Payroll Expert Team Leader France & Belgium (F/M/X)

About the role

• Our Local Payroll Expertise team for France and Belgium, composed of 8 payroll Specialist positions (4 in France, 4 in Belgium), is integrated in the Global Payroll and Time department and focuses on delivering Local Payroll Expertise for the 2 countries.
• As a Payroll Expertise Team Leader for France/Belgium, reporting to the Payroll Manager for Local Payroll Expertise teams, you will lead a team of experts staying up to date with local payroll legal, regulatory and tax rules, training and supporting the Operations team. 
• You will be accountable for:
  • Ensuring that payroll activities are delivered on time with a high level of accuracy 
  • Act as a team leader for 2 countries, but also acting as Payroll expert for France
  • Analyzing new legislation and HR agreements in France and Belgium, assess their impact on the Global and local processes, and create detailed functional specifications (e.g. for change requests)- ensuring the maintenance of  the legal rules in the payroll process and system
  • Provide updated documentation, expertise and support to colleagues and internal stakeholders (Payroll Operations, Business HR, employees, Managers…) 
  • Participate to transversal projects on payroll and time
  • Deliver information to the external authorities, might represent Solvay towards these authorities (e.g. for audits)
  • Apply the performance management on the scope of her/his activities - KPI / SLAs monitoring - Develop and maintain a KPI-driven team, ensuring the Timeliness & Accuracy of the payroll in the countries in its scope (France, Belgium and Netherlands)
  • Manage the relationship with the payroll external provider for local concerns
  • Maintenance of the confidentiality and data security standards for all payroll-related information
  • Participate in Payroll projects (e.g. payroll transformation) and support in local implementation
• We offer a permanent contract with a hybrid working mode.
• Travel to Brussels will be required for management purposes.

About you

• Bachelor in accounting, finance, human resources or a related field.
• Strong experience in French Payroll in an industrial context
• Competencies:
  • Belgium payroll knowledge is a plus
  • Fluent in French and good level of English
  • Deep knowledge of HR systems such as SAP HR, payroll systems and time management systems
  • Comfortable managing large amounts of data, an advanced user of Spreadsheets (e.g. Excel) and reports
• Behaviours:
  • Collaboration, open mindedness
  • Team work, Initiative
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
  • Customer orientation with the ability to interact effectively with employees at all levels of the organization

About the pay and benefits

• Attractive and equitable pay for all: compensation is determined within a range to foster your development in the role. While the France base pay reasonably expected for this role is 58 000 and 70 000 EUR, your salary may ultimately be higher or lower based on your skills and experience. Additionally, we provide a competitive total rewards package that includes a bonus and/or other incentives.
• Solvay Cares program: minimum of 16 weeks of parenting leave for all employees and package with healthcare, disability and life insurance coverage.
• Prioritization of well-being: Solvay Solidarity Fund to support employees through hardship, work-life balance promotion, flexible approach to work part-time or hybrid work arrangements (depending on the type of job), employee assistance program with access to physical and psychological support.
• Professional development: prioritization of internal talents for career progression, access to a training platform, opportunities to join Employee Resource Groups (ERG) for experience sharing and mentorship and free language courses in 24 languages.