Senior Payroll Specialist

For our client in the Bern area, an established and value-oriented organization with several locations in the region. To strengthen the HR service team, we are looking for an experienced personality with proven payroll expertise. In this responsible position, you will take on a central role in ensuring professional payroll administration and will actively contribute your expertise to the further development of processes and systems.

Your tasks ###

• Independent execution and control of monthly payroll processing including mutations, reconciliations and closing work
• Ensuring timely and high-quality processing of all payroll processes
• Partial functional responsibility within the HR service area
• Handling complex issues in the field of social insurance, withholding tax and payroll-relevant topics
• Advising employees and managers on questions regarding payroll, time management and administrative HR processes
• Active participation in the optimization of processes as well as the further development of HR and payroll systems
• Collaboration in cross-departmental projects, especially during organizational and system-related changes

Your profile ###

• Several years of professional experience as a Payroll Specialist and in the payroll administration of a complex organization or in a comparable function
• Sound knowledge of the Swiss wage and social insurance system
• Experience in handling complex payroll cases as well as enjoyment of cross-disciplinary contexts
• Ideally project or change experience in the environment of HR systems or process harmonizations
• High service orientation as well as a structured, exact and independent way of working
• Team player with a sense of responsibility and interest in an expanded specialist function
• Experience with common payroll and time tracking systems, such as Abacus

What awaits you ###

• Responsible specialist function with development perspectives
• Varied area of responsibility in a dynamic environment
• Collegial and supportive team with short decision-making paths
• Modern working environment with room for initiative and co-determination
• Appreciative corporate culture with a clear focus on cooperation and quality
• Opportunity to actively shape changes and contribute your ideas

Interested? ###

Then we look forward to your online application. For questions regarding the position, Susanne Buri (susanne.buri@swisselect.ch / 079 475 09 35) is at your disposal.