Payroll Specialist

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries

Accounting & Finance
Haarlem, Netherlands
Posted on Jan 12, 2025

Who we are

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

The opportunity

The main purpose of the Payroll Specialist role is to ensure the timely and accurate processing of monthly and annual payroll, time and attendance tasks, and all benefits-related administration. This role serves as the primary point of contact for most employee questions and requests in the Netherlands.
This is a full-time or part-time position, with options to work 40 or 32 hours per week.

How you’ll spend your day

Under supervision and in accordance with all applicable government laws, regulations, CLA, and internal policies, procedures, and guidelines, this position is responsible for the following tasks:

• Accurate and Timely Data Collection: Collect payroll input data from HR and other departments.
• Review and Monitoring: Conduct close review and monitoring of records for payroll changes in a highly collaborative environment.
• Answering Questions: Respond to payroll questions from employees and managers concerning payroll mutations.
• Payroll Processing: Ensure accurate and timely processing of payroll.
• Benefit Plan Mutations: Process benefit plan mutations accurately and timely (e.g., Pension fund, Benify, UWV, etc.).
• Employer Statements: Create employer statements.
• Interface with Providers: Act as the key interface between outsourced payroll providers (ADP & Mazars) and internal employees, and maintain regular interaction with all external official bodies.
• HR Operations: Manage end-to-end HR operations, including Time & Attendance (time-Wize & Employee Central) and Payroll Systems (ADP).
• Compliance and Reporting: Ensure compliance with Dutch labor laws, tax regulations, and other relevant legislation affecting payroll processes. Prepare and submit statutory reports, including tax filings, pension contributions, and annual declarations
• Process Improvement: Identify and implement process improvements to enhance payroll accuracy and efficiency
• Audit and Reconciliation: Conduct regular audits and reconciliations of payroll data to ensure accuracy and compliance
• Stakeholder Management: Maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including HR, finance, and external payroll providers.
• Ad-hoc Tasks: Perform other ad-hoc jobs and actions applicable to the payroll function.

Your experience and qualifications

• Experience with managing the Dutch payroll
• Education: Associates PDL degree in payroll or payroll certification is highly desirable
• Accounting Skills: Proficiency in advanced accounting principles and practices
• HRIS and Payroll systems Experience: Success factors and ADP preferred.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Pension System Knowledge: Familiarity with the Dutch pension system.
• Communication Skills: Good social and communication skills, both verbally and in writing (English and Dutch).
• Ability to work independently, exercising judgment and initiative.
• Structured, timely, and accurate with a focus on details.
• Confidentiality: Discretion, integrity, and confidentiality in dealing with salary and other employee data, ensuring GDPR compliance.
• Microsoft Office: Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including advanced Excel skills (formulas, pivot tables and data analysis tools)
• Oral and written fluency in Dutch and in English

Make a difference with Teva Pharmaceuticals

Interested in joining a dynamic team? This is an opportunity to develop further your payroll skills and knowledge in order to grow within this service as Senior Payroll Specialist.

Reports To

Senior Manager Payroll

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