Senior Payroll Specialist

As Senior Payroll Analyst, you will ensure timely, accurate, and compliant payroll across multiple countries. You partner with HR, Finance, and external providers to drive operational excellence and support a customer-focused employee experience. You’ll tackle complex, multi-country payroll processes in a fast-paced international environment and lead continuous improvement initiatives. Your work helps maintain strong controls, accurate filings, and seamless payroll services across the region. This role offers you a meaningful opportunity to impact people and operations at a global leader in robotic-assisted care.

• Manage end-to-end payroll for multiple countries with accuracy, compliance, and deadlines
• Collaborate with HR, Total Rewards, Benefits, Finance, Accounting, Tax, Mobility, and external providers
• Act as liaison with outsourced providers, ensuring quality service and timely issue resolution
• Review payroll inputs and outputs for accuracy across hires, terminations, changes, benefits, taxes, and deductions
• Prepare month-end payroll accounting entries, accruals, reconciliations, and support audits
• Ensure accurate payroll filings, statutory submissions, and year-end declarations
• Serve as primary contact for employees and managers on payroll matters with professional support
• Conduct root-cause analysis of payroll issues and implement corrective actions
• Identify and drive process improvements to simplify, standardize, automate, and strengthen payroll processes and controls
• Develop and maintain comprehensive process documentation and provide backup coverage as needed
• Support a collaborative, solution-focused team culture and participate in payroll/finance projects upon request

• Minimum 5 years’ payroll experience in a multinational environment
• Experience managing complex multi-country payroll processes or service delivery to multiple customers
• Advanced knowledge of German payroll
• Experience with external payroll providers is a plus
• Detail-oriented with strong numerical accuracy
• Collaborative mindset with ability to influence across functions
• Courage to challenge processes constructively
• Curiosity and creativity for better ways of working
• Resilience and adaptability in an international setting
• Commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence
• Professionalism, diplomacy, and clear, empathetic communication
• Fluency in English and German; French a plus
• Accounting knowledge a plus

• collaborative
• relationship-building
• effective communication
• German payroll expertise
• multinational payroll management
• external payroll provider management