EMEA Payroll Specialist - Finance (Fixed Term) in Reading

This role is based out of NVIDIA’s Reading Office or Remote in France. As part of the Global Payroll team, this position reports to the Head of International Payroll in the UK and will work closely with the Finance and HR Departments. This position will include day-to-day payroll compliance requirements across EMEA (including France, Finland, UAE and Saudi) as well as special projects, including business process improvement initiatives across NVIDIA’s EMEA payroll regions. Coordinating with HR for new hire and benefit processes is essential. The position will require the treatment of sensitive information with confidentiality and discretion, acting at the highest standards of ethical behaviour, and require strong leadership and advocacy for the Company’s Human Resource (HR) and Payroll departments’ controls and the Company’s related policies.

This role requires extensive payroll and employment tax background, and excellent communication skills. This person must be self-motivated, driven to work independently with limited oversight, and able to work collaboratively across other international payroll regions. In addition, the role requires flexibility and willingness to change in roles and responsibilities, and the ability to travel. This is an 18 month fixed term contract role.

What you'll be doing:

• Member of the Global Payroll team and assistant of 23 European payrolls including but not exhaustive:
• Manage and support the day-to-day payroll compliance requirements, including accurate, complete and timely processing of payroll, including all remittances and filings with the appropriate tax authorities and payments to employees.
• Gathering information such as pension insurance, health insurance – registering with the required agencies, providing documents for employees to sign and discuss.
• Conducting Payroll inductions including detailing explanation for international new starters/transfers.
• Maintain payroll files and records.
• Coordination with third parties, such as auditors, tax authorities and payroll suppliers.
• Partner with all key stakeholders to ensure the responsibilities and objectives of the payroll department are successfully met, including HR, the Company’s external payroll service providers, and the Company’s banking partners.
• Specifically, to ensure the accurate, complete, and timely execution of payroll processing, including coordinating and securing payroll data inputs, validating all related data, and ensuring timely payment/credit to the bank accounts of employees.
• Partner with Finance teams in India to create and post month end journals, flux reporting, month end balance sheet reconciliation analysis and all payroll accounting.
• Provide day-to-day assistance to employee inquiries and provide education and support, as needed.

What we need to see:

• Payroll Certification required.
• Pensions and Benefits experience.
• Finance experience an advantage.
• Minimum 8 years of extensive payroll experience in a global payroll environment, including international payroll tax regimes and stock-based compensation. Specific experience with France & Finland is a distinct advantage.
• Extensive knowledge of payroll systems, controls and compliance frameworks.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills required.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Excel/PowerPoint/Word/Outlook) required.
• Excellent organizational, project and time management skills with ability to multi-task.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, and attention to detail required.
• Ability and willingness to be flexible and adapt to rapidly changing work environments, roles and responsibilities, competing priorities, and tight deadlines.
• Fluency in English.

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