Our partner is an international company with a presence across multiple markets, currently looking for an experienced professional to support and further develop its EMEA payroll and benefits operations.
Main responsibilities:
- Analyse existing payroll and benefits setups across EMEA and identify opportunities for harmonisation, centralisation and cost optimisation
- Develop business cases and recommendations for senior HR and Finance stakeholders
- Lead the implementation of payroll and benefits solutions across multiple countries
- Oversee end-to-end payroll operations, ensuring accuracy, compliance, controls and timely delivery
- Manage relationships with external payroll and benefits providers and coordinate key stakeholders
- Drive the standardisation and consolidation of payroll providers, processes, systems, data and governance
- Partner with Finance on payroll accounting, reconciliations, accruals, payments and reporting
- Lead payroll transformation projects, including provider selection, system implementations, automation and process improvements
- Ensure compliance with local payroll, tax, social security, pension and benefits requirements
- Proactively identify issues and opportunities and continuously improve the overall EMEA payroll framework
Required skills:
- 6–8 years of experience in payroll, payroll operations, HR operations or Compensation & Benefits
- Hands-on knowledge of multi-country payroll within EMEA and experience working with external payroll partners
- Proven experience in payroll harmonisation, centralisation, transformation or provider consolidation
- Experience taking ownership of regional projects and coordinating implementation across different countries
- Confident communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to work effectively with senior-level colleagues
- A structured, analytical approach and a genuine interest in finding more efficient and cost-effective ways of working
- A proactive personality with the ability to take an initiative from identifying a need through to delivering the solution
- Fluent English is essential
Advantages:
- Knowledge of another European language would be a plus
What our partner can offer to you:
- International working environment
- Long-term career opportunities within a growing company
- Cafeteria
- Car allowance
- Hybrid work (2 days home office/week)
- Central location
- Involvement in process improvement and business-impacting activities