HR Financial & Payroll Expert

UEFA Foundation; Lavamünd; Hybrid; EUR 116.000 - 148.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

UEFA Foundation is seeking an HR Financial & Payroll Expert in Nyon to oversee payroll, budgeting and financial analysis that supports workforce decisions. You will collaborate with HR and Finance to ensure policy compliance and accurate cost reporting for employee compensation across UEFA.

Key responsibilities include delivering staff-cost budgets, monthly payroll, audits, and advising on pensions, social security and tax matters.

Qualifikationen

• 7+ years of payroll, compensation, social insurance and tax experience in a corporate environment.
• Proven ability to maintain a robust HR financial infrastructure (budgeting, reporting and audit support).
• Experience in an international organisation is an asset.

Aufgaben

• Delivering accurate staff-cost budgets and forecasts.
• Ensuring accurate, timely and compliant monthly payroll delivery.
• Supporting governance with compliance and risk management across payroll, benefits and HR policies.

Kenntnisse

Payroll management

Budgeting & forecasting

HRIS payroll systems

Ausbildung

University degree in Finance or related field

Swiss HR/Finance certification (advantage)

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Jobbeschreibung

Job information

Division/Unit: Services / HR Operations
Contract type: Permanent (80-100%)
Location: Nyon (up to one day working from home per week)
Start date: 01.12.2026
Application deadline: 02.10.2026

Main goal

Are you a payroll and finance professional who enjoys combining technical expertise with meaningful people impact? Then join us as our next HR Financial & Payroll Expert. Your role will be to ensure accurate payroll management, provide financial analysis to support business decisions, and manage workforce budgeting and forecasting. Through close collaboration with the HR and Finance teams, you will help ensure compliance with policies and procedures, contribute to HR projects, and support the effective management of employee-related financial matters across UEFA.

Key responsibilities

• Delivering accurate staff‑cost budgets and forecasts, anticipating workforce changes.
• Ensuring accurate, timely and compliant monthly payroll delivery, in line with Swiss labour law and social security requirements.
• Supporting strong governance by ensuring robust compliance and risk management across payroll, benefits and HR policies, including coordinating audits, and reporting reliably to UEFA's finance division, internal and external auditors and the competent authorities.
• Providing UEFA's HR business partners and managers with expert advice on payroll and other matters relating to compensation and benefits, ensuring consistent application of the relevant guidelines.
• Supporting employees with clear guidance on social security, pension, retirement and tax matters, improving understanding and compliance.
• Partnering on organisation-wide HR initiatives that strengthen people practices, support workforce decisions and shape the future of work at UEFA.
• Drive continuous improvement, standardisation and operational excellence across payroll, compensation and benefits processes.

Requirements

Experience

• At least 7 years' experience handling payroll, compensation, social insurance and tax in a Swiss corporate environment.
• Proven ability to maintain a robust, transparent HR financial infrastructure (budgeting, reporting and audit support).
• Previous experience within an international organisation, ideally of comparable scale and complexity.
• Experience with SAP or similar HRIS/payroll solutions.

Education:

• University degree in Finance, Business Administration, human resources or similar field
• Further education in human resources (e.g. Swiss brevet fédéral), pensions/insurance, finance or HRIS is an advantage.

Languages:

• English: Proficient
• French: Proficient

Other requirements:

• Excellent knowledge of HR & Financial processes
• Financial background
• Ability to take initiative and lead projects with accountability and turn ideas into impactful results.
• Strong commitment to service excellence and quality
• High level of integrity, discretion and sound judgment, especially when handling sensitive HR and payroll information.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office
• The successful candidate will be expected to be resident in Switzerland or nearby France.

UEFA welcomes applications from all, actively working to ensure that we are an inclusive employer that finds the best candidate for our positions, regardless of aspects such as sex, gender identification, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity or nationality.