Payroll Analyst

Do you love payroll? Come do payroll differently with us

We are looking for a payroll professional who wants to be customer obsessed and take the payroll experience to another level to help build our rapidly growing company. Every day we are encouraged and driven to improve processes and look for better solutions on behalf of our internal customers.

Does it sound great? What will you be working on?

• You will be an owner and fully accountable of the payroll processing cycle for a country or a company depending on size and complexity

• Payroll Balances and controls at input and output (Source to Gross, Gross to Net)

• Payroll Accounting support

• Complex payroll queries & escalations

• Vendor operations management

• Point of contact for stakeholders (Benefits, Compensation, Stock Options, HR Services, Local HR, Recruitment, Accounting, Treasury and others)

• Projects: process improvement (Six Sigma), country expansions, new payroll setup

Can you handle more?

• You can improve our processes in cooperation with the Operational Excellence team

• You can develop your career by joining Payroll Academy and many other available trainings

• You can use your ideas to run your own "Just Do It" projects

• 1+ years of experience in French Payroll processes & systems
• English and French language proficiency
• Deep controllership / statutory compliance knowledge (tax, labor code, social security, garnishments, pension, benefits, terminations, RSUs, expatriate payroll)
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and competing objectives in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytical and statistical skills
• Proficient in obtaining, organizing, and analyzing data to make fact-based decisions and drive
• Root cause analysis

• MS Office knowledge - especially advanced MS Access and MS Excel Office (VBA, macros)

• Knowledge of SQL is advantage

• Experience in leading projects
• Team focused with particular ability to work across teams
• Deep knowledge of personal income tax legislation, labor law (labor code), insurance, sickness processing, French pay calculation process
• Familiar with SAP, PeopleSoft, Workday, ADP software

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