Swiss Payroll Operations

Are you ready to take your payroll expertise to the next level? Join our HR Global Operations team as a Senior Associate leading payroll and play a crucial role in ensuring the accurate and timely delivery of payroll for Switzerland. This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, collaborating with key stakeholders and external vendors to streamline payroll processes. Be part of a team that values precision, compliance, and continuous improvement in payroll operations.

As a Senior Associate of Payroll Operations within our HR Global Operations team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the accurate and timely delivery of payroll for Switzerland. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with key stakeholders and external vendors to streamline payroll processes, and lead improvements to the current model. This role offers the chance to enhance the overall control environment, and proactively mitigate risk through effective governance. You will also be responsible for building positive relationships and partnering with external vendors, business, and functional colleagues to ensure consistency, best practices, and effective communication with stakeholders.

Job responsibilities

• Ensure accurate and timely end-to-end processing and delivery of monthly payroll.
• Ensure monthly tax payments and compliance requirements are met for Switzerland Payroll.
• Respond to and resolve employee payroll queries with a strong customer service ethos.
• Collaborate with internal partners (Finance and HR) to ensure seamless payroll processing.
• Partner with external payroll vendors for timely and accurate service delivery.
• Evaluate payroll processes for continuous improvement and identify risks with proposal for solutioning
• Comply with data privacy regulations and maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Work across the EMEA region in partnership with other team members identifying opportunities to standardize procedures and processes.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience leading a team both locally and through a disbursed model.
• Demonstrate ability to drive efficiency through use of Intelligent Automation.
• Strong knowledge of end-to-end Swiss Payroll processes, Tax and Employment Laws as well as knowledge of Swiss Payroll Accounting practices.
• Experience of managing complex cross border, shadow payroll and expatriate work arrangements.
• Strong organization skills and ability to prioritize deliverables for oneself and team. 
• Be a self-motivated and result-oriented individual with an ability and experience to manage, motivate and a lead team of skilled staff consistently, while taking equitable and fair decisions in leadership.
• High attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure within tight deadlines.
• Ability to make sound business decisions and understand when to escalate issues
• Ability to develop strong partnerships with colleagues across the firm and external partners.
• Agile and able to facilitate changes in procedures, processes and systems.
• Fluent in English and French (verbal and oral) with a strong customer focus and strong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex payroll processes or decisions to a variety of audiences.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with ADP Global View and ADP Decidium
• Advanced Excel skills with ability to analyze/ reconcile multiple data points and be able to articulate and present findings.
• Vendor management experience.
• Previous experience in a large global multi-national
• Experience with other EMEA payrolls, in internal or external payroll organizations.