Solutions Consultant, Global Payroll

Jobgether; France; Remote; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Flexible working hours

Mental health support services

Learning and development budget

Job summary

A global payroll solutions provider is seeking a Solutions Consultant, Global Payroll in France. This role involves consultative sales, addressing complex payroll challenges, and collaborating with sales and product teams to drive growth. Candidates need expertise in global payroll processes, strong communication skills, and must be fluent in English. The position offers fully remote work across EMEA, competitive compensation, and comprehensive benefits including flexible paid time off and mental health support.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in pre-sales solutions consulting and consulting roles.
• Strong background in global payroll processes and systems.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills to explain complex concepts.
• Strong technical aptitude and ability to learn and demonstrate software solutions.
• Collaborative mindset across distributed teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Payroll certifications such as CIPP or CIPM are a plus; familiarity with payroll tools like Xero or QuickBooks is beneficial.
• Fluent English; additional French or German is a plus.
• Approximately 5 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 3 years with a Master’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Partner with sales teams to define and execute sales strategies.
• Act as a subject matter expert in global payroll.
• Deliver tailored product demonstrations and proposals.
• Develop and maintain sales playbooks and materials for the sales cycle.
• Translate customer requirements into clear scopes of work for implementations.
• Enable sales and solutions teams with deep payroll solution knowledge.
• Provide feedback to product teams to align solutions with market needs.

Skills

Consultative sales techniques

Global payroll processes and systems

Excellent communication skills

Technical aptitude in software solutions

Collaborative mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Fluent English

French or German (plus)

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

Xero

QuickBooks

Job description

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Solutions Consultant, Global Payroll in France. This role sits at the intersection of consultative sales, global payroll expertise, and technology, playing a critical part in enabling organizations to manage international workforces with confidence. You will act as a trusted advisor during the pre-sales and solution design phases, helping prospects understand complex global payroll challenges and translating them into scalable solutions. Working closely with sales, product, and implementation teams, you will influence growth, shape go-to-market strategies, and ensure customer needs are accurately addressed. The environment is fast-paced, international, and highly collaborative, with a strong focus on impact, innovation, and quality of execution. This is an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the future of global work while deepening your expertise in payroll and distributed workforce solutions.

Accountabilities

• Partner with global payroll sales teams to define and execute sales strategies that drive market penetration and growth.
• Act as a subject matter expert in global payroll, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of product capabilities, regulations, and industry trends.
• Deliver tailored product demonstrations, proposals, and presentations that clearly articulate value and address customer-specific needs.
• Develop, refine, and maintain sales playbooks and supporting materials to improve the quality and consistency of the sales cycle.
• Translate customer business requirements into clear scopes of work to enable smooth handover and successful implementations.
• Enable sales and solutions teams with deep technical knowledge of the payroll solution and its commercial value.
• Provide structured, commercially focused feedback to product teams to help align solutions with evolving market needs.

Requirements

• Proven experience in pre-sales solutions consulting and or consulting roles, using consultative techniques to uncover client needs and recommend solutions.
• Strong background in global payroll processes and systems, with exposure to distributed workforce solutions and international HRIS platforms.
• Solid understanding of sales cycles, sales methodologies, and commercial decision-making.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly and persuasively.
• Strong technical aptitude and the ability to quickly learn, demonstrate, and analyze software solutions.
• Collaborative mindset with experience working across distributed, cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-moving environment.
• Relevant payroll certifications such as CIPP or CIPM, and familiarity with payroll accounting and tools like Xero or QuickBooks, are a plus.
• Fluent English required; additional fluency in German or French is a plus.
• Approximately 5 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 3 years with a Master’s degree.

Benefits

• Fully remote work with flexibility to work from anywhere in EMEA.
• Flexible working hours and a strong asynchronous work culture.
• Competitive, equitable compensation aligned to role, level, and location.
• Flexible paid time off and 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Mental health support services.
• Stock options.
• Learning and development budget.
• Home office budget and IT equipment.
• Budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces.

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