EMEA Payroll Specialist – Paris

Alvarez & Marsal; Paris; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal is seeking a Payroll Specialist based in Paris to own multi-country payroll delivery across EMEA with autonomy and the full support of a centralised payroll team. You will manage relationships with external payroll vendors and ensure compliance with local laws.

Key responsibilities include end-to-end payroll processing for multiple countries, preparing mandatory documents, adhering to cut-off dates, and supporting payroll transformations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience processing EMEA payroll, with knowledge of legislation, social security regulations, collective-bargaining provisions and benefits regulations
• Experience working with local payroll providers and managing relationships with external vendors
• Proficiency in MS Office applications, particularly Excel, for data analysis and reporting
• Fluent in English and French
• Excellent stakeholder management and attention to detail, with experience handling confidential data
• Excellent customer service, with a proactive, flexible and adaptable approach to problem solving
• Excellent organisational and time management skills to handle multiple payrolls and deadlines
• Experience working in a fast-paced, growing environment and across time zones
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively, with resilience to adapt to changing payroll requirements across EMEA

Responsibilities

• Managing and delivering the end-to-end payroll cycle for multiple EMEA countries (largest headcounts: UK, Germany, France, UAE, Spain, Italy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Netherlands and Switzerland), ensuring payments are accurate, on time and compliant with local legislation
• Preparing legally mandatory payroll documents and de/registrations, such as termination documents, employment confirmations, annual tax statements and compliance reports
• Adhering to payroll cut-off dates and meeting deadlines with the payroll provider and business partners
• Keeping up to date with payroll legislation and internal policies, working with payroll providers and internal payroll management to apply legislative changes on time
• Obtaining adequate approvals for payroll finalisation and payment requests, and ensuring FX rates are updated where translation is required for salaries or bonuses
• Acting as primary contact for payroll queries from employees, the business, tax authorities, pension and other statutory benefits providers and payroll providers
• Delivering month-end payroll reports to Finance and supporting the Accounting team with reconciliations and audit requests
• Supporting continuous improvement of payroll processes, with a strong focus on controls, documentation and audit readiness, and contributing to the Global Payroll Transformation Project
• Maintaining internal documentation for shared knowledge databases and fostering close collaboration with The People Team, Finance and all stakeholders

Skills

Fluent English

Fluent French

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Time management

Problem solving

Tools

Excel

MS Office

Job description

Alvarez & Marsal is seeking a Payroll Specialist based in Paris to own multi-country payroll delivery across EMEA with autonomy and the full support of a centralised payroll team. You will manage relationships with external payroll vendors and ensure compliance with local laws.

Key responsibilities include end-to-end payroll processing for multiple countries, preparing mandatory documents, adhering to cut-off dates, and supporting payroll transformations.