Head of Payroll 80-100% (m/f/d)

Head of Payroll 80-100% (m/f/d)

Role:

For one of the leading hospital groups in Switzerland in the Lucerne region, we are looking for an experienced leader to head the payroll department. The organisation employs over 8,500 staff across several locations and accordingly has a demanding HR and payroll landscape with different professional groups, working time models, and employment relationships.

In this key position, you and your team will ensure professional and timely payroll processing for the entire corporate group. In addition to operational responsibility, leadership, social insurances, HR systems, and the continuous development of payroll processes are central. The current environment works with SAP HCM and places a clear focus on process and system optimisations.

Leadership with professional depth

• Responsible leadership role within a large and complex payroll organisation

• Professional and personnel management of a specialised payroll team

• Scope for shaping processes, digitalisation, and HR systems

• Collaboration with HR, Finance, managers, authorities, and insurance companies

• Professional environment with high professional responsibility

• 25 to 35 days of holiday depending on age, with the option to purchase additional leave

• 13 paid public holidays

• Attractive pension and social benefits as well as additional family benefits

• Discounted childcare offer and various health and sports programmes

• Extensive internal training opportunities and individual development possibilities

Responsibilities:

• You lead the payroll department professionally and personally and continuously develop your team.

• The correct and timely payroll processing for the corporate group is your overall responsibility.

• You ensure reliable processes around entries and exits, salary changes, allowances, deductions, and other payroll-relevant changes.

• All social insurance matters including AHV, IV, EO, ALV, BVG, UVG, and daily sickness benefits are professionally handled in your area.

• You maintain professional oversight of withholding taxes and cantonally differing requirements.

• You coordinate year-end tasks, salary certificates, and social insurance declarations and ensure their quality.

• You are the central expert for demanding payroll, social insurance, and labour law issues.

• Employees and managers are competently supported by your team with payroll-related concerns.

• You are responsible for payroll analyses and reports and provide relevant information for internal stakeholders.

• Together with HR and other specialist departments, you continuously develop processes and interfaces.

• You optimise SAP HCM processes from a professional perspective and accompany HR and payroll digitalisation projects.

• In exchange with insurance companies, authorities, auditors, and other external partners, you professionally represent the payroll department. The current payroll organisation already covers professional responsibility for social insurances, EO benefits, reports, as well as process and system optimisations in SAP HCM.

Qualifications:

• Commercial basic training with advanced training in payroll, social insurances or human resources

• Ideally a federal diploma in social insurances, HR, or a comparable higher qualification

• Several years of solid professional experience in Swiss payroll processing

• Leadership experience within payroll, HR services, or a comparable function

• Very good knowledge of Swiss social insurance law

• Sound experience with withholding tax, year-end tasks, and more complex payroll matters

• Knowledge of Swiss labour law and understanding of different employment models

• Experience from a larger organisation, corporate group, or an environment with complex salary structures is especially welcome

• Good knowledge of SAP HCM or a comparable enterprise payroll system

• Strong affinity for digitalisation, automation, and efficient HR processes

• Analytical and structured working style with a pronounced quality awareness

• Discreet and reliable personality with a strong service orientation

• Clear and appreciative leadership style and enjoyment in further developing professional expertise within a team

• Open corporate culture
• Interesting and varied activities/projects
• Well-coordinated and dynamic team
• Comfortable office with modern infrastructure

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Work location
Lucerne

Contact

Alexander Moldovan,
+41443852164