International C&B & Payroll Expert

Purpose of the Role

As an International Compensation & Benefits (C&B) and Payroll Expert, you will design, manage and continuously improve global C&B and payroll processes, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and service quality across multiple countries.

You will partner with HR stakeholders, Finance, Legal/Compliance, Payroll vendors, and local HR teams to deliver a consistent employee experience and data‑driven compensation decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the design and maintenance of compensation frameworks (including salary structures, pay bands, job architecture).
• Build and maintain benefits programs (health insurance, life, disability, retirement, leave‑related benefits, etc.).
• Ensure compensation and benefits practices are aligned with HR strategy, market benchmarks, and internal equity principles.
• Analyze compensation and benefits data (market benchmarks, cost impact, participation, and trends).
• Contribute to the development and documentation of C&B policies and guidelines.
• Support annual HR cycles such as salary reviews, bonus planning, and benefits renewals.

B. International Payroll Expertise

• Support the end‑to‑end payroll process for international entities, including payroll calendars and managing input data in line with cut‑off dates.
• Support payroll review, reconciliation and investigate discrepancies.
• Support accurate payroll processing by providing guidance for correct treatment of benefits, taxes, deductions, and employee lifecycle events (hires, changes, terminations).
• Ensure payroll compliance with local regulations, internal controls, and data protection requirements.
• Coordinate with Finance on payroll accounting outputs, including journal‑ready data, accruals, and cost allocations.

C. Cross‑functional & Continuous Improvement

• Act as a key HR Partner for C&B and payroll‑related queries.
• Contribute to process improvements, including SOPs, workflows, and automation.
• Contribute to HR digitalization initiatives (HRIS, payroll systems, reporting tools).
• Ensure strong internal controls and audit readiness for C&B and payroll processes.
• Support international HR projects such as new country setups and process harmonization.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 3 years of experience in Compensation & Benefits and/or International Payroll.
• Proven experience supporting multi‑country payroll operations (in‑house and/or vendor‑managed).
• Strong understanding of employment and international payroll concepts (contract types, benefits integration, deductions/tax basics, employee lifecycle events).
• Experience with global or regional HR operating models (shared services, HR centers of excellence, HRBP partnership).
• Background in HR analytics: ability to use payroll/C&B data to drive decisions and explain outcomes.
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail (numbers accuracy, reconciliation logic, variance detection).
• Strong knowledge of HR governance, compliance mindset, and control framework.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills (able to explain complex C&B/payroll topics clearly).
• Ability to work under time constraints (payroll deadlines, reporting cycles).
• Proactive attitude and strong ownership.
• Fluent English required; additional languages are a plus depending on geographies.

HR Tools & Systems

• HRIS and payroll systems experience (e.g., Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle, SAP HCM, ADP, Ceridian, etc.) or other HR platforms.
• Advanced user of Excel or Google sheet (mandatory): modeling, reconciliation, pivot tables, dashboards.
• Experience with HR reporting tools (Power BI / Tableau / similar) is a plus.
• Ability to work with documentation and compliance records.

Compliance & Ethics

• Understand and apply applicable labor, payroll, and data protection requirements.
• Maintain confidentiality of employee data and payroll information.
• Follow internal control procedures and vendor governance.