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CYCytokinetics

Payroll Manager (Contractor)(m/w/x)

Zug
Full-timeFreelanceWith Home OfficeSenior

Full-cycle payroll processing for EU entities, including manual payments for new entities. Multi-country compliance expertise required. 4-day work week, company car for private use.

Requirements

  • 10+ years progressive experience in end-to-end payroll management
  • Expertise in multi-country/state compliance
  • Expertise in tax regulations
  • Expertise in statutory reporting
  • Expertise in benefits administration
  • Ability to implement payroll systems and processes
  • Ability to optimize payroll systems and processes
  • Ability to scale payroll systems and processes
  • Capability to design agile payroll frameworks
  • Capability to manage agile payroll frameworks
  • Experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments
  • Experience in startup-style environments
  • Partnership with Finance teams
  • Partnership with HR teams
  • Partnership with leadership teams
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills
  • Excellent leadership skills
  • Experience mentoring team members
  • Experience building cross-functional relationships
  • Experience in dynamic organizational cultures
  • Fluency in English (written and spoken)
  • Proficiency in relevant regional languages (e.g. French) is strongly preferred
  • Clear written communication skills for reporting
  • Clear written communication skills for policy documentation
  • Clear written communication skills for audit correspondence
  • Review of GDPR policy prior to applying

Tasks

  • Oversee full-cycle payroll processing for EU entities
  • Ensure payroll accuracy, completeness, and timely payments
  • Comply with local labor and tax regulations
  • Partner with HR and BDO on payroll matters
  • Process manual payments for new entities
  • Manage payroll-related balance sheet accounts for EU entities
  • Reconcile salaries payable, social security liabilities, and bonus accruals
  • Oversee PTO, vacation, and leave accrual calculations
  • Ensure compliance with local labor laws for leave liabilities
  • Prepare monthly PTO balance reports
  • Review payroll-related journal entries
  • Reconcile payroll entries to the general ledger
  • Coordinate payroll treatment of stock-based compensation
  • Ensure proper taxation and reporting of equity awards
  • Align equity compensation with corporate policies
  • Partner with BDO and Tax on equity compensation
  • Validate annual employee certificates for equity
  • Ensure timely payroll tax filings and social security contributions
  • Coordinate statutory reports with local authorities and providers
  • Maintain and strengthen payroll internal controls
  • Support SOX documentation and testing
  • Ensure audit readiness for internal and external audits
  • Manage accounting for the France entity (approx. 30% of time)
  • Lead preparation of statutory financial statements for France entities
  • Oversee VAT return preparation and filing for France
  • Coordinate VAT filings with internal tax teams and external advisors
  • Ensure balance sheet integrity across all DACH entities

Work Experience

  • 10 years

Education

  • Bachelor's degreeOR
  • Master's degree

Languages

  • EnglishNative
  • FrenchBasic
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