Senior Payroll Officer

Local Unit & Position Description
 
The Global Centre HR will deliver high quality HR services to European countries; service scope is services that are location independent and/or can be digitalized. Services are rendered in close collaboration with the GSS HR Regional Centres within Europe and Centres of Competence, together developing the Global Shared Service HR function for DNV GL.
 
We are seeking Senior Payroll Officers for our Global Centre HR. The Senior HR Payroll Officer will be responsible for delivery of day-to-day quality service within Payroll according to legal and company requirements. In addition, you will be part of projects establishing and improving our services with an end to end perspective.
 
The Senior Payroll Officer will report to the Head of Section HR Office. This is a new position based in Gdynia, Poland.
 
Payroll is responsible for the operational payroll end-to-end process and management of the process linked to time management. Across Europe, we use local systems and service providers that are fed by common processes. Payroll is a key function making sure DNV GL is compliant according to local regulations.
 
In the first period, you will be engaged in challenging project work in building up payroll services in Gdynia, further planning and maturing the service delivery model within Europe.
 
To succeed in this role you will lead the way forward utilizing your great project management skills for Europe-wide coordination and implementation projects. You will be a role model for other colleagues in HR Office and our payroll employees and external providers Europe-wide. You will actively support service implementation, development and continuous improvement of HR Office deliveries linked to payroll services.

Key tasks:

• Be a senior member of a project team to evaluate, design and improve processes within payroll
• Take an active role in implementation of a new system and the design of common solutions
• Administration of country specific data according to local rules and policies
• Responsible for time and absence management
• Participate in monthly salary processing
• Develop into super user of HR System payroll functionality including the handling of system change requests
• Provide for updated work process procedures within payroll and time management
• Focus on solutions for increasing efficiency
• Continue the good cooperation with HR and finance units internally across Europe as well as with external providers

Position Qualifications

• Experience from payroll related project, preferably in leading role
• Proved track record in project management across multiple countries and stakeholders
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree within HR or Business Administration
• Minimum 5 years of experience within Payroll related topics with an international scope
• Proven track record of providing payroll support in a large, preferably international organization is an advantage
• Knowledge of relevant payroll legislation and regulations for three or more European countries
• Experience within business process improvement
• Excellent English skills required - written and verbal. Additional European language skills will be advantageous
• Proven ability to learn and understand payroll systems and HR and IT tools

Characteristics of Successful Employees

• A caring and respectful team player aligned with the DNV GL company values
• Highly motivated with a flexible and adaptable approach to work
• Excellent communication skills and cultural awareness
• Positive attitude, customer centric mindset and willingness to go the extra mile to meet organisational goals
• Ability to foster positive relationships at all levels of the organisation and across multiple locations and countries
• Systematic, structured, accurate and with the ability to handle complex environments
• Attentive to detail and deadlines
• Able to plan and prioritise own workload and manage conflicting deadlines
• Proactive in identifying opportunities to improve procedures and established ways of working
• Drive to learn and develop own expertise
• Willing to share knowledge and support others within a team by delivery on-the job training and coaching
• Maintain confidentiality and discretion at all times

We offer:

• Multinational working environment
• Grant to study
• Grant to foreign languages learning
• Grant for sport or other hobbies
• Medical package
• Complex adaptation training
• Modern and innovative technologies
• Modern video rooms to conduct interviews with candidates via Skype across all Europe
• Atractive working environment based in Gdynia - fruit days, great coffee, ergonomic space, high-tech equipment