Project Payroll Expert - Global

The opportunity

You will deliver important business or HR initiatives within a dynamic global team, working with various cross functional stakeholders, including payroll vendors. You will manage, oversee or support payroll related projects, while directly contributing to the company’s broader strategic goals.
 

How you will make an impact:

• Lead and deliver global payroll projects – this will include coordination across countries to ensure that necessary changes in payroll systems are executed timely and correctly. This may also include work on integrations (oversight to technical teams).
• Act as the payroll subject-matter expert for projects and broader payroll transformation initiatives.
• Manage and collaborate with external payroll vendors — ensuring project
  service quality and timeliness adherence and acting as escalation point for issues or concerns.
• Drive process review or design — assess impact of the project on the payroll processes, identify areas for updates or definition.
• Drive compliance — ensure adherence to local rules, legislation and data privacy regulations.
• Partner with stakeholders — including HR, IT, local payroll teams, and external vendors — to deliver projects on time, on scope, and with clear change management and communication.
• Support knowledge sharing and enablement — update or develop necessary process documentation and provide (or orchestrate) training to local payroll teams on new systems and processes.

Your background:

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, finance or similar related fields of education.
• At least 7 years of payroll industry, with a minimum of 3+ years in global or regional payroll leadership or project roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading payroll or HRIS projects (e.g. system implementations and/ or integrations, process redesign).
• Strong project management capabilities (certifications like PMP, Prince2, or Agile are an additional advantage).
• Digital experience with global HCM systems and payroll platforms. Effective use of office applications: MS Office, effective PPT creation and Excel.
• Effective communication: excellent communication skills, with the ability to document complex concepts in an easy way (English and power point in action).
• Excellent analytical thinking, problem-solving, and attention to detail.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, capable of working in a matrixed, multicultural environment.