Senior Payroll Specialist with French

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It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they're doing!

At BlackLine, we're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business of enterprise applications.

Since being founded in 2001, BlackLine has become a leading provider of cloud software that automates and controls the entire financial close process. Our vision is to modernize the finance and accounting function to enable greater operational effectiveness and agility, and we are committed to delivering innovative solutions and services to empower accounting and finance leaders around the world to achieve Modern Finance.

Being a best-in-class SaaS Company, we understand that bringing in new ideas and innovative technology is mission critical. At BlackLine we are always working with new, cutting edge technology that encourages our teams to learn something new and expand their creativity and technical skillset that will accelerate their careers.

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Make Your Mark:

We'd like to strengthen our payroll team with an EMEA Senior Payroll Specialist, a multitasker, with a broad skill set, that is able to cover various areas of payroll day to day operations, payroll setup, communication with our payroll & insurance providers and payroll and statutory reporting. Someone who thrives in a challenging growth environment. You manage multiple payrolls for our EMEA locations. This includes coordination, communication and review of payrolls and payslips; keeping up to date on changes to local payroll laws and requirements, as well as payroll related reporting and solving all payroll related issues that arise.

You'll Get To:

• Responsible, together with the Payroll Manager, for the operational activities for our various European payrolls (currently 15).
• Communication of changes to our payroll outsourcing provider and handling day-to-day operations with analysis and review of payrolls before these are finalized.
• Assisting with preparation of Payroll journal entries for various European entities for which accounting is performed from our EMEA expertise center in The Netherlands
• Identifying and engaging on opportunities to professionalize and grow the employee experience
• Work closely with Internal Audit around SOX requirements and monitor/ensure SOX compliance
• Keep track of outstanding balance positions and report on these to the Finance Teams
• Assist with accounting for Leave (accruals)

What You'll Bring:

• Knowledgeable of payroll processes and European payroll compliance
• Hands-on experience in French Payroll processing
• English and French language skills
• Experience with payroll vendor software preferred
• Experience with commissions, bonusses and stock-based compensation preferred
• Experience with working in a multi-culture environment preferred
• Detail oriented and effective multi-tasking skills
• Ability to meet multiple payroll and reporting deadlines in a fast paced environment
• Team player that can interact with Finance, HR and Legal
• Highly organized and works in an efficient manner
• Proven ability to meet under deadlines
• Technical/Specialized Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Years of Experience: 4 - 8 years of experience within payroll for multiple countries or multiple companies
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel required

We're Even More Excited If You Have:

• Experience working for an international/global organization
• ADP experience preferable
• Certified Payroll Professional (cpp) certification

Thrive at BlackLine Because You Are Joining:

• A technology-based company with a sense of adventure and a vision for the future. Every door at BlackLine is open. Just bring your brains, your problem-solving skills, and be part of a winning team at the world's most trusted name in Finance Automation!
• A culture that is kind, open, and accepting. It's a place where people can embrace what makes them unique, and the mix of cultural backgrounds and varying interests cultivates diverse thought and perspectives.
• A culture where BlackLiner's continued growth and learning is empowered. BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity.

BlackLine is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, age, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, ancestry, color, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, medical condition, genetic information, or any other protected class or category recognized by applicable equal employment opportunity or other similar laws.

BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself have shifted. We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture. Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 2 days a week.

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