Are you ready to take your payroll expertise to the next level? Join our HR Global Operations team as a Vice President leading payroll and play a crucial role in ensuring the accurate and timely delivery of payroll for France. This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, collaborating with key stakeholders and external vendors to streamline payroll processes. Be part of a team that values precision, compliance, and continuous improvement in payroll operations.
The Payroll Vice President will oversee and manage the payroll processes across several legal entities within France.
The role will support and drive the Human Resources strategic agenda, participating and leading improvements to the current model, enhancing the overall control environment and working to proactively mitigate risk through effective governance.
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The individual will be required to build positive relationships and partner with external vendors, business and functional colleagues to ensure consistency and best practice as well effective communication with stakeholders.
Job Responsibilities
- Ensure accurate and timely end-to-end processing and delivery of monthly payroll.
- Ensure monthly tax payments and compliance requirements are met for France Payroll.
- Respond to and resolve employee payroll queries with a strong customer service ethos.
- Collaborate with internal partners (Finance and HR) to ensure seamless payroll processing.
- Partner with external payroll vendors for timely and accurate service delivery.
- Evaluate payroll processes for continuous improvement and identify risks with proposal for solutioning
- Comply with GDPR and maintain confidentiality at all times.
- Work across the EMEA region in partnership with other team members identifying opportunities to standardise procedures and processes.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Experience leading a team both locally and through a disbursed model.
- Demonstrate ability to drive efficiency through use of Intelligent Automation.
- Strong knowledge of end-to-end Payroll processes, Tax and Employment Laws as well as knowledge of Payroll Accounting practices.
- Experience of managing complex cross border, shadow payroll and expatriate work arrangements.
- Strong organisation skills and ability to prioritize deliverables for oneself and team.
- Be a self-motivated and result-oriented individual with an ability and experience to manage, motivate and a lead team of skilled staff consistently, while taking equitable and fair decisions in leadership.
- High attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure within tight deadlines.
- Ability to make sound business decisions and understand when to escalate issues
- Ability to develop strong partnerships with colleagues across the firm and external partners.
- Agile and able to facilitate changes in procedures, processes and systems.
- Fluent in English and French (verbal and oral) with a strong customer focus and strong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex payroll processes or decisions to a variety of audiences.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Experience with ADP Global View.
- Advanced Excel skills with ability to analyse/ reconcile multiple data points and be able to articulate and present findings.
- Vendor management experience.
- Previous experience in a large global multi-national
- Experience with other EMEA payrolls, in internal or external payroll organizations.
ABOUT US
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
ABOUT THE TEAM
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