Sr. Payroll Analyst - ESP

Our multicultural Payroll team is seeking an experienced payroll professional to join our Payroll Operations Team. We are looking for a strong leader that will take the ownership and drive the change in our growing EMEA payroll organization.

This individual must be customer obsessed and be eager to dive deep into processes. The ideal candidate will have proven record of delivering process efficiency results. The preferred candidate has experience in EMEA payroll process/payroll systems and has the ability to abstract requirements independently.

If you would like to join us to make a difference by participating in challenging projects and to make sure our employees are paid accurately and on time we definitely want to hear from you!


Key job responsibilities
• Be a subject matter expert in projects to drive payroll improvements for one country or group of small to medium size countries
• Be a subject matter expert in M&A and expansions projects
• Maintain the operational effectiveness of payroll process from the start to the end
• Collaborate with other payroll leaders to build a culture of balances and checks within the Payroll Operations Team to maintain an efficient and effective audit process
• Collaborate in efforts to evaluate and redesign Payroll processes to align with the company’s rapid grown and commitment to quality
• Collaborate in a cross-department environment with HR, Tech teams, Finance, Accounting, and others to ensure that best practices are followed and implemented

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Barcelona, B, ESP

Basic Qualifications

- Customer oriented and ready to serve
- 5+ years of working experience in Payroll for Spain
- Deep controllership / statutory compliance knowledge (tax, labour code, social security, garnishments, pension, benefits, terminations)
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and competing objectives in a fast-paced environment
- Strong analytical and statistical skills
- Proficient in obtaining, organizing, and analysing data to make fact-based decisions and drive
- Root cause analysis
- Fluent English + Spanish

Preferred Qualifications

- MS Office knowledge - especially advanced MS Access and MS Excel Office (VBA, macros)
- Experience in leading projects
- Team focused with particular ability to work across virtual teams

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