EMEA Payroll Specialist

POL - 6999 Takeda SCE; Łódź; Hybrid; PLN 118,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Takeda is seeking a Senior Payroll Specialist for EMEA to support outsourced payroll operations across Europe, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll delivery through external providers. You will coordinate inputs, validate data, and work with vendors and internal stakeholders.

The role requires 3–5 years in payroll, strong controls, experience with ADP Global View, Workday, and time & attendance systems; English fluency, plus German or French; hybrid work in Lodz, Poland; base salary

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of payroll experience, ideally supporting European payroll operations.
• Strong understanding of payroll controls, reconciliations, tax processes, and statutory compliance.
• Experience working with outsourced payroll models and managing external vendors.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate end-to-end payroll activities through external payroll providers, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with local requirements.
• Validate payroll inputs, including earnings, deductions, tax components, statutory contributions, and employee data changes.
• Review, update, and validate payroll data to ensure completeness, accuracy, and consistency.
• Manage and coordinate monthly payroll runs, including one-time payments, corrections, adjustments, and other off-cycle transactions.
• Ensure equity-related transactions are processed accurately and within payroll deadlines.
• Perform payroll and tax reconciliations, maintain effective payroll controls, and support required reporting activities.
• Review and manage payroll corrections identified before and between payroll cycles.
• Monitor regulatory changes and coordinate timely implementation of required updates.
• Support year-end payroll activities and statutory reporting requirements.

Skills

Payroll experience

English fluency

German or French

Tools

ADP Global View

Workday

ServiceNow

WFS

WFM

Kronos

Job description

Job Description EMEA (Senior) Payroll Specialist

The Senior Payroll Specialist is responsible for supporting outsourced payroll operations across Europe, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll delivery through external payroll providers. This role serves as a key liaison across vendors and internal stakeholders, coordinates payroll inputs and controls, and contributes to process improvement through standardization, automation, and the use of Takeda-enabled AI and automation tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate end-to-end payroll activities through external payroll providers, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with local requirements.
• Validate payroll inputs, including earnings, deductions, tax components, statutory contributions, and employee data changes.
• Review, update, and validate payroll data to ensure completeness, accuracy, and consistency.
• Manage and coordinate monthly payroll runs, including one-time payments, corrections, adjustments, and other off-cycle transactions.
• Ensure equity-related transactions are processed accurately and within payroll deadlines.
• Perform payroll and tax reconciliations, maintain effective payroll controls, and support required reporting activities.
• Review and manage payroll corrections identified before and between payroll cycles.
• Monitor regulatory changes and coordinate timely implementation of required updates.
• Support year-end payroll activities and statutory reporting requirements.

Key Skills, Abilities, and Competencies

• Tech-savvy, with the ability to quickly learn and effectively use payroll systems, digital tools, and automation solutions to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• 3-5 years of payroll experience, ideally supporting European payroll operations.
• Strong understanding of payroll controls, reconciliations, tax processes, and statutory compliance.
• Experience with ADP Global View, Workday, ServiceNow or similar platforms.
• Experience with Time & Attendance systems such as WFS, WFM, Kronos, or similar platforms is an advantage.
• Experience working within an outsourced payroll model and managing external vendors is preferred.
• Ability to communicate in German or French.
• Fluency in English.

Location and Salary

#LI-Hybrid Locations Lodz, Poland

Base Salary Range: zł117,600.00 - zł161,700.00

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

About Takeda

Takeda is an industry-leading, global pharmaceutical company with an unwavering dedication to putting patients at the center of everything we do. We live our values of Takeda-ism – Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, and Perseverance – and are united by our mission to strive towards Better Health and a Brighter Future for people worldwide through leading innovation in medicine. Here, everyone matters and you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring, bold mission. At Takeda, you will make an impact on people’s lives – including your own.

Takeda is a committed to creating an inclusive workplace, where individuals are recognized for the diverse backgrounds and abilities they bring. We continuously improve workplace experience and accessibility, and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Here, you will feel welcomed, respected, and valued as an important part of our team.

Equal Opportunity & Diversity

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