EMEA Payroll Supervisor - France

Overview

EMEA Payroll Supervisor - France

The France Payroll Supervisor position is a leadership opportunity focused on supporting management and elevating our payroll processing for France. The position will also play a key role in supporting the end-to-end French payroll process outsourced to our 3rd party vendor to ensure payroll accuracy and compliance. The France Payroll Supervisor will be a part of the Global Finance Shared Services organization.

How You’ll make an impact

• Participate in ongoing internal process improvements.
• Ensure accurate and timely processing of the Company’s payroll in France:
  • Payroll issues are escalated and resolved with root cause analysis and corrective action for all levels of employees and management, with a focus on ensuring a positive and seamless employee experience in partnership with HR Shared Services. Responsible for day‑to‑day oversight of issues and positive seamlessness.
  • Oversee the timely preparation, processing, maintenance and appropriate distribution of payroll information, payroll reports, all tax year end reports, payroll manuals and related payroll working instructions.
  • Establish partnerships with third party vendors to ensure effective service delivery.
  • Be a back up for the payroll team.
• Ensure payroll services are processed in accordance with established global policies and procedures along with all legislative compliance requirements (including tax and labor laws).
• Direct and audit payroll procedures to include earnings, garnishments, tax withholding, and absence processing and ensure compliance with organizational procedures.
• Work closely with Legal, Compliance, and Benefits teams to identify, resolve, and avoid payroll compliance issues.
• Identify and drive continuous performance improvement projects to improve payroll accuracy, compliance, productivity and/or employee satisfaction for France:
  • Ensure end‑to‑end processes are well‑thought through to address customer and regulatory requirements.
  • Develop and implement best practices, key performance indicators and SLA metrics for department.
• Support payroll manager with team’s development to optimize operational excellence and create a deeper bench of experienced talent.
• Manage projects across multi-disciplinary functions of Payroll within allotted timeframes and budgets.
• Maintain confidentiality of any payroll, private employee information and any proprietary information and ensure payroll information is secure.

What You’ll bring

• BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Additional degrees/certifications such as: MBA, Six Sigma, etc. enhance candidacy.
• 7 – 10 years of relevant experience in payroll in a diverse, complex global enterprise.
• 2 – 3 years of experience in managing a small team (1 – 3 direct reports).
• Experience in managing third‑party payroll services providers.
• Experience working in systems such as SAP, SuccessFactors, ADP Global View, ADP GTA (Zadig) and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience in payroll system implementation – data validation and data analysis, implementation of Payroll Internal Controls and Procedures.
• Knowledge and experience with stock, travel and time and attendance programs.
• Working knowledge of French payroll legislation and statutory declarations (URSSAF, DSN, prélèvement à la source, Agirc‑Arrco, CSE) and French labor law.
• Proactive, motivated, results‑oriented individual capable of partnering with diverse perspectives and backgrounds to negotiate positive outcomes that impact the work of internal, external and cross‑functional partners.
• Demonstrated focus on providing excellent employee experience.
• Comfortable in a fast‑paced, complex, and highly matrixed environment.
• Strong process redesign and/or efficiency.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to confidently present complex information to all levels of the organization is required.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Fluent (both orally and in writing) in English and French.

Benefits

• Life and accident insurance,
• Private Health Care Services – unlimited examinations, checkups in numerous specialties free of charge
• Competitive salary and cafeteria
• 100% commuting allowance for non‑Budapest residents, monthly BKK pass
• Annual bonus
• Annual salary review
• Marriage and childbirth allowanceSchool start allowance
• Loyalty award
• Employee Referral Program with remarkable referral bonus
• All You Can Move contract possibility/gym facility usage for free of charge
• Hybrid working model (3 days onsite and 2 days home office. Our office is located in Budapest, Futó u. 47, 1082)