Senior Payroll Specialist - Brussels, België - Oyster HR

Beschrijving

One platform, a whole world of opportunity:

Right now, the best jobs are limited to people in a handful of the world's wealthiest cities, yet brilliant people are _everywhere_.

Driven to overturn the status quo and distribute opportunities equally around the world, Oyster launched its global employment platform to help companies hire, pay, and care for talent anywhere.

When it comes to global employment, we walk the walk. We're proof that companies don't need an office to create a highly-engaged culture.

Since the company's inception in January 2020, Oyster has:

• Created a fullydistributed, vibrant team of 500+ employees across 60+ countries
• Established a diverse leadership team and an employee base that's 60% female
• Achieved one of the highest employee engagement scores in its class

Raised $150 million in Series C funding at a valuation of over $1 billion
Our momentum speaks to the power of global employment—and we're just getting started If you want to change the world with Oyster _and_ be empowered to work remotely while doing so, we'd love for you to apply


‍ The Role:


Location:

While this position is posted in a specific location, all of Oyster's positions are fully remote and you can work from home.

Forever. This role does NOT require you to be based in a specific timezone.

To support its rapid growth, Oyster is looking for a talented France Payroll Specialist to join our Payroll Operations team.

In this role, you will be referred to as the "expert" for anything and everything payroll related in France. This is an opportunity to be at the forefront of the future of work.


What you'll do:

• Maintain professional knowledge of all French payroll legislative changes
• Process payroll for all internal/external French employees, ensuring accuracy and compliance with all federal and provincial regulations
• Calculate and process deductions, such as taxes, benefits, and garnishments
• Review and reconcile payroll data, including employee salaries, vacation pay, and overtime
• Work closely with HRBP team members to manage enhancements to processes and legislation
• Respond to employee inquiries related to payroll, benefits, and deductions
• Receive approval from upper management for payments/offcycles when needed
• Maintain accurate payroll records and ensure timely reporting to government agencies
• Formatting of payroll file upload to NetSuite
• Creating/maintaining payroll processes and procedures
• Ensure 100% of team members are paid timely
• Conducting prepayroll audits and checks
• Assist with special payroll projects and initiatives as assigned

What we're looking for:

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5+ years of France payroll experience and knowledge that will include, but is not limited to:

• Knowledge of federal payroll regulations and guidelines
• Countryspecific taxation and compliance (eg. with regards to taxation of benefits, expenses, income taxes, etc,)
• Countryspecific regulatory payroll filing requirements
• Countryspecific payroll nuances
• Experience/understanding of the laws and legislation in France, specifically around income taxation, various tax rates, benefits, expenses

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Payroll reporting experience that includes, but is not limited to;

• Grosstonet reports
• Payroll control summaries
• Employer cost summaries by payroll component
• Payslips/Tax Declarations
• Payment files
• Experience of reconciling, at high volumes, the key payroll reports stated above

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Data transformation and analytics experience that includes but is not limited to:

• The ability to manipulate and analyze data rapidly whilst maintaining the quality and integrity of data
• Confidence with excel formulas, such as INDEX MATCH, VLOOKUPS, PIVOT TABLE
• The ability to transform various software output reports into uniform template files (eg. csv files)

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Proven experience of improving payroll processes, examples:

• Facilitation of payroll input data to and from third party vendors
• Management and organization of payroll changes and cutoff controls
• Improvement in third party vendor management
• Proven experience working crossfunctionally with Finance, Accounting and Treasury departments
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from management, vendors, and team members
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to develop and maintain an organized structure
• Ability to work collaboratively in a distributed environment where adaptability is imperative
• Accurate with a strong attention to detail
• Strong written and oral communication skills

- [Bonus] Alteryx & NetSuite experience
- [Bonus] Experience with payroll operations in other countries


You'll also need
:

• A reliable home internet connection (or be able to get one)
• Fluent English & French required

How we work together at Oyster:

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