Senior Payroll Analyst
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Senior Payroll Analyst processing and auditing multi-country EMEA payroll for Danaher, a life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology company. Improving payroll systems, compliance, and standardized regional workflows.
Responsibilities:
- Independently execute and support end-to-end payroll processing across EMEA
- Process assigned country or regional payrolls, control system integration, upload master data, and review and validate payroll data
- Validate and correct payroll data prior to processing
- Escalate and resolve payroll discrepancies
- Recommend process improvements and automation opportunities
- Maintain and audit employee payroll records, including tax withholdings, benefits, and direct deposits
- Conduct regular audits to ensure data accuracy and resolve discrepancies
- Collaborate on payroll system upgrades, integrations, and configuration
- Support rollout of standardized payroll workflows across the region
- Support documentation and implementation of standardized payroll procedures
- Provide input on harmonization milestones and system enhancements
- Support junior team members
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Business, or minimum 3 years of related finance or payroll experience
- 1 year of experience processing payroll or working in a data driven environment
- Experience processing assigned country or regional payrolls across EMEA while reviewing and validating complex payroll data including new hires, terminations, transfers, benefits, allowances, and deductions
- Practical experience with payroll and HR systems (e.g., ADP, Workday, SAP, or similar)
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy in data entry and reconciliation
- Excellent level of spoken and written English
- German or any other EMEA language would be an advantage
- Effective communication skills for engaging with employees and cross-functional stakeholders
- Proven problem-solving abilities to troubleshoot payroll issues and implement solutions
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, multi-country operational environment
Benefits:
- Culture of continuous improvement
- Career development and hiring from within
- Culture of belonging
- Progression path toward Payroll Specialist roles


















