Senior Payroll Analyst

<p><strong>Senior Payroll Analyst - Financial Operations Team</strong><br/><strong>Hybrid Role - Berlin Offices</strong></p> <p><br/>Wayfair’s EU Financial Operations team is seeking a Payroll Senior Associate. We are looking for the right<br/>individual to support the European Payroll team.</p> <p>The ideal candidate will bring strong organizational and planning skills, highly motivated, detail oriented, collaborative, self-motivated, customer oriented mindset, a high sense of urgency and problem-solving abilities to the role. This person should be smart, engaging, fun, curious, and unflappable!</p> <p>Wayfair’s EU Financial Operations team supports and manages the day-to-day activities for many teams<br/>across the organization. These activities include Invoice processing, supplier &amp; vendor statement<br/>reconciliation and payment, cash collections, expense payments, employee salary payments, supplier<br/>credit card programs - the list goes on! This team serves as a Finance service centre for all employees,<br/>Suppliers, Vendors, Category Management, Offshore teams, legal, HR. This is a unique opportunity for<br/>someone with excellent organizational skills to take their career to the next level.</p> <p><br/><strong>Key Responsibilities Include:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Prepare Monthly Payroll to ensure the timely processing of payroll across several EU entities<br/>with primary responsibility for Germany.</li> <li>Ensure payroll reporting and employee payments are accurate and compliant with company<br/>policy and local country and EU regulations</li> <li>Working within the payroll team to assist your team mates with their workload and cover<br/>periods of leave.</li> <li>Responsible for updating and maintaining the following guidelines and training documents:</li> <li>Payroll Process documentation</li> <li>Up to date Payroll InfoHub page</li> <li>Payroll data in various systems</li> <li>Ensuring quality and completeness of payroll data across company systems</li> <li>Respond to employee tickets and resolve employee monthly payroll queries in line with Payroll<br/>SLAs</li> <li>A relentless focus to employee satisfaction must be maintained at all times</li> <li>Liaise with internal stakeholders (Talent teams, field employees, Finance team) and external<br/>stakeholders (health insurance companies, insurance companies and authorities) to ensure a<br/>smooth and accurate monthly payroll process.</li> <li>Actively engage in continuous improvement initiatives across teams:</li> <li>Ensure timely guidance is provided to the Business on Payroll timelines &amp; expectations</li> <li>Embrace Wayfair's People Principles</li> <li>Find ways to continuously improve efficiency of all tasks within your remit.</li> <li>Respond to audit queries and regulatory inquiries, as needed</li> <li>Perform administrative duties, and additional functions, as needed and determined by<br/>management</li> </ul> <p><strong>Skills &amp; Experience:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s Degree/Payroll qualification desirable</li> <li>At least 2-3 years of experience working in a busy Payroll environment with experience managing<br/>payroll for multiple European countries.</li> <li>An understanding of German Taxation and Statutory requirements is a strong advantage.</li> <li>Previous experience working with a Third-Party payroll provider is advantageous</li> <li>Meticulous attention to detail and strong planning and forward-thinking capabilities</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to anticipate needs and situations before they are fully developed.</li> <li>Advanced proficiency in Google Enterprise Suite tools (calendar, mail drive, docs, sheets, slides,<br/>meet)</li> <li>Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills in both English and German, Polish is<br/>advantageous</li> <li>Extremely high level of discretion pertaining to confidential information</li> <li>Flexible and able to handle ad hoc issues that may arise outside of core business hour</li> </ul> <p><strong>Who We Are:</strong><br/>Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global<br/>headquarters in Boston or Berlin, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we’re<br/>reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industry-leading<br/>technology and creative problem-solving, we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most<br/>rewarding work of your career. If you’re looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic<br/>challenges, then you’ll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.</p> <p><br/>No matter who you are, Wayfair is a place you can call home. We’re a community of innovators,<br/>risk-takers, and trailblazers who celebrate our differences, and know that our unique perspectives make<br/>us stronger, smarter, and well-positioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our<br/>employees, customers, community, and suppliers to help guid