Referent Payroll (m/f/d)

Payroll and Time Management Specialist

Department: People & Culture
Location: Erfurt 

Your role: 

In this position, you will play a key role in our payroll and employee time tracking processes:

• ​Provide functional leadership, guidance and coordination for the payroll team, including task prioritization, quality assurance and knowledge sharing
• ​Perform and coordinate month-end and year-end closing activities, including reconciling payroll-related data, provisions and accounts, and supporting internal and external audits
• ​Take responsibility for reporting, certification and documentation processes, particularly social security notifications, annual wage tax certificates, ELStAM, DEÜV, eAU (electronic certificates of incapacity for work) and earnings-related certificates
• ​Take ownership of payroll and time management systems and act as a key user, including system maintenance, further development, testing of changes required by legislation and collective agreements, and quality assurance of interfaces
• ​Prepare, analyze and validate reports, statistics, key performance indicators and decision-support information for Management, Finance, Controlling, and internal and external partners
• ​Advise managers and employees on matters relating to wage tax, social security, collective agreements, working time and payroll
• Manage the interfaces with Finance & Controlling, including the reconciliation of posting data, account assignments, provisions and payroll-related analyses
• Manage and administer occupational pension schemes, including salary conversion arrangements, employer contributions, coordination with pension providers and payroll-related advice
• ​Collaborate with external bodies, particularly health insurance funds, tax authorities, social security institutions, external auditors, pension providers and other auditing bodies
• ​Optimize, standardize and digitalize payroll and time management processes, and lead or contribute to P&C, Finance and IT projects
• ​Establish, further develop and document an internal control system (ICS) for payroll and time management processes, including risk analysis, control descriptions, supporting documentation, the four-eyes principle, access rights and data quality checks, and regular effectiveness reviews

Your profile: 

• ​A university degree with relevant specialist knowledge, or knowledge and experience acquired through at least two years of professional experience in a position classified in pay grade 10
• Alternatively, a comparable qualification with several years of professional experience in payroll, payroll processing or personnel administration
• Several years of practical experience in payroll processing and a very good understanding of the associated processes and interfaces
• Sound knowledge of wage tax and social security legislation, collective agreements and working time regulations 
• Proficiency in using payroll and time management systems, with a good understanding of system interdependencies and data flows
• Strong analytical skills and a good understanding of numbers, processes and controls
• A structured, diligent and independent approach to work, combined with a high level of discretion and a strong sense of responsibility
• Strong communication and advisory skills, and enthusiasm for collaborating with different departments and external partners
• An interest in further developing, standardizing and digitalizing payroll and time management processes 

Please submit your application exclusively through our internal careers site (SAP SuccessFactors).

Contact person : Katharina Fietzsch