Payroll Specialist, Germany

<p><b>Our story</b></p><p>Strada is a technology-enabled, people powered company committed to delivering world-class payroll, human capital management, and financial management solutions to organizations globally.</p><p></p><p>With a team of more than 8,000 experts and over 30 years of expertise, Strada blends leading-edge technology with human ingenuity to help businesses across the globe design and deliver at scale. Supporting over 1,400 customers in 33 countries, Strada partners with customers at every stage of their journey, to help drive their vision forward.</p><p></p><p>It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team’s experience in human insights and cloud technology gives companies and employees around the world the ability to power confident decisions, for life.</p><p></p><p>With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Strada is the perfect place to put your passion to work.</p><p></p><p>To learn more about us, visit stradaglobal.com</p><p></p><p><b>HR &amp; Payroll Specialist with German</b></p><p></p><p>HR &amp; Payroll Specialist performs all life-cycle payroll transactions and activities to ensure the processing of an accurate and timely payroll. Displays decision-making skills that support company and payroll policies.</p><p></p><p><b>Key responsibilities:</b></p><ul><li><p>Independently process German payroll from end to end according the defined standards and client requirements including all associated payroll tasks</p></li><li><p>Monitor and manage ticket queues using the appropriate tools to ensure tickets are handled per the defined timelines and do not exceed expected thresholds</p></li><li><p>Identify deviations from the standard scope of service and act accordingly including the identification and support of change request opportunities</p></li><li><p><span>Ability to recognize and deal appropriately with sensitive and confidential information</span></p></li><li><p><span>Produce and understand standard and client specific payroll reports including statutory year end reporting needs</span></p></li><li><p><span>Review and validate data for accuracy and completeness and initiates corrections per the defined standards</span></p></li><li><p><span>Answer German payroll related questions and requests</span></p></li><li><p>Provide clear knowledge transfers to peers</p></li><li><p>Support and manage system maintenance testing</p></li><li><p>Support technical issue coordination and resolution</p></li><li><p>Maintains current knowledge of legislation requirements; system updates, changes and overall payroll procedures</p></li><li><p>Participates in projects and activities as needed and assigned</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span>Requirements:</span></b><span> </span></p><ul><li><p><span><span>Strong knowledge of the various inputs and outputs such as </span><span>third party</span><span> interfaces, timekeeping, tax filing/compliance, benefits and other key areas that integrate with payroll</span></span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Ability to </span><span>identify</span><span> and mitigate risks</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Very good</span><span> English and German skills (B2 minimum)</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Strong knowledge of MS Office tools such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Flexibility to support a global and fast </span><span>paced environment </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Attention to detail </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Excellent written and verbal skills </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Self-motivated and a willingness to learn </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>around 2-3 years relevant experience administering Payroll in an HR consulting, HR Outsourcing or Corporate environment</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Ability to </span><span>collaborate and work in a team environment, as well as independently while adhering to processes and procedures</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>What we offer: </b></p><ul><li><p>private medical care</p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>possibility</span><span> to </span><span>work</span><span> from </span><span>home</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>possibility for development within a multinational organization</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>attractive</span><span> </span><span>benefits</span><span> </span><span>package</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>excellent</span><span> </span><span>work</span><span> </span><span>atmosphere</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p><b>Benefits</b></p><p>We offer programs a