Expatriates Payroll & Tax Specialist

The Company

We are Tecnimont SpA, an EPC contractor of Maire Tecnimont Group, an industrial leader in Engineering & Construction, Technology & Licensing, and Energy Business Development and Ventures. Listed on the Milan Stock Exchange, the Group is among the global top-ranking engineering contractors.

The candidate will have to deal with internal and external stakeholders for the management of the international (and Italian when needed) payroll activities being also one of the points of contact for foreign HR and payroll department of the other foreign companies of the group.

This role will work closely with the various departments and in particular with HR, Finance and IT functions.

Job Description

Serve as member of the International Payroll and Tax team under the Expats management function (HR) working closely with the team to effectively manage the global payroll activities

Work closely with the external global payroll provider to design, build, test and deploy the global payroll platform

Being one of the main of points of contact for foreign colleagues in charge of HR and payroll activities with particular focus on expatriates and in relation to daily payroll and tax activities and processes

Monitoring global payroll issues and dealing with the foreign payroll colleagues and external provider to solve them

Ensuring that head quarter global payroll policy, instructions and roadmap for payroll administration is fully respected by the other countries of the group

Serve as a trusted payroll advisor for employees and other foreign HR colleagues

Serve as a trusted advisor to correctly manage the Italian payroll for outbound and inbound employees in international assignment

Giving support in potential issue related to Italian payroll activities

Being able to run Italian gross to net and net to gross calculations

Reviewing of Italian and foreign payslips when required ensuring payroll compliance

Ensuring payroll alignment and compliance between Italian and foreign payslips for expatriates in international assignment

Managing purchase requisition / orders by dealing with external vendor, procurement and finance department

Supporting foreign inbound exptriates with payroll-related onboarding activities

The appropriate candidate has

• 4+ years of experience in dealing with international payroll and / or global payroll platforms in a large, complex and rapidly changing organizations with focus on expatriates


• Excellent knowledge of written and verbal English language


• Experience in managing payroll for employees and expatriates in different countries i.e. outbound, inbound and employees moving among foreign countries


• Knowledge of global payroll administration, processes, and best practices


• Experience in working with external payroll vendors


• Knowledge of the management of both shares and cash incentive plan under a payroll perspective


• Base knowledge of SAP, SAP Success Factor, SAP Time


• Base knowledge of the payroll engine Zucchetti


• Base knowledge of the Tax equalization and net guaranteed policies


• Base knowledge in international tax and social security


• Base knowledge of Italian tax special regimes for inbounds


• Excellent approach to problem analysis and resolution


• Strong communication skills and ability to deal autonomously with internal and external stakeholders