Job summary

We are looking for a strong leader that will take the ownership and drive the change in our growing payroll team.

This individual must be an experienced Payroll Tax and/or Social Insurance professional , who leads and structures the internal tax control system for payroll related business transactions across FR/MOR. This new role is an exciting opportunity on managerial level to manage internal-external Payroll Tax and Social Insurance Audits covering the region.

There is a great opportunity to develop, shape and install a systematic benefit tracking & control processes to ensure complete compliance.

If you would like to join us to make a difference by driving and participating in challenging projects and to make sure our employees are paid accurately and on time we definitely want to hear from you!

You will be responsible to:

• Manage, initiate and liaise with tax providers
• Assist mobile employees in resolving tax matters related to their cross border or in-country assignment
• Manage post transfer tax activities in alignment with mobility workflow
• Support stakeholders for assignment tax and social security and pension structuring
• Reviews payroll computations to ensure accuracy and compliance with tax regulations.
• Perform audits of payroll tax computation and compliance
• Cooperate and/or drive continuous improvement projects related to payroll processing
• Coordinate year end activities in cooperation with payroll provider
• Leading a team up to 10 payroll analysts including hiring, developing and providing coaching
• To build, inspire and motivate the team to raise the bar
• To develop a professional payroll function which is scalable & flexible to meet the company needs
• To liaise with key business partners and senior management (including directors and vice presidents) in order to align priorities and define best in class processes to serve Amazon’s employees
• Accountable to meet or exceed SLAs and KPIs for the Spanish region
• Accountable to ensure efficiency and efficacy of the internal controls over input and output data of the payroll systems

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 6+ years of experience in FR/MOR Payroll processes & systems
• Deep controllership / statutory compliance knowledge (tax, labor code, social security, garnishments, pension, benefits, terminations, RSUs, expatriate payroll)
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and competing objectives in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytical and statistical skills
• Proficient in obtaining, organizing, and analyzing data to make fact-based decisions and drive
• Root cause analysis
• French or Italian  and English language on advanced level or any other EU language

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• MS Office knowledge - especially advanced MS Access and MS Excel Office (VBA, macros)
• Knowledge of SQL is advantage
• Experience in leading projects
• Team focused with particular ability to work across virtual teams
• Deep knowledge of personal income tax legislation, labor law (labor code), insurance, sickness processing, French and Moroccan pay calculation process
• Familiar with SAP, PeopleSoft, Workday, ADP software, SAGE system