Payroll Services Senior Manager with French

Job Description Summary
Payroll Services Senior Manager drives and manages multi-country organization high quality, centralized, standardized, and automated payroll & time operations for the clients and end-users in an outsourced payroll service model.
To lead operational excellence, user experience and integrated end-to-end delivery of P&O processes payroll services and systems within Novartis in line with local legal and statutory requirements

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Contribute to the development of a country/regional P&O Services Payroll services strategy.
• Oversees the overall performance of Payroll & Time services in scope and teams to ensure accurate and timely payroll processes compliant with all relevant legislative and relevant LSAs
• Manage the efficient implementation and adaptation of regional standards and processes, aligned with the regional/global strategy and drive continuous improvement to meet business/customer needs
• Meet expectation of the budget owner / allocate in the area of responsibility
• Establishes and monitors plans and work programs designed to control aspects making sure quality payroll services are delivered in a timely manner following also business policies.
• Ensures standardized and unified approach to vendors associated with payroll service delivery across the region ensuring effective and efficient service delivery (vendor management)
• Ensures compliance is in line with Data Privacy and Protection guidelines and other relevant country specific legislation
• Maximizes usage of tools and supports processes to drive continuous improvement and change initiatives
• Provides support and coaching to team members and business partners on processes related to Payroll Service operations and overall supplier model, such as global standards, efficiency, SLAs

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor/Master degree in HR/Accounting/ Business or related field is preferred (Master degree is preferred)
• Relevant years of Payroll operations experience
• Experience in leading regional or multi-country teams
• Multiple country Payroll and HR regulations knowledge
• French and English languages on Fluent level

You'll receive:

Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary; Risk Life Insurance (full cost covered by Novartis); 5-week holiday per year; (1 week above the Labour Law requirement) ; 4 paid sick days within one calendar year in case of absence due to sickness without a medical sickness report; Cafeteria employee benefit program - choice of benefits from Benefit Plus Cafeteria in the amount of 12,500 CZK per year; Meal vouchers in amount of 105 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company); Car Allowance; MultiSport Card. Find out more about Novartis Business Services: https://www.novartis.cz/

Why Novartis:

Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people's lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

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Accessibility and accommodation:

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Skills Desired
Curiosity, Employee Relationship Management (Erm), HRIS (Human Resource Management System), Hr Operations (Hr Ops), HR Service Delivery, HR Strategy, Human Resource Management System, Human Resources (HR), Human Resources Administration, Human Resources Policies, Labor and Employment Law, Life Insurance, Organizational Development (OD), Payroll, Resource Allocation, Sdm, Service Delivery Framework, Talent Development, Talent Management