Payroll and HR Administration Specialist (DACH Region)

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Together, WE enable individuals to look, feel, and be their true selves.

Wella Company is one of the world’s leading beauty companies, comprised of a family of iconic brands such as Wella Professionals, Clairol, OPI, Nioxin and ghd. With 6,000 employees globally, presence in over 100 countries, Wella Company and its brands enable consumers to look, feel, and be their true selves. As innovators in the hair and nail industry, Wella Company empowers its people to delight consumers, inspire beauty professionals, engage communities, and deliver sustainable growth to its stakeholders.

For additional information about the Wella Company, please visit www.wellacompany.com and https://www.wellacompany.com/about-us .

THE ROLE

This contract role will be part of Wella’s People Operations Centre, and you will report to the People Operations Leader for our DACH region.

Functions will be:

• Ownership of payroll process and HR administration for our DACH region, working collaboratively with the local People Team and People Operations Leader.
• Ownership of creating and issuing employment documentation, in line with the People processes for the end-to-end employee life cycle, such as employment contracts, starter packs, leaver letters & employee changes, etc.
• Support for the employer-managed mobility documentation.
• Data processing of all People input, such as starters, leavers, changes, and leave management (such as parental leaves, etc.), onto People systems, ensuring 100% accuracy for payroll processing.
• Close collaboration and day-to-day liaising with key stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate payment cycles, based on the payroll calendar.
• Challenging and improving the current People Operations processes so that they are optimized and leveraged across the Country Clusters
• Management of People Inbox, query management, and responding to relevant employee queries, escalating when necessary.
• Benefits management, processing, and reporting – in line with local laws and processes defined by the country.
• Assisting in the processing of annual salary increases/bonuses, / Relocation payments.
• Working with the outsourced payroll partner, ensuring timely submission of all payroll schedules, and, where applicable, working with the finance team to ensure appropriate deadlines are met for the payroll cycle.
• Ensuring compliance with Internal Audit standards and local legal requirements.
• Act as an expert for all employee queries and requests relating to payroll, HR administration, pensions, and employee benefit schemes, for your responsible population.
• Liaising with Finance to complete monthly payroll reconciliations and ensuring that GL codes are updated where necessary.

Essential:

• At least 2 years’ experience in Payroll for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland using ADP payroll (GV module is ideal)
• Fluent in German and English
• Experience with HR administration and data processing
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, such as Excel, PowerPoint & Word
• Experience with payroll software (ADP or similar)

Desirable:

• Experience with SuccessFactors