Overview
Be The Expert Who Makes Payroll Excellence Happen We're looking for a seasoned payroll professional who thrives on complex challenges and delivers results that matter. As our Senior Payroll Analyst, you'll be the go-to expert for multiple countries, leading critical projects and providing solutions that ensure accuracy, compliance, and exceptional service. Whether it's guiding market expansions, optimizing processes, or solving intricate payroll challenges, your expertise will directly impact our global operations and employee experience. If you combine deep technical knowledge with sharp analytical skills and a drive for excellence, we want to talk to you. Key job responsibilities Technical Leadership Serve as subject matter expert for payroll operations across assigned countries Lead payroll components in M&A and expansion projects Design and implement robust control frameworks Maintai
Full job description
Full Job Description
Be The Expert Who Makes Payroll Excellence Happen We're looking for a seasoned payroll professional who thrives on complex challenges and delivers results that matter. As our Senior Payroll Analyst, you'll be the go-to expert for multiple countries, leading critical projects and providing solutions that ensure accuracy, compliance, and exceptional service. Whether it's guiding market expansions, optimizing processes, or solving intricate payroll challenges, your expertise will directly impact our global operations and employee experience. If you combine deep technical knowledge with sharp analytical skills and a drive for excellence, we want to talk to you.
Key job responsibilities Technical Leadership
- Serve as subject matter expert for payroll operations across assigned countries
- Lead payroll components in M&A and expansion projects
- Design and implement robust control frameworks
- Maintain compliance with local regulations
- Develop comprehensive technical documentation and knowledge bases Process Excellence
- Drive end-to-end payroll improvement initiatives
- Lead root cause analysis for complex payroll issues
- Implement and optimize payroll processes
- Support decision-making through formulating and executing financial analysis
- Monitor and enhance operational effectiveness Stakeholder Management
- Build and maintain strong partnerships with key stakeholders
- Provide expert guidance to cross-functional teams
- Lead process improvement consultations
- Drive collaborative solutions across departments Mentoring
- Mentor team members
Basic Qualifications
- Speak, write, and read fluently in English
- Experience in relevant finance roles
- Experience working with stakeholders
- Experience in payroll operations
- Experience in Excel with advanced proficiency (pivots, lookups, etc.)
- Experience working in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment
- Experience in stakeholder management and communication management
- Experience in process improvement
- Deep controllership / statutory compliance knowledge (tax, labour code, social security, garnishments, pension, benefits, terminations)
- Experience leading complex data analysis Proficient in obtaining, organizing, and analyzing data to make fact-based decisions and drive
- Track record of identifying root causes and implementing preventive solutions at scale
- Experience with customer service
Preferred Qualifications
- Speak, write, and read fluently in German
- Experience leading large, fast-moving projects
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams
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Requirements & qualifications
Speak, write, and read fluently in English Experience in relevant finance roles Experience working with stakeholders Experience in payroll operations Experience in Excel with advanced proficiency (pivots, lookups, etc.) Experience working in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment Experience in stakeholder management and communication management Experience in process improvement Deep controllership / statutory compliance knowledge (tax, labour code, social security, garnishments, pension, benefits, terminations) Experience leading complex data analysis Proficient in obtaining, organizing, and analyzing data to make fact-based decisions and drive Track record of identifying root causes and implementing preventive solutions at scale Experience with customer service
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