Payroll & Benefit Specialist Europe (F/m/d)

**What You´ll Do**:
The Payroll & Benefits Specialist role will be responsible for the monthly payroll process and provide benefits administration to new and current employees across all European offices. The Payroll & Benefits Specialist will work within a matrixed group of stakeholders and together with vendors to ensure great employee experience and regulatory compliance from a payroll and benefits perspective.

**Responsibilities**:

- Complete monthly payroll for 250+ employees across 7 countries, which entails processing all employee changes including new hire, departure, raise, bonus, leaves and other employee information, working with external vendors.
- Maintain data in and interface with payroll and timekeeping systems
- Ensure compliance with local laws and best practices
- Administer benefits programs such as pension plans, medical plans, insurance plans, and fringe benefits
- Implement benefit plan changes, ad hoc and periodically as needed
- Create and distribute reporting, as needed, for compliance audits, internal reporting and other financial accounting purposes
- Collaborate with HR Department with information relating to employee changes
- Keep up to date in regards of legal changes in the payroll and benefits area
- Define and execute the right payroll and benefits process (out-sourced vs. in-sourced) and metrics at the country and legal entity level
- Collaborate across teams and regions as needed

**Requirements**:

- Relevant professional education, e.g. apprenticeship in human resources (Bachelor/Master degree in HR/Accounting/ Business or related field is preferred).
- 5 years of working experience in professional services environment is an advantage.
- 2-3 years of professional experience with payroll/coordinating payroll and/or P&O administration.
- SAP knowledge and experience preferred but not a must.
- Work experience in an international environment/team/global company is preferred.
- Experience in other P&O disciplines (e. g., Compensation & Benefits, P&O Business Partner, Learning, etc.) is preferred.
- Deep understanding on legal payroll requirements and personnel administration processes in the region.
- External Vendor management skills and ability to govern payroll processes by metrics.
- A process and continuous improvement mindset who takes pride in delivering high quality and efficient.
- Collaborative work style, fostering cooperation and teamwork to achieve results.
- Customer-centric focus on employee experience.
- Fluency in English required, German language skills is a plus

**Who we are looking for**:

- Highly motivated, driven and trustworthy with confidential information.
- Strong sense of urgency and service orientation, a partnering mindset, and effective stakeholder management skills.
- Inspire confidence in colleagues that you’ll find and ensure timely resolution of questions and needs, even when facing complexity and uncertainly.
- Self-starter and able to manage the regular deliverables of your role with ad hoc requests. You’ll have the ability to excel as an individual contributor and know how to identify where to invest more time for a better outcome - without requiring step-by-step guidance

We are committed to ensuring that all employees, at all levels, feel supported, feel a sense of belonging, and are equally invested in the success of our shared work. This starts with ensuring that we draw the most talented people from all backgrounds. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key principles for the successful operation of any business, and especially ours.

**Über uns**:
Altman Solon is the largest global strategy consulting firm focused exclusively on Telecommunications, Media, and Technology (TMT). Our team combines world-class industry expertise and sophisticated data analysis to deliver real-world business solutions for Fortune 200 firms and leading TMT investors. Altman Solon is the fastest-growing TMT specialist, with 13 offices across the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.