M&A Specialist, EMEA Payroll Operations

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Qualifications:

· Possessing an undergraduate degree in any discipline, preferably in finance or related fields;

· Advanced fluency in English;

· Excellent oral and written communication skills;

· Ability to maintain professionalism under all circumstances;

· Ability to create and maintain strong professional relationships;

· Organized and extremely detail – oriented;

· Result driven and ability to solve problems;

· Excellent computer skills (e.g. MS Word, Excel, Adobe, PowerPoint and Oracle Applications);

· Ability to multi task, prioritize and handle many requests, operating under tight deadlines and in a rapidly changing environment;

· Ability to maintain the pace of deliveries despite tight deadlines and demanding environment;

· Flexibility in work schedule, including availability during evenings, weekends and major holidays, if required from time to time; and,

· Energetic, ability to work across multiple countries.

Responsibilities:

· Manages integration of payroll data related to acquisitions; coordinate calls with acquired company payroll employees, participate in regional Finance M&A calls.

· Performs due diligence and discovery with the acquired company’s payroll team on payroll policies and processes and manage country specific plans to integrate acquired company payroll with Oracle.

· Retains and manages legacy payroll data of acquired companies according to relevant country laws and corporate policies.

· Manages termination of acquired company payroll vendor contracts.

· Ensures that acquired company has paid all payroll taxes and filed all applicable payroll tax returns.

· Advises payroll operations on payroll taxation matters regarding M&A transactions.

· Manages access and control over acquired company payroll bank accounts coordinating with Treasury.

· Coordinates with HR Compensation & Benefits team regarding the harmonization of acquired company benefit plans including pension plans with Oracle benefit plans.

· Collaborates and work closely with other members of the M&A teams within Oracle, i.e. HR, Treasury, Global Controllers Organization and A/P

· Is proactive, contributes ideas in order to improve team activities and performance.

· Obtains all relevant facts for a situation efficiently and in a timely manner and communicates facts of a situation and potential solutions to stakeholders articulately and concisely.

· Is responsible to ensure the quality standards are met.

· Is a good team player, sharing his/her experiences and offering constructive feedback, whenever needed.

· Ensures compliance with Sarbanes – Oxley controls and is responsible for providing full support during internal, external audits. Support data requests for payroll tax audits from various internal and external requestors by providing accurate and timely data.

· Builds and maintains long-term relationships with internal or external customers & key stakeholders including methodology for clear and articulate communication (e.g. HR, Legal, Global Corporate Controllers, external vendors).

· Advises, adjusts and implements process streamlining and/or change within business process management to better harmonize resources to the benefit of the organization. Responds to business needs by continuously using, maintaining and improving tools and systems specific to business area.

· Understand and acknowledge the department policies and procedures.

· Undertake other tasks attributed by the direct manager in line with departmental guidelines.

As part of Oracle’s employment process candidates will be required to complete a pre-employment screening process, prior to an offer being made. This will involve identity and employment verification, salary verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).