EMEA Payroll Practitioner

Houlihan Lokey - Corporate; Frankfurt; Hybrid; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A global investment banking firm is seeking an experienced Payroll Practitioner based in Frankfurt to ensure the payroll process is executed flawlessly. This role involves processing payroll for Germany, Austria, and France, alongside ensuring compliance with local regulations and handling employee queries. Successful candidates should have at least three years of payroll experience in these regions, a degree in relevant fields, and be fluent in German or French and English. This is a hybrid position, requiring 2-3 days in the office.

Qualifikationen

• Degree level education – subjects in Accounting, Finance or Business administration highly preferred.
• Fluent communication skills in both German or French and English languages.
• 3+ years of advanced Germany or French payroll experience.

Aufgaben

• Process monthly payrolls for Germany, Austria, and France.
• Handle payroll related queries and correspondence.
• Consult with payroll bureaus and HR to ensure compliance.

Kenntnisse

Fluent communication skills in German or French and English

3+ years of advanced Germany or French payroll experience

Strong knowledge of tax and wage laws in Europe

Intermediate to high level Excel skills

Proven planning and organizational skills

Analytical and critical thinking skills

Ausbildung

Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business administration

Tools

Workday

DATEV Software

ServiceNow ticketing system

Jobbeschreibung

Business Unit: Human Capital Group

Industry: No Industry

Overview

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital solutions, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. Houlihan Lokey serves corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide with offices in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. Independent advice and intellectual rigor are hallmarks of the firm’s commitment to client success across its advisory services. The firm is the No. 1 investment bank for all global M&A transactions for the past two years, the No. 1 M&A advisor for the past 10 years in the U.S., the No. 1 global restructuring advisor for the past 11 years, and the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 25 years, all based on number of transactions and according to data provided by LSEG.

Scope

We are seeking an experienced Payroll Practitioner to ensure Houlihan Lokey’s payroll process is executed flawlessly and will scale with the growth of our business. This is an amazing opportunity to be a key contributor to the payroll team. This role reports into the International Payroll Supervisor. The Payroll Practitioner will work closely with our Workday HRIS, Compensation, Human Resources Operations, Benefits, and International Payroll Vendor/Platform teams.

This is a hybrid working position which requires a minimum of 2-3 days working in our Frankfurt or Paris office.

Responsibilities

• Process monthly payrolls for Germany, Austria, and France
  • Ensure accuracy of data in the Workday system for new hires, job changes, salary changes and terminations
  • Input and audit employee details, salary changes, bonuses, insurances, and deductions into applicable payroll systems, including gross to net calculations
  • Process all non-cash benefits received from the accounting team such as overtime meals and late-night taxi income monthly
  • Process all terminated employee prorated calculations and additional termination payments and holiday payouts
• Be the first point of contact for all Germany, Austria, and France payroll related queries and correspondence
  • Respond to all employee queries submitted via the Company’s Service Now system daily
  • Review and resolve any individual queries within Service Level Agreement timeframe, escalating as needed
  • Process public and private Germany health insurance documents from employees, ensuring accurate coding in Workday and payroll deductions
• Consult with payroll bureaus, payroll providers, and firm HR to ensure payrolls are processed in accordance with current payroll legislation and collective bargaining agreements
  • Stay up to date on local regulations
  • Confidently comprehend unique salary proration, time off accruals, and maternity calculations
  • Collaborate with Workday IT and HRIS on configuration updates to support changes in regulation or CBAs
• Prepare monthly general ledgers and payroll account reconciliation for select countries
• Process all ‘leave types’ in accordance with legislation. E.g., holiday pay
• Collaborate and review unemployment certificate requests
• Ensure timely and accurate payment and filings of taxes and pension
• Act as the subject matter expert, SME, regarding Germany, Austria, and France payroll including migration to new payroll platform
• Comply with GDPR regulations and maintain payroll confidentiality

Basic Qualifications

• Degree level education – subjects in Accounting, Finance or Business administration highly preferred
• Fluent communication skills in both German or French and English languages (verbal and written)
• 3+ years of advanced Germany or French payroll experience
• Experience with Workday, in-house payroll systems and local in-country partners
• Experience with DATEV Software
• Strong knowledge of tax and wage laws in Europe (e.g., benefits in kind)
• Strong knowledge of shadow payrolls
• Intermediate to high level Excel skills essential for data comparisons between Workday HRIS and local system data output
• Knowledge of Workday, Payslips, and Strada Global Payroll desired
• Proven planning and organizational skills
• Proven Analytical and critical thinking skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Workday, Payslips, and Strada Global Payroll systems
• Working knowledge of ServiceNow ticketing system

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.