Payroll Expert 80-100% (M/F/X)

As a senior subject-matter expert within HR Operations, you will act as a key point of contact for Payroll, Compensation & Benefits, social insurance, time management and workforce cost analysis.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Oversee the end-to-end payroll cycle, ensuring accurate and compliant payroll processing in accordance with Swiss legislation, collective labour agreements and internal policies.
• Manage and coordinate Swiss social insurance processes, withholding tax, salary certificates, statutory declarations and year-end activities.
• Monitor regulatory, social security and payroll tax developments and assess their impact on processes and policies.
• Ensure consistency between time and attendance data and payroll, including working time, absences and related rules.
• Act as a functional expert for payroll and time management systems, supporting complex cases, system configuration and process improvements.
• Ensure compliance with collective labour agreements, regulatory requirements, internal controls, data protection and confidentiality standards.
• Prepare and support internal and external audits, identify compliance risks and recommend corrective actions.
• Conduct compensation analyses and market benchmarks and contribute to the development of salary structures, variable compensation and employee benefit programmes.
• Support pay equity initiatives and provide relevant compensation data and analysis.
• Prepare salary review simulations and assess the financial impact of salary increases, promotions and bonus programmes.
• Contribute to workforce planning, headcount forecasting and personnel cost budgeting.
• Produce and analyse HR and financial KPIs, dashboards and management reports covering payroll, headcount, workforce costs and related indicators.
• Provide recommendations and decision-support analysis to HR, Finance and management.
• Perform reconciliations between HR, payroll and accounting data and contribute to monthly and annual financial closing activities, including personnel-related accruals and provisions.
• Participate actively in HR transformation, digitalisation and automation projects, including the development of analytical and data-driven solutions.
• Liaise with external partners including social insurance institutions, pension funds, insurers and public authorities.
• Support and train HR teams and key users, maintain functional documentation and promote best practices across the organisation.