Senior Payroll Specialist with German

Fresenius Medical Care is a people business. Our success depends on having the best and brightest employees, and helping them attain their personal and professional goals while delivering excellence in patient care and business results. Our employees embody our culture which is based on six core values supporting our promise to improve the quality of life of every patient every day. These core values are: Patients and Partners First, Honesty and Integrity, Quality and Compliance, Collaboration, No-Limits Mindset and Results Oriented. 

Your responsibilities

• Responsible for complete, accurate and timely processing of payroll cycles, payments, statutory filings and reporting, based on payroll calendar.
• Validate all payroll inputs including workforce management, benefits and Workday (HCM).
• Receive, prepare, verify and upload payroll data upon which payroll will be calculated and reconciled.
• Ensure payments, statutory filings and reports are completed.
• Validate data quality of outbound interfaces sent to third-party providers.
• Problem-solve variances, data errors and processing/payment issues and provide recommended solutions.
• Adhere to process documentation, company policies, internal controls and payroll performance metrics.
• Perform tasks in compliance with local employment legislation and data protection.
• Develop and maintain relationships through effective and timely communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Serve as point of contact for payroll as well as time and attendance related queries.
• Provide necessary data and clarifications to questions raised by internal or external audit as needed.
• Act as a backup to other team members.
• Assist with various projects and duties as assigned.

Our requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in business administration with a focus on human resources.
• Minimum of 4-5 years’ experience in multi-country payroll.
• Experience with Workday (HCM) and time and attendance systems preferred.
• Process and solution-oriented thinking and acting.
• Able to analyze and evaluate issues with regard to legal and internal company processes.
• Discretion and trustworthiness.
• Thorough and meticulous with a good feel for facts and numbers.
• Proactive and independent way of working; dedicated and reliable.
• Ability to complete work assignments within required time constraints and meet critical deadlines.
• Reliability, ability to work in a team, attention to detail, customer service.
• High level of commitment and flexibility.
• Good communication with various departments and well versed in dealing with customers and employees.
• Knowledge on general payroll concepts (i.e., income tax, social security, pension, statutory leaves).
• Have an understanding of the dependencies and cooperation of payroll, finance and controlling.
• Good MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point etc.) skills.
• Minimum German and English language skills at B2 level