Senior Payroll Specialist with French

Are you an experienced HR Payroll Specialist looking to advance your career within a high-performing international environment? We are seeking a dynamic, detail-oriented professional to oversee and manage multi-country payroll operations across France, Switzerland, and other EMEA locations to cover a temporary leave of absence.

Our client is a global leader in its sector, recognized worldwide for quality, innovation, and operational excellence. With an expansive international presence, they offer a multicultural, collaborative, and dynamic working environment focused on professional growth and business compliance.

your functions:

As part of the team, your main responsibilities will include:

- Manage payroll administration and day-to-day payroll operations for France, Switzerland, and other EMEA locations.

- Coordinate payroll inputs, processing activities, validations, and payroll outputs with payroll vendors and internal stakeholders.

- Validate payroll data, statutory calculations, social contributions, payroll reporting, and country-specific outputs.

- Ensure payroll activities comply with local country payroll legislation, tax requirements, social security obligations, and statutory reporting requirements.

- Partner closely with HR, Finance, Legal, Total Rewards, Shared Services, and regional payroll leadership to support payroll-related activity.

- Review payroll exceptions, investigate discrepancies, and coordinate timely issue resolution.

- Support employee lifecycle events impacting payroll, including hires, terminations, leaves, compensation changes, mobility events, and organizational changes.

- Maintain payroll documentation, process maps, controls, and standard operating procedures.

position requisites

position requisites:

- Demonstrated payroll experience supporting multi-country payroll operations.

- Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, tax requirements, social contributions, statutory reporting, and country-specific payroll obligations.

- Experience partnering with outsourced payroll providers or payroll vendors.

- Strong payroll controls, compliance, issue resolution, and problem-solving capability.

- Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.

- Fluency in French and strong business English.

your benefits

- Competitive salary and benefits package matching international market standards.

- High exposure to multi-country payroll management across the EMEA region.

- Professional development opportunities within an established global enterprise.

- Collaborative, supportive team environment and modern HR shared services infrastructure.

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