Payroll Controller

**What to Expect**
The payroll controller manages monthly payroll processing and ensures that we comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and country specific requirements. It involves managing and controlling the data to our external service provider, working with a tight timetable ensuring that our employees and all related tax authorities and instances are processed in an accurate and timely manner.

**What You’ll Do**
- Ensure accurate and timely processing of various payroll data for the Beneluz region in accordance with the prescribed timelines via external service provider
- Work closely with the internal and external stakeholder in the process to ensure compliance with local legislation and SOX controls
- Ensure appropriate execution of SOX controls and SOX documentation are in order on receipt of files from the external service provider
- Identify and execute payroll process improvements on an ongoing basis
- Ensure net payments to employees and statutory payments related to payroll are executed in a timely manner.
- Address queries from employees, HR team, benefits team and various other stakeholders in a timely manner
- Document and maintain the payroll procedures manual for the respective countries
- Prepare, review and analyse GL accounts related to payroll and ensure transaction are recorded accurately. Communicate reconciliation issues to proper teams and ensure timely resolution of open items in collaboration with the Payroll accounting team
- Prepare and provide documentation for external and internal auditors in case of any queries raised by them

**What You’ll Bring**
- Benelux payroll experience (ideally for a minimum of 700 employees).
- Strong accounting knowledge
- Attention to detail, with strong analytical and numerical skills
- Understand and comply with all SOX controls and departmental processes and procedures
- Strong written and verbal communication skills are required including the ability to collaborate with people at all levels.
- Flexibility, pro-activeness, initiative, hands-on, high energy
- Able to cope with working in a fast-paced international environment
- Fluent English, with a 2nd European language a plus