Senior Payroll Specialist (part-time)

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.
• Strong business English fluency; French language skills are considered a valuable plus.

Are you an experienced HR Payroll Specialist looking for a flexible part-time opportunity 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 on a part-time basis.

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.