Senior Payroll Analyst

Role overview

Payroll delivery and controls

• Own end-to-end payroll delivery for assigned international entities.
• Coordinate with HR, People Operations, Finance and Tax to ensure accurate and timely payroll inputs.
• Review and approve payroll inputs and outputs and identify discrepancies, trends and risks.
• Perform reconciliations, payment validation and statutory submissions, with controls documented.
• Maintain governance, process documentation and compliance with applicable legislation.

Improvement and projects

• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate payroll processes.
• Support and lead system implementations, payroll migrations, integrations, process changes and new-entity onboarding.
• Partner with Technology and payroll vendors to troubleshoot system and integration issues.
• Analyse payroll data and reporting to identify anomalies, control weaknesses and recurring issues.

Experience and skills

• Significant experience in a payroll analyst or senior payroll role, ideally in a complex international organisation.
• Strong hands-on international payroll experience and experience managing payroll across multiple countries.
• Experience working with third-party payroll providers and knowledge of payroll controls, reconciliations, payments, statutory reporting and compliance.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and focus on payroll accuracy and risk management.
• Experience with process improvement, automation, operational efficiencies and payroll projects or system implementations.
• Strong Excel skills and confidence working with payroll data and reporting.
• Italy and/or France payroll experience and knowledge of relevant legislation are desirable or preferable.
• Workday, CloudPay or other HR/payroll technology experience is preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including influencing and constructive challenge.

Team contribution