Senior Payroll Specialist
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Senior Payroll Specialist supporting German payroll lifecycle operations at Strada, a global people, payroll, and technology provider. Handling escalations, compliance, reporting, client support, and payroll implementations.
Responsibilities:
- Support activities for the German payroll life cycle accurately and timely
- Support all payroll activities and the payroll team
- Upskill and develop colleagues through training delivery and coaching
- Perform champion responsibilities for innovation
- Support German payroll and the payroll team end to end according to defined standards and client requirements
- Undertake, support, and manage Root Cause Analysis when issues result in client escalation
- Ensure mitigating actions are implemented
- Identify upsell opportunities and support the Change Request process
- Estimate and implement changes to contractually defined service scope
- Understand standard and client-specific payroll reports, including statutory year-end reporting
- Maintain current knowledge of legislation requirements, system updates, changes, and payroll procedures
- Manage the payroll legislation roadmap
- Answer payroll-related questions and requests from the team and clients
- Support the Operations Manager with client engagement activities
- Handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately
- Resolve and support technical and functional issues escalated from team members and clients
- Maintain the client solution workbook and provide functional support
- Support and guide project implementations and go-lives
- Participate in assigned projects and activities
Requirements:
- 3-4 years relevant experience administering Payroll in an HR consulting, HR Outsourcing or Corporate environment
- Fluent English skills
- German skills would be an asset
- Ability to collaborate and work in a team environment, as well as independently while adhering to processes and procedures
- Ability to identify and mitigate risks
- Strong knowledge of MS Office tools such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Flexibility to support a global and fast paced environment
- Attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- Self-motivated and a willingness to learn
- Current and future work authorization in the country where you're applying, without the need for visa sponsorship by Strada
- Successful completion of applicable background checks
Benefits:
- Remote work
- Language Allowance
- Private medical care
- Possibility for development within a multinational organization
- Attractive benefits package
- Health coverage
- Wellbeing programs
- Paid leave (vacation, sick, parental)
- Retirement plans
- Learning opportunities
- Continuing education & training
- Competitive total rewards package



















