Payroll Analyst
PwC
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Kraków • 🇵🇱 Poland
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Execute payroll activities in line with procedures and customer requirements
- Validate payroll input files and reconcile payroll outputs
- Support country-specific or year-end processes as needed
- Support payroll payment processes - initiating uploads, monitoring rejected payments, manual payments
- Monitor timelines for sending payroll inputs and approving payrolls
- Handle discovered discrepancies in a timely and accurate manner, communicate any risks to payroll timelines or quality via escalation paths
- Handle employee payroll queries with accuracy and empathy, ensure timely follow-up and resolution of helpdesk tickets
- Maintain up-to-date helpdesk scenarios and documentation, keep process documentation and knowledge up to date
- Cooperate with third-party payroll providers and internal stakeholders
- Participate in knowledge sharing and shadowing sessions, actively support quality and process improvements and suggest enhancements.
Requirements
- Proficiency in English allowing for fluent communication both verbal and written
- Practical knowledge of MS Excel and other MS Office tools or Google equivalents
- Curiosity and willingness to learn quickly
- Ownership mindset and commitment to high-quality work
- Ability to manage tasks independently, work under time pressure and adapt to changing priorities
- Strong attention to detail and analytical thinking
- Problem-solving attitude and a positive mindset
- Experience in payroll, HR operations, or finance (Nice to have)
Benefits
- Work flexibility - hybrid working model
- Flexible start of the day
- Sabbatical leave
- Development and upskilling - our full support during onboarding process
- Mentoring from experienced colleagues
- Training sessions
- Workshops
- Certification co/financed by PwC
- Conversations with native speaker
- Wide medical and well-being program - a medical care package (incl. freedom of treatment, physiotherapy, discounts on dental care)
- Coaching
- Mindfulness sessions
- Psychological support
- Education through dedicated webinars and workshops
- Financial and legal advice
- Possibility to create your individual benefits package (a.o. lunch pass, insurance packages, concierge, veterinary package for a pet, massages)
- Access to a cafeteria - vouchers, discounts on IT equipment and car purchase
- 3 paid hours for volunteering per month
- Additional paid Birthday Day off
- When you start enjoying PwC as much as we do, you may recommend your friend to work with us.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
payroll processingpayroll reconciliationdata validationdiscrepancy resolutionhelpdesk ticket managementprocess documentationquality improvementHR operationsfinance
Soft skills
communicationempathyattention to detailanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingownership mindsetadaptabilitycuriositytime management