Payroll Advisor with Swedish

Through the diversity and complexity of its projects, Alstom is a very attractive employer for the young generations of Romanian specialists, giving them a unique chance to professionally grow in an international environment with access to worldwide knowledge and capabilities.

The Payroll Advisors for each country are working with the Compensation and Business Specialists to ensure regulatory compliance and the development of payroll services to meet changing business needs.

The Payroll Advisors work closely with the Senior Payroll Specialists to manage and process variable pay, pay changes, reporting and reconciliation, deductions, queries and special payments – as well as batch input, annual processes, year end, audit processes, interfaces and recoveries.

At all times the job holder is responsible for customer satisfaction with the service delivered and maintaining confidence in the Shared Service Payroll process.

Provide First Line Support for resolving payroll specific queries within defined SLAs, escalating to Senior Payroll Specialists as necessary;
Acting as the contact person to maintain existing 3rd party interfaces (i.e. 3rd party benefits providers, social security agencies etc);
Validate payroll results for the defined employee groups/union contract region;
Provide coaching for colleagues on payroll related issues;
Ensure personal knowledge of payroll specific information is maintained and shared across team;
Proactively identify processing issues and areas for process improvement;
Support Payroll Specialists who liaise with the 3rd party payroll provider on issues with and enhancements to the payroll solution;
Maintain relationships with business stakeholders in payroll processes (e.g. Finance/GL);
Ensure that all aspects of work are completed to SLA requirements;
Ensure payroll related processes correctly represent company policy and are compliant with appropriate legislation i.e. Maternity, PHI etc;
Ensure that all members of the Payroll/ HR Administration team are kept up to date with process changes/information necessary to the undertaking of the role;
Work effectively and efficiently with colleagues sharing information and tasks in order to achieve targets.

Education: Degree level qualification (masters preferred);
Experience: 1-2 years’ experience in a Finance or Payroll position (is a plus), but candidates with a background in Finance, Accounting, General Ledger are also invited to apply;
Specialized or cross-functional knowledge / relevant experience required by the position/role
Foreign Languages: English at a proficient level; Swedish - medium/advanced level;
Good MS EXCEL skills;
Solution-oriented, confident and determined person.