Senior Payroll Specialist

POL - 6999 Takeda SCE; Łódź; Vor Ort; PLN 138.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. in Lodz, Poland, seeks a Senior Payroll Specialist to manage payroll operations for an assigned multi-entity portfolio with increasing independence and complexity.

The role focuses on accuracy, timeliness, compliance, and employee support. You will coordinate activities with external providers, validate complex earnings and taxes, perform reconciliations, and provide day-to-day guidance to colleagues.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Finance or related field required or equivalent experience.
• 3–5 years of payroll experience in regional, multi-entity, or international operations.
• No direct reports; provides day-to-day guidance and knowledge sharing.
• Strong knowledge of payroll operations, controls, reconciliations, documentation, tax and statutory support, and confidentiality.
• Experience with payroll systems and digital tools such as Workday, ADP, SAP Payroll, ServiceNow or equivalent is desirable.
• Fluent English; additional languages are desirable; German is a plus.
• Demonstrates accountability, collaboration, inclusion, curiosity, and openness to change.

Aufgaben

• Coordinate end-to-end payroll activities through approved systems and external providers for an assigned portfolio.
• Validate complex earnings, deductions, taxes, statutory contributions, benefits, equity-related transactions, time data, and employee changes.
• Perform reconciliations, controls, corrections, off-cycle transactions, and year-end support with audit-ready documentation.
• Investigate issues, identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and escalate material risks when needed.
• Serve as an operational contact for payroll providers and partner with HR, Finance, and other stakeholders to resolve issues and ensure service quality.
• Use approved digital tools with human review, support system changes, testing, transitions, and process updates.

Kenntnisse

Payroll experience

Fluent English

German language (plus)

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Finance or related field

Payroll certification (advantageous)

Tools

Workday

ADP

SAP Payroll

ServiceNow

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description Purpose

The Senior Payroll Specialist is a senior professional role responsible for supporting payroll operations across an assigned payroll portfolio with greater independence and complexity. This role manages complex transactions, performs deeper validations and reconciliations, resolves operational issues, supports projects and change activities, and provides day-to-day technical guidance to colleagues. The role contributes to accurate, timely, compliant, and employee-focused payroll delivery while helping improve process quality and resilience. It covers an assigned regional, multi-entity, or multi-market payroll portfolio, with no budget ownership and no direct reports.

How you will contribute

• Coordinate end-to-end payroll activities through approved systems and external providers for an assigned portfolio.
• Validate complex earnings, deductions, taxes, statutory contributions, benefits, equity-related transactions, time data, and employee changes.
• Perform reconciliations, controls, corrections, off-cycle transactions, and year-end support with increased independence, and prepare and maintain audit-ready evidence, documentation, and process records.
• Investigate complex issues, identify root causes, implement corrective actions within authority, and escalating material risks where appropriate.
• Serve as an operational contact for payroll providers, and partner with Payroll COE, HR, Finance, Total Rewards, Mobility, Technology, Risk, Audit, and other stakeholders to resolve issues, support service quality, and ensure follow-through.
• Use approved digital, AI, and automation tools responsibly with human review and validation, and support system changes, testing, transitions, implementations, and process updates related to payroll and connected processes.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate recurring work and reduce manual effort or recurring errors, and provide day-to-day guidance, peer coaching, and knowledge sharing to colleagues.

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in HR, Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field; payroll certification is advantageous.
• 3–5 years of payroll experience, ideally in regional, multi-entity, or international operations.
• No direct reports; the role provides day-to-day guidance, peer coaching, and knowledge sharing rather than formal people management.
• Strong knowledge of payroll operations, controls, reconciliations, documentation, tax and statutory support, and confidentiality, with experience of outsourced payroll providers and confidence working with payroll data, reports, and structured datasets.
• Experience with payroll systems and digital tools such as Workday, ADP, SAP Payroll, ServiceNow, or equivalent is desirable.
• Fluent English; additional relevant languages are desirable.
• German is a plus.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, service, prioritization, and communication skills, with sound judgment in more complex payroll situations.
• Demonstrates accountability, collaboration, inclusion, curiosity, and openness to change.

Locations

Lodz, Poland

Base Salary Range

Base Salary Range: zł138,300.00 - zł190,190.00

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

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 an equal opportunity employer.

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