Regional Payroll Specialist- Southern

2 weeks ago


Midrand, South Africa Siemens Energy Full time

**Location**: Johannesburg - South Africa

**Department**: SE HR PS&S PAY 1

**Mode of Employment**: Permanent / Full-Time

**The Challenge**

As part of a wider HR transformation program and the spin-off of Siemens Energy from Siemens, the payroll operating model moving forward will be fully comprehensive, split between a professional HR BPO for zero to gross processing and managed payroll (gross to net) with industry leading payroll providers. We are looking for Regional Payroll Specialist to support our Regional Payroll Leads in driving and implementing the overall strategy and governance for payroll within the region, ensuring operational performance with third parties, driving standardization & efficient / lean processes, and collaboratively working with internal stakeholders.

**How you will make an impact**
- Play a key role in the payroll transformation in the region.
- Support the Global and Regional Payroll Leads in developing and building the global payroll governance approach.
- Ensure control framework is implemented and actively supervised in the region.
- Ensure payroll performance of third parties through key performance and risk indicators.
- Find opportunities for improvement (i.e., processes) to ensure global standard and efficient operational delivery.
- Bring sound knowledge and experience of multi-country payroll delivery and governance, delivering change and re-engineering processes.
- Working with other partners i.e., Accounting, Treasury etc, to ensure roles and responsibilities are clearly defined and followed.
- Identify, analyze, and resolve payroll queries as they are escalated through HR, managers, and employees.

**What you bring**
- 5+ years of experience in payroll processing in Africa on a regional or sub-regional scale. Preferably experience on a multi country payroll outsourcing environment with a focus on Southern and Central African countries.
- Sound knowledge on Personal Income Tax, Wage Tax and Social Security regulations in the different countries of South & Central Africa Region.
- Sound knowledge of payroll accounting, payroll compliances and audits.
- Full time bachelor’s degree (accounting/finance background is a plus)
- Collaborative style, happy to interact with many stakeholders, e.g., in HR Centers of Competence and HR in the Regions, Accounting department, IT department, management, external vendors etc.
- Thrives in a global environment, working flexibly where required.
- Must be fluent in English. Proficiency in Portuguese is a plus.
- Proficiency in using MS Office tools (MS Outlook, Teams, Excel etc.).

**About the Team**

In this role you will be working within the Human Resources function - People Systems and Services, a truly global and diverse team of specialists with an open mindset, responsible for ensuring Siemens Energy payroll is compliant, accurate, timely and fit-for-purpose, with a clear governance & risk management approach, managing our Payroll vendors and working closely with our HR Services team to safeguard end-to-end delivery while promoting Siemens Energy digital transformation. You will get all the trust and empowerment to be successful.

**Who is Siemens Energy?**

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 92,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we’re also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

"Let’s make tomorrow different today" is our genuine commitment at Siemens Energy to all customers and employees on the way to a sustainable future.

**Our Commitment to Diversity**

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fuelled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character - no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

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