HR Payroll Specialist

About the role

Julius Baer is looking for an HR Payroll Specialist to handle HR matters relating to monthly payroll management and system interface, vendor management, tax management and compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements. The role covers payroll and expatriate tax, benefits and wellbeing administration, and third-party vendor oversight.

Key responsibilities

• Payroll and expatriate tax: end-to-end liaison with the payroll vendor on monthly processing, checking payroll reports (details, variance, bank listing, pension return, summary) and liaising with Finance on funding requests
• Check monthly GL, cost centre and leave accrual reports, and ensure timely submission of foreign employee tax clearance and year-end tax reporting
• Liaise with the tax service provider on expatriate tax reporting
• System interface: work with the payroll vendor on automation, requirements scoping, UAT, parallel run and standard operating procedures
• Benefits and wellbeing administration, leave administration, share invoicing, and disciplinary and non-disciplinary case support, including handling employee queries
• Monitor third-party vendor service levels and track contract expiry and renewals
• Perform other HR administration duties as assigned

Required profile

• At least 5 years of general HR experience in a financial or banking environment
• Good understanding of HR workflows and processes
• Basic degree with an understanding of the wealth management industry
• Good understanding of statutory, regulatory and compliance requirements
• Able to work with minimal supervision under tight deadlines, with strong organisation and time management

Required skills

• MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong numerical ability with attention to detail and accuracy