Payroll, Time & Benefits Specialist - French speaking

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

The Payroll, Time & Benefits Team focuses on payroll, benefits, absence management, customer service and advisory support to employees, manager and business partners ensuring end-to-end process completion in line with customer focused principles to ensure the Roche People Practices work for the business.

The Opportunity

As a Payroll Time Benefits Specialist - French speaking, you are responsible for payroll, time, benefits data maintenance and administrative activities in a timely and accurate manner. You are also contributing to the continuous improvement of the People Support Solutions delivery. This is coupled with strong customer focus, communication skills and solution orientation.

• Performing a variety of payroll, time and benefits administrative and analytical activities in support of the EMEA countries/affiliates and serving as a Tier 2 point of contact for all payroll, time & benefits customer inquiries
• Interpreting People & Culture policies and practices for EMEA payroll administration and ensuring Roche local time & absence policies are met
• Providing timely responses to customer payroll inquiries by using an internal case management system and proactively identifying and troubleshooting payroll issues to determine root cause and solutions for resolution
• Analyzing multiple payroll audits during processing to ensure accuracy and validity and corresponding with managers and leaders to confirm accuracy of employee time & absence entry
• Managing, processing and reconciling mass upload files for all pay frequencies and supporting inquires resolution, escalating requests to the appropriate resources as necessary
• Monitoring data flows to/from Workday to Vendor for accuracy and ensuring integrations are processed timely and resolving any errors ensuring accurately processed
• Analyzing and controlling payroll processes, accruals and employer obligations for EMEA countries and actively participating in the development and implementation of continuous improvement initiative

Who you are

• We are seeking an individual with 2+ years of experience in payroll services, in a shared service center environment preferably
• Strong communication skills in English and French (written and spoken) is essential.
• High learning agility on different payroll country practice and able to provide remote support in payroll, time, benefits administration operations with timely manner
• Excellent attention to detail and analytical ability
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot table, v-lookup, etc.)

In Exchange we provide you with:

• Development opportunities: Roche is rich in learning resources. We provide constant development opportunities, free language courses & training, the possibility of international assignments, internal position changes and the chance to shape your own career.
• Excellent benefits: Competitive salary and cafeteria package, annual bonus, Private Medical Services, Employee Assistance Program, All You Can Move Sportpass, coaching / mentoring opportunity, buddy program, team buildings, holiday party.
• Flexibility: We also support flexibility to help you find your balance. Home office is commonly available (typically 2 office days/week on average. We create the opportunity for freedom in working, where your corporate and private life coexist in harmony.
• A global inclusive community, where we learn from each other. At Roche, we cooperate, debate, make decisions, celebrate successes and have fun as a team. Our leadership is very focused on people, creating a strong, inclusive culture, so you always have the chance to share your opinion.

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Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100'000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let's build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.