EMEA Payroll Analyst (Location: Kelsterbach, Germany)

Fortinet, Inc.; Kelsterbach; Hybrid; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Fortinet's EMEA payroll team in Kelsterbach, Germany, is seeking an EMEA Payroll Specialist. The role focuses on accurate payroll processing for ~27 countries and 3500+ employees, including RSUs and stock items, with outsourcing to third-party providers.

You will work closely with internal stakeholders and external vendors in a confidential, deadline-driven environment, delivering compliant payroll instructions and supporting SOX controls, audits, and a payroll roadmap transformation to ADP.

Qualifikationen

• Significant and demonstrable knowledge of successful payroll processing.
• Experience managing multiple EMEA payrolls.
• Experience with payroll journal booking and reconciliations.
• Experience identifying and implementing payroll process improvements.
• Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills.
• Experience coordinating with external vendors and auditors.
• Familiarity with SOX compliance.

Aufgaben

• Manage assigned regional payrolls to ensure accurate, timely payroll processing.
• Establish and maintain relationships with external payroll bureaus.
• Prepare monthly payroll journals.
• Ensure payroll payments (tax, pensions) are approved and paid on time.
• Process RSU/stock options.
• Develop and maintain SOPs with team managers.
• Support SOX compliance and internal controls.
• Handle payroll queries efficiently.
• Assist with statutory reporting and year-end activities.
• Collaborate with internal and external auditors as needed.
• Provide coverage for other payroll team members.
• Lead payroll modernization and partner transition (ADP) initiatives.

Kenntnisse

Payroll processing

EMEA payroll

RSU processing

Vendor management

SOX compliance

Statutory reporting

Communication skills

Tools

ADP

Jobbeschreibung

EMEA Payroll Analyst (Location: Kelsterbach, Germany)

Job Info

• Job Identification 21497
• Job Category Payroll
• Posting Date 12/12/2025, 12:06 PM
• Job Schedule Full time

Job Description

EMEA Payroll Specialist

Location: Kelsterbach, Germany

This role is office-based 4 days per week.

Fortinet EMEA payroll team forms part of the Finance department. The payroll team has overall responsibility for the gathering and collating of information from other departments including the process complex payroll items including RSUs and Stocks. Once reconciled, communicate accurate, compliant instructions to third party payroll providers to ensure timely processing of multiple payrolls (circa 27 Countries and 3500+ people) for the EMEA region.

The EMEA Payroll Specialist must be professional and confident in working with individuals at all levels of the organization and external vendors and customers.

Working at part of a high functioning close knit team (currently of 8) you will be required to perform against tight deadlines, must be highly confidential with sensitive information and demonstrate an ability to build and maintain relationships along with demonstrating solid written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Management of assigned regional payrolls, ensuring consistent processes followed, any issues resolved, and all employees paid correctly and on time.
• Establish and maintain relationships with external payroll bureaus, including monitoring service levels.
• Prepare monthly payroll journals.
• Ensure payroll associated payments ie tax, pension etc. are approved and paid within the correct timeframes.
• RSU/Stock option processing.
• Work with the team managers to create, update and maintain effective SOPs
• Ensure effective SOX compliance, including SAS 70/SSAE16 compliance where appropriate.
• Efficient handling of all payroll related queries.
• Assist with the preparation and submission statutory reporting including year end activities, working closely with partners both internal and external.
• Work with external and internal auditors, providing information as and when required.
• Provide support and cover for the other team members within the payroll department.
• Work with project management to successfully deliver Fortinets’ payroll roadmap, including moving to a new payroll partner (ADP) and transformation of the EMEA payroll function including automation and standardisation

Qualifications:

• Significant and demonstrable knowledge of successful payroll processing.
• Experienced in managing multiple EMEA payroll processing.
• Experience of payroll journal booking and reconciliations.
• Demonstrated experience of identifying and implementing payroll process improvements.
• Solid organizational skills & ability to multi-task, time management skills.
• Successful management of vendors to achieve company goals.
• Knowledge of and experience working with SOX compliance.
• Previous related accounting support experience.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.