Senior/Mid Level Payroll and Benefits Specialist with French

Imagine stepping into a role where your expertise doesn't just streamline operations-it fuels a mission that touches millions. At Novo Nordisk, you'll be at the heart of transforming payroll and benefits across EMEA, crafting systems that empower your colleagues and ultimately help patients live fuller lives. This is your chance to make your mark where precision meets purpose.

Your new role

As a Senior/Mid-Level Payroll & Benefit Operations Specialist with French you will provide professional payroll and benefits services to Line of Business (LoB) in EMEA region. You will work with assigned EMEA countries by coordination of end-to-end payroll process while ensuring accurate and timely delivery of remuneration to Novo Nordisk employees.

Key Accountabilities:

• Manage the end-to-end payroll processing cycle for assigned countries (e.g., Belgium), ensuring compliance with local regulations and deadlines.
• Act as a key point of contact for both internal stakeholders and external payroll providers.
• Address payroll and benefits queries escalated from the HR team or employees.
• Support administration of local employee benefits, where applicable.
• Contribute to payroll, time, and attendance, as well as shift planning projects and vendor-related initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to optimize processes in payroll operations, benefits administration, and time and attendance, driving efficiency and alignment with the PTB team's goals.

Your new department

You will join the Payroll, Time, and Benefits (PTB) team, part of Novo Nordisk's EMEA Regional Service Centre (RSC), based in Warsaw. As a vital part of Novo Nordisk's global operations, the RSC EMEA is more than a shared services hub-it's a collaborative, fast-moving center driving innovation and impact across Europe.

With responsibilities spanning countries such as France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Ireland, and the UK, the PTB team operates on a truly international scale. By joining this diverse, dynamic group, you'll contribute to payroll and benefits operations that touch lives around the globe-while transforming your career along the way.

Your skills & qualifications

To be successful in this role you need to have knowledge and savviness regarding cultural differences. Strong communication and change management capabilities as well as excellent stakeholder management skills in an international environment are also crucial in this role. Customer-centred mindset and solid business understanding as well as focus on operational excellence and delivering on KPIs are also necessary. It is also important in this role to be reliable, accurate and aware of the level of sensitivity of the data processed daily which has a direct impact on the company's employees' lives. The appeal of numbers/figures and systems is essential.

We expect you to have:

• A minimum of 3 years' experience (for mid-level roles) or up to 6 years' experience (for senior roles) in payroll processing within large-scale organizations.
• Proficiency in French and English (written and spoken) is essential.
• Strong proficiency with HRIS systems (e.g., SAP, Employee Central).
• Advanced user of Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That's why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it's a collective effort. Together, we go further. Together, we're life changing.

What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

More information

Novo Nordisk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all applicants. If you require any adjustments during the application or selection process-whether due to a disability or neurodivergence-we're here to support you every step of the way.

Contact

Please click on 'apply now' to submit your resume in English.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Deadline

Please apply by 27th August 2025.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

We're not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.