TMF Group
Senior Payroll Officer(m/w/x)
Full-timeOn-siteSenior
Zürich
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State-of-the-art payroll for Swiss entities, including social insurances and tax matters. Minimum 10 years senior-level experience in a multinational environment required. Support for payroll software development, native French and fluent English.
Requirements
- Bachelor in Economics or equivalent
- Minimum 10 years experience as Payroll Specialist/Manager, senior level in multinational environment
- Native French and very good English (written & spoken)
- Knowledge of Abacus
- At ease with MS tools (Excel)
- Very good knowledge of Swiss social security and tax legislations
- Good knowledge of cantonal specificities
- High sense of priority management and very good personal organization
- Accurate and detailed-oriented
- High sense of confidentiality
- Very good communication skills
- Proactive, problem solving oriented
- Ability to perform various tasks simultaneously
- Autonomous while being a great team player
Tasks
- Ensure state-of-the-art payroll activities for SGS Swiss entities
- Comply with internal and legal requirements (federal and cantonal)
- Serve as the contact person for payroll, social insurances, and tax matters
- Maintain accurate payroll-related data
- Support payroll software development
- Process monthly payroll for various employee categories
- Enter variables and run payroll processes
- Check payroll results and archive data
- Issue bank transfer orders and DTA payments
- Acknowledge receipt of payments
- Distribute electronic pay slips and related documents
- Coordinate monthly with pension funds, insurance providers, AVS, and tax administrations
- Conduct regular checks (family allowances, health insurance premiums)
- Participate in Long Term Incentive Plan payroll processing
- Share calculations and liaise with employees
- Update payroll data and produce tax documentation
- Participate in Annual Salary Review (ASR)
- Perform data reconciliations and checks
- Update payroll system data and generate compensation statements
- Provide required data for monthly post-payroll coordination
- Reconcile HR accounts and provide HR costing
- Participate in the annual forecast/budget process
- Handle tax at source and pension fund contribution invoices
- Anticipate payroll software costs (accesses, technical developments)
- Ensure data alignment among HR databases
- Participate in payroll software development and test modifications
- Conduct double entries and runs during system migration
- Control results of system migration
- Submit and follow up on indemnity applications
- Process year-end formalities and ensure accuracy
- Coordinate with tax administrations for year-end salary certificates
- Produce share-related forms
- Conduct year-end annual checks (transportation indemnities, freelances’ pension fund contributions)
- Update payroll software with new insurance rates and pension fund plans
- Liaise with internal and external auditors
- Provide required documentation to auditors
- Generate payroll reports and run regular surveys
- Serve as the contact person for payroll-related questions
- Issue general correspondence to staff (year-end tax campaign, legal updates)
- Provide HRBPs with payroll data upon request
- Participate in specific HR projects impacting payroll
- Contribute to the elaboration and updating of internal payroll procedures
Work Experience
- 10 years
Education
- Vocational certificationOR
- Bachelor's degree
Languages
- French – Native
- English – Business Fluent
- German – Basic
Tools & Technologies
- Abacus
- MS Excel
- Swiss social security legislation
- Swiss tax legislation
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Requirements
- Bachelor in Economics or equivalent
- Minimum 10 years experience as Payroll Specialist/Manager, senior level in multinational environment
- Native French and very good English (written & spoken)
- Knowledge of Abacus
- At ease with MS tools (Excel)
- Very good knowledge of Swiss social security and tax legislations
- Good knowledge of cantonal specificities
- High sense of priority management and very good personal organization
- Accurate and detailed-oriented
- High sense of confidentiality
- Very good communication skills
- Proactive, problem solving oriented
- Ability to perform various tasks simultaneously
- Autonomous while being a great team player
Tasks
- Ensure state-of-the-art payroll activities for SGS Swiss entities
- Comply with internal and legal requirements (federal and cantonal)
- Serve as the contact person for payroll, social insurances, and tax matters
- Maintain accurate payroll-related data
- Support payroll software development
- Process monthly payroll for various employee categories
- Enter variables and run payroll processes
- Check payroll results and archive data
- Issue bank transfer orders and DTA payments
- Acknowledge receipt of payments
- Distribute electronic pay slips and related documents
- Coordinate monthly with pension funds, insurance providers, AVS, and tax administrations
- Conduct regular checks (family allowances, health insurance premiums)
- Participate in Long Term Incentive Plan payroll processing
- Share calculations and liaise with employees
- Update payroll data and produce tax documentation
- Participate in Annual Salary Review (ASR)
- Perform data reconciliations and checks
- Update payroll system data and generate compensation statements
- Provide required data for monthly post-payroll coordination
- Reconcile HR accounts and provide HR costing
- Participate in the annual forecast/budget process
- Handle tax at source and pension fund contribution invoices
- Anticipate payroll software costs (accesses, technical developments)
- Ensure data alignment among HR databases
- Participate in payroll software development and test modifications
- Conduct double entries and runs during system migration
- Control results of system migration
- Submit and follow up on indemnity applications
- Process year-end formalities and ensure accuracy
- Coordinate with tax administrations for year-end salary certificates
- Produce share-related forms
- Conduct year-end annual checks (transportation indemnities, freelances’ pension fund contributions)
- Update payroll software with new insurance rates and pension fund plans
- Liaise with internal and external auditors
- Provide required documentation to auditors
- Generate payroll reports and run regular surveys
- Serve as the contact person for payroll-related questions
- Issue general correspondence to staff (year-end tax campaign, legal updates)
- Provide HRBPs with payroll data upon request
- Participate in specific HR projects impacting payroll
- Contribute to the elaboration and updating of internal payroll procedures
Work Experience
- 10 years
Education
- Vocational certificationOR
- Bachelor's degree
Languages
- French – Native
- English – Business Fluent
- German – Basic
Tools & Technologies
- Abacus
- MS Excel
- Swiss social security legislation
- Swiss tax legislation
Find the original job posting in its most current version here. Nejo automatically captured this job from the website of SGS and processed the information on Nejo with the help of AI for you. Despite careful analysis, some information may be incomplete or inaccurate. Please always verify all details in the original posting! Content and copyrights of the original posting belong to the advertising company.
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About the Company
SGS
Industry
Consulting
Description
Das Unternehmen ist das weltweit führende Unternehmen in den Bereichen Prüfen, Inspizieren und Zertifizieren.
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