EMEA Payroll Supervisor - German Speaking

The EMEA Payroll Supervisor position is a leadership opportunity focused on supporting management and elevating our regional payroll processing in Europe, Middle East, and Africa. The EMEA Payroll Supervisor is a role that supports EMEA Scope of countries. The position will also play a key role in supporting the end-to-end payroll process outsourced to our 3rd party vendors to ensure payroll accuracy and compliance in multiple countries. The EMEA Payroll Supervisor will be a part of the Global Finance Shared Services organization.

How You’ll make an impact:

• Participate in ongoing internal process improvements.

Ensure accurate and timely processing of the Company’s payroll in EMEA countries:

• Payroll issues are escalated and resolved with root cause analysis and corrective action for all levels of employees and management, with a focus on ensuring a positive and seamless employee experience in partnership with HR Shared Services. Responsible for day-to-day oversight for issues and positive seamless
• Oversee the timely preparation, processing, maintenance and appropriate distribution of payroll information, payroll reports, all tax year end reports, payroll manuals and related payroll working instructions
• Establish partnerships with third party vendors to ensure effective service delivery
• Be a back up for the payroll team (end to finish payroll process)
• Ensure payroll services are processed in accordance with established global policies and procedures along with all legislative compliance requirements (including tax and labor laws)
• Directs and audits payroll procedures to include earnings, garnishments, tax withholding, and absence processing and ensure compliance with organizational procedures
• Work closely with Legal, Compliance, and Benefits teams to identify, resolve, and avoid payroll compliance issues
• Identify and drive continuous performance improvement projects to improve payroll accuracy, compliance, productivity and / or employee satisfaction within EMEA
• Ensure end-to-end processes are well-thought through to address customer and regulatory requirements
• Develop and implement best practices, key performance indicators and SLA metrics for department
• Support payroll manager with team’s development to optimize operational excellence and create a deeper bench of experienced talent
• Manage projects across multi-disciplinary functions of Payroll within allotted timeframes and budgets
• Maintains confidentiality of any payroll, private employee information and any proprietary information and ensures payroll information is secure

Decision Making:

• Assigns daily work to employees across functional area
• Address performance issues
• Approves vacation requests
• Determines initial and on-going training requirements to run an efficient operation

What You’ll bring: 

• BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience & CIPP certification 
• Additional degrees/certifications such as: MBA, Six Sigma, etc. enhance candidacy
• 7 -10 years of relevant experience in payroll in a diverse, complex global enterprise, 2-3 years of experience in managing a small team (1-3 direct reports)
• Fluent (both orally and in writing) in English and German
• Experience with German speaking countries
• Experience in managing third-party payroll services providers
• Experience working in systems such as SAP, SuccessFactors, ADP Celergo & ADP Global View, ADP E-Time and Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience in payroll system implementation – data validation and data analysis, implementation of Payroll Internal Controls and Procedures
• Knowledge and experience with stock, travel and time and attendance programs
• Proactive, motivated, results oriented individual capable of partnering with diverse perspectives and backgrounds to negotiate positive outcomes that impact the work of internal, external and cross-functional partners
• Demonstrated focus on providing an excellent employee experience
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, complex, and highly matrixed environment
• Strong process redesign and/or efficiency
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to confidently present complex information to all levels of the organization is required
• Strong leadership skills

Who We Are: For 70 years, Bio-Rad has focused on advancing the discovery process and transforming the fields of science and healthcare. As one of the top five life science companies, we are a global leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing a broad range of high-quality research and clinical diagnostic products. We help people everywhere live longer, healthier lives. Recently voted a Best Place to Work, Bio-Rad offers a unique employee experience with collaborative teams that span the globe. Here, you are supported by leadership to build your career and are empowered to drive change that makes an impact you can see.   

Benefits: Bio-Rad's biggest asset is its people, and the reason why our Total Rewards deliver programs that provide value, quality, and inclusivity while satisfying the diverse needs of our evolving workforce. Our robust offerings serve to enrich the overall health, wealth, and wellbeing of our employees and their families through the various stages of an employee’s work and life cycle. We’re proud to offer a variety of options, including: 

• Life and accident insurance,
• Private Health Care Services – unlimited examinations, checkups in numerous specialties free of charge
• Competitive salary and cafeteria
• 100% commuting allowance for non Budapest residents, BKK monthly pass
• Annual bonus
• Annual salary review
• Marriage and childbirth allowance
• School start allowance
• Loyalty award
• Employee Referral Program with remarkable referral bonus
• All You Can Move contract possibility and gym facility usage for free of charge
• Hybrid working model (3 days onsite and 2 days home office. Our office is located in Budapest, Futó u. 47, 1082)