Full-Time Payroll Product Specialist

What you'll do:
As the Payroll Product Specialist, you will be instrumental in launching payroll products in new countries, ensuring compliance with local tax legislation, and leading the 
implementation process. 
You will collaborate with the country compliance team, local experts, product team and 
architects to ensure product delivery is aligned with country specific requirements.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Payroll Implementation & Expansion - lead payroll product implementation and 
  expansion in new countries, ensuring compliance with local regulations and the 
  relative successful product launch. 
• Advisory Pack Analysis - analyse advisory packs and hold meetings to clarify 
  legislative compliance requirements. 
• Build Requirements Definition - define and document functional and legislative 
  build requirements with Payroll BAs. 
• Identification of New System Requirements - identify and escalate new system 
  requirements for country-specific needs Project Management - manage task 
  delivery and communicate any delays to ensure timely project completion. 
• Bureau Configuration - collaborate to create specifications and development 
  tickets for payroll calculations and features. 
• Country Build Approval - ensure product delivery aligns with country-specific 
  requirements and resolve compliance issues. 
• Compliance and Quality Assurance - work with BAs and QA to ensure project builds 
  meet legislative compliance standards. 
• Document Country Build Configurations - document and create training materials 
  for country build 
• Post Go-Live Handover - conduct post-deployment meetings to the relevant stake 
  holders. 
  Experience & Skills 
• Payroll Qualification with a minimum (3) years of experience actively involved in 
  payroll configuration. Experience in working with multifunctional teams 
• Ability to analyse, interpret and question information received from Advisory.

Experience: 

• 3 years of working experience in back-end configuration is advantageous. 
• 3 years working experience with programming language calculations are 
  advantageous. 
• An understanding of Payroll elements and codes. 
• Configuring formulas & categorization of pay elements. 
• Configuration and maintenance of statutory rates and tables. 
• Configuration and maintenance of country-specific fields. 
• Intermediate Excel Skills (lookups, formulas, concatenating etc.) 
• Experience with a report writing tool is advantageous. 
• An understanding of country specific legislative concepts