Senior Cost Accountant
Professional Recruiters
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
C++
About the role
- Contribute to payroll operations for the newly created SAP MPS and BPO service organisation
- Ensure payroll delivery assurance and high-quality operational support (continuous payroll, garnishments, payroll controls, compliance, payment releases, statutory reporting)
- Orchestrate payroll service delivery and ensure seamless execution of payroll workbooks
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to maintain operational excellence and local HR business process standards
- Drive continuous process improvement and identify optimisation opportunities in country-specific processes
- Handle process deviations, assess impact, and recommend solutions to local and global design authorities
- Own change order process: gather requirements, liaise with stakeholders, manage pricing, implementation, documentation and training
- Maintain SOPs, DWIs, guidelines and process documentation across regions while incorporating local deviations
- Develop training materials and provide training to junior and medior team members
- Maintain close communication with country teams and clients regarding standards, procedures and process changes
- Process complex payroll cases and act as first escalation point for operating teams
- Produce timely and accurate payroll in accordance with SD Worx processes, standards and SLAs
- Participate in testing, validation, system implementations including UAT and parallel processing
- Communicate daily with client-designated contacts and, when necessary, external parties such as tax authorities and benefit providers
- Process Year End activities and generate statutory year-end reports
Requirements
- 3-5 years of experience in Payroll outsourcing within an enterprise business outsourcing environment
- Knowledge of payroll processes including continuous payroll through payroll control centre, garnishments, payroll policies and payroll controls, compliance controls, payment releases and reporting to local authorities
- Practical experience with Employee Central Payroll and payroll control centre (essential)
- Experience in managing client relationships and delivering payroll services to multinational clients
- Knowledge of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and KPI measurement and reporting
- Good communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, work under pressure, and ensure high levels of client satisfaction
- Good problem-solving and conflict resolution skills
- High attention to detail and strong organisational skills
- Fluent in English and Finnish (verbal and written)
- Preferred: experience in a Payroll and BPO outsourcing environment
- Preferred: experience with SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Payroll, Concur, Workforce Management and integration tooling
- Preferred: experience with inbound and outbound interfaces to payroll
- Preferred: certifications such as CPP, CPS or CPM
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with a focus on continuous improvement
