Global Payroll Partner

Description

As a Senior Global Payroll Process Expert on our Shared Services Team, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring smooth and efficient global payroll operations.

Responsibilities include fostering a culture of excellence, improving processes, and maintaining high methodology standards.

The Global Payroll Partner will collaborate with local Payroll Specialists to design payroll system changes.

Your role also involves building a standardized global Payroll model for Galderma, implementing new payroll processes like Share-based pay, and handling associated reporting requirements.

Additionally, you'll establish a robust governance structure and audit controls suitable for a publicly listed company. As a key point of contact, you'll address payroll questions from our global senior leadership team.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing and enhancing end-to-end payroll processes globally.
• Identifying and implementing best practices to streamline payroll operations, supporting the operational workload from a process perspective to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of payroll.
• Managing complex cases and process escalations, overseeing communication and ensuring complete resolution.
• Building strong partnerships across the HR community and cross-functionally to optimize services for employees and managers.
• Acting as the primary point of contact for any business-critical needs from the Executive team.
• Ensuring the consistent and timely management of payroll-related Case Management cases, meeting SLAs / KPIs.
• Partnering with external vendors to uphold high-quality outcomes and promptly address issues, proactively identifying root causes to prevent future occurrences.
• Initiating and spearheading global payroll harmonization projects and vendor transitions.
• Supporting the establishment and driving global compliance and audit initiatives, ensuring all processes and functional areas have the correct approvals and supporting documentation to maintain compliance standards suitable for a publicly listed company.
• Embracing a mindset of challenging conventional approaches, utilizing your knowledge of the business and the evolving digital landscape to drive innovative solutions and gain valuable insights.

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Human Resources, Finance, or related field
• Extensive experience in global payroll management and process improvement.
• Strong leadership and team management skills, with a proven ability to drive results in a complex, matrixed organization.
• In-depth knowledge of payroll processes, regulations, and compliance requirements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to interact effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Experience with digital transformation and innovation initiatives is highly desirable.
• Certification in payroll management or related field is a plus.
• Experience and solid understanding of Payroll Model, LTI and audit process
• Workday experience highly desirable
• Hands-on’ approach with an eye for details and completion
• Languages English and any other European Language is a strong plus.

What we offer in return

• You will be working for an organization that embraces diversity & inclusion and believe we will deliver better outcomes by reflecting the perspectives of our diverse customer base.
• You will receive a competitive compensation package with bonus structure and extended benefit package.
• You will be able to work in a hybrid work culture.
• You will participate in feedback loops, during which a personalized career path will be established.
• You will be joining a growing company that believes in ownership from day one where everyone is empowered to grow and to take on accountability.

Next Steps

• If your profile is a match, we will invite you for a first virtual conversation with the recruiter.
• The next step is a virtual conversation with the hiring manager.
• The final step is a panel conversation with the extended team.

Our people make a difference

At Galderma, you’ll work with people who are like you. And people that are different. We value what every member of our team brings.

Professionalism, collaboration, and a friendly, supportive ethos is the perfect environment for people to thrive and excel in what they do.