Italian Payroll & Compliance Partner

Colgate Palmolive; Anzio; Hybrid; EUR 49,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal vouchers

Insurance coverage

Job summary

Colgate-Palmolive is seeking a Payroll Partner for Italy to lead end-to-end payroll operations for multiple legal entities, ensuring 100% accuracy, regulatory compliance, and timely processing for ~600 employees in Anzio and surrounding Italy locations.

The role requires Italian labor law mastery, CCNL experience, and strong SAP/SuccessFactors HR system skills, with fluent Italian and English, and a track record in payroll budgeting and vendor management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Business Administration, HR, or Law (a Consulente del Lavoro certification or Master’s in Labor Law will be considered as a plus).
• 5+ years of progressive, hands-on payroll management and benefits administration within complex corporate organizations in Italy.
• Multi-CCNL Expertise: Deep technical mastery of Italian labor legislation, local tax structures, social security environments (INPS/INAIL), and multiple CCNLs (Chemical Industry and Commerce/Tertiary CCNLs required).
• Systems Proficiency: High fluency in enterprise HR platforms (SAP HR, Success Factor), Google Suite
• Strong analytical mindset to play as an effective partner on payroll budgeting/accounting dynamics.
• Proven ownership in managing external payroll vendors, driving operational SLAs, and navigating SOX audit controls.
• Professional fluency in Italian (native/fluent) and excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Italian Payroll Operations & Audit.
• Lead the accurate and timely monthly payroll execution, entry, and validation for the approx. 600 employees within the assigned legal entities.
• Validate complex payroll inputs across commercial and plant populations, including variable pay, fringe benefit, shift indemnities, overtime allowances, leave accruals, expatriate payroll topics, internships, etc.
• Conduct rigorous auditing and reconciliation with external payroll service providers to ensure zero-defect processing and strict compliance with global SOX standards.
• Statutory Compliance, CCNL & Regulatory Management.
• Serve as the primary payroll topics expert driven by Italian National Collective Bargaining Agreements (CCNLs), mainly Chemical and Commerce.
• Play an active role in paperwork preparation on employee life cycle processes, ie hiring/termination, transfers etc
• Grant compliance on statutory leaves (parental leave, sick leave, injury) and ensure proper management of government with relevant authorities (INPS, INAIL).
• Grant compliance on mandated government reporting (ie ISTAT)
• Third Party Management
• Oversee day-to-day operations and SLA accountability of external payroll providers, driving smooth communication flows, high service quality, and strict data accuracy as well as grant compliance on mandatory labor law communications
• Serve as the primary point of contact for employee’s payroll topics onboarding and inquiries regarding payslips, tax deductions, leave balances, and benefits calculations.
• Partner closely with the People team (HR) to ensure accurate implementation of local union agreements, shopfloor tariffs, collective bonus and local policies.
• Support labor inspections, internal/external compliance audits, and any third parties request related to payroll data.
• Systems Optimization & Financial Reporting
• Ensure accurate maintenance and update of the local system (SAP HR/Successfactor) to grant proper reconciliation
• Partner with Finance teams on payroll accounting dynamics, labor cost estimates, supporting variance analysis.
• Identify and resolve operational bottlenecks, leveraging automation, digital tools, and process standardizations to enhance payroll efficiency.

Skills

Italian language

English language

Analytical mindset

Payroll budgeting

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Business Administration, HR, or Law

Consulente del Lavoro certification

Master’s in Labor Law

Tools

SAP HR

SuccessFactors

Google Suite

Job description

Colgate-Palmolive is seeking a Payroll Partner for Italy to lead end-to-end payroll operations for multiple legal entities, ensuring 100% accuracy, regulatory compliance, and timely processing for ~600 employees in Anzio and surrounding Italy locations.

The role requires Italian labor law mastery, CCNL experience, and strong SAP/SuccessFactors HR system skills, with fluent Italian and English, and a track record in payroll budgeting and vendor management.