pension return and tracks which allowances fall under the Dutch work related costs scheme.	declining