International Payroll Specialist

The role

You will be responsible for the end to end payroll process for assigned countries. You will work closely with HR, Global Mobility, and the Finance Department.

What you will do

• Be the key contact person for external payroll providers, HR and Finance Department
• Process payroll information from Workday to Cloudpay
• Managing new joiners and terminations
• Review reports and liaise with internal partners to ensure data is accurate and complete
• Ensure all employees are accurately recorded in Workday
• Post reconciliation and provide approval to third party payroll providers
• Provide payroll data to Finance and Newsroom Accountants for verification to General Ledger
• Ensure all legal, social and pension obligations are handled in a timely and appropriate manner
• Respond to employee enquiries in a pro-active and courteous manner
• Managing the year end processes, risk, audit enquiries and adhoc reconciliation

Required qualifications

• Extensive payroll experience, including previous experience on multi-country international payroll
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software (Excel and Word)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Nice to have

• Experience with France, Germany, Canada and UK payrolls
• Experience using Workday / Cloudpay
• Conversational or business fluency in French or Spanish
• Understanding of Payroll Accounting principles
• Naturally curious, willing to question and learn legal, statutory and social security requirements for each country

Before you apply

• Submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process

About the company

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