EMEA Payroll Specialist

University education (Bachelor's degree)
University education (Master's degree)
Postgraduate (Doctorate)

English - Advanced (C1) and German - Advanced (C1)

We are currently looking for a Payroll Specialist to join our international team!


As part of Lenovo’s global HR team, the Payroll Specialist is responsible for the day to day administration and delivery of payroll for Lenovo European employees. This includes payroll processing, administration, and employee inquiry management and issue resolution.


You will work with our external payroll vendors, Lenovo Businesses and HR functions to ensure the effective delivery of end to end employee payroll processing and query management. The role is responsible to upload payroll related data onto the required Payroll Vendor online tool, downloading of the payroll outputs, distribution to the relevant individuals or teams within the Lenovo Business, and approving local payroll.

Duties include:
- Accountable for responding to the employee and providing the resolution of the payroll queries and issues.
- Partner with Payroll Vendor and Lenovo Finance teams and liaison with Vendors to resolve queries on behalf of Lenovo Finance.
- Ensure all payroll query responses are dealt with in a timely manner, where required follow up with vendors or escalate to Payroll Team Lead/ Manager.
- Follows all payroll processes.
- Use payroll tools and prepare appropriate payroll calculations to ensure proper payroll processing

Organization:
- The Payroll Specialist will work with a team and report to a manager on site in Lenovo’s office in Slovakia.

Position Requirements:
- 5+ years Payroll Operations experience for European countries is required, DACH region payroll is preferred.
- Fluent English AND German.
- Some experience in Service Centre environment and / or HR & Payroll.
- Experience in an outsource environment
- Experience with end-to-end payroll processing including time management, leave administration, registration, pay processing, payroll taxes, reporting, and experience dealing with payroll queries and issues from employees.
- Customer-focused and comfortable working with a diverse group of people.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and deadlines with high accuracy on deliverables.
- Good relationship management, negotiation and facilitation skills.
- Familiar with MS Office suite, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

Lenovo is a company in a constant state of creation. Here, you'll architect your own career, pioneer new ideas and master new skills.

Lenovo Slovakia employs more than 25 nationalities and is the biggest shared service center in Lenovo Group.

Our people share a common aspiration to be the very best. Whether serving our customers, working together as a team or contributing to the community, we are working to build unique company.