Senior Analyst, Payroll (French Speaker and Belgian payroll experience)

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

Senior Analyst, Payroll (French Speaker and Belgian payroll experience)

Job Description Summary
Overview

• Global Payroll is a part of MasterCard's Global Business Service Center (GBSC) and is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely payments to our employees globally.
• The organization has team members in several locations throughout the world to provide superior customer service to our employees and align with time zones and language differences.
• The position for Senior Analyst, Payroll Europe is to manage their countries' payrolls and benefit administration operationally from the beginning of each process and following through to the accurate reporting of the labor costs. The focus of this role will require strong expertise in Belgian payroll regulations and practices, as well as fluency in French.
• Do you consider yourself as a critical thinker with strengths in leadership and applying global business acumen?
• Do you contribute and thrive in an organization that is metrics and SLA driven with a focus on continuous process improvement?
• Can you demonstrate your ability to lead thoughtful decision making and be flexible in a fast paced, deadline focused, changing environment?

Role

• Manage country portfolio for payroll and benefit administration operationally
• Ensure monthly labor reporting is accurate and support the results through the reconciliation process
• Ensure payroll accuracy following all controls
• Provide support to HR and employees by researching any inquiries and delivering excellent customer service
• Identify moderately difficult problems that require investigation and analysis, develop solution options and implement the best solution that aligns to our values and objectives
• Coordinate project tasks supporting expansion activities including acquisitions and new countries
• Create purchase orders as needed, review invoices and ensure proper invoice clearance

All About You

• Proficient in English and French, oral and written, any other European Language will be an asset.
• Strong expertise in Belgian payroll regulations and practices.
• Experience in payroll finance/accounting/ and/or global mobility and ability to demonstrate success in designing and managing global operational controls
• Strong project management skills
• Strong analytical/problem solving and planning skills (knowledge of Lean Six Sigma and/or other process improvement methodologies would be highly valued)
• Highly organized, articulate who knows how to develop and maintain excellent working relationships as well as providing strong customer satisfaction results are needed
• Ability to be flexible in a fast paced, deadline focused, changing environment
• Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to work with people at all levels in the organization
• Solid communication skills, ability and willingness to exercise initiative
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and in groups to complete time-sensitive projects within internal and external deadlines

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.