At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage French payroll operations and ensure smooth delivery while driving transformation.
- Company: Leading international financial services organisation with a focus on accuracy and compliance.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, onsite work in London, and a chance to enhance your payroll expertise.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for professional growth and development.
- Why this job: Join a growing team and make a real impact on payroll processes and transformation.
- Qualifications: Experience in payroll management, especially with French payroll components.
We are partnering with a leading, international financial services organisation to recruit a Payroll Specialist (French payroll) to take ownership of payroll operations for France. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing business environment where accuracy, compliance, and continuous improvement are highly valued.
Key Responsibilities:
- You will play a critical role in ensuring smooth payroll delivery while also contributing to a key transformation programme, including the migration to Oracle Cloud.
- Manage the end-to-end monthly payroll cycle for France, ensuring all variable elements (bonuses, commissions, overtime, etc.) are accurately processed via the payroll provider.
- Act as the primary liaison with the external payroll vendor, monitoring performance against SLAs and ensuring timely outputs.
- Partner closely with HR Business Partners and internal stakeholders to collect, validate, and process payroll data.
- Interpret and manage complex French payroll components, including: Benefits in Kind (BIK), RTT (Réduction du Temps de Travail), Stock options and RSUs, Collective agreement (Convention Collective) requirements.
- Serve as the first point of contact for employee payroll queries, providing clear guidance on payslips, social charges, and other related matters.
We think you need these skills to ace Payroll Specialist - French payroll - 6 months contract
French Payroll Management
Payroll Operations
Oracle Cloud
End-to-End Payroll Cycle
Variable Pay Processing
Vendor Management
Stakeholder Engagement
