HR Operations Team Lead Payroll, Compensation & Benefits (80 - 100%)

HR Operations Team Lead for Payroll, Compensation & Benefits

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This position reports to HR Operations Team Lead.

Your Role and Responsibilities

In this role, you will lead a team of experienced Payroll specialists, ensuring smooth and efficient Payroll Operational Services for ABB Switzerland and the Group's Headquarters. You will take full accountability for delivering daily end-to-end operations, ensuring efficient, high-quality services, and enhancing the overall customer experience for both customers and the Business. You will be responsible for meeting globally set standards for HR Operations while ensuring strict adherence to legal and regulatory requirements in all payroll processes across Switzerland. As Team Lead, you will drive operational excellence across all payroll activities while fostering collaboration with key HR partners and stakeholders. You will manage your team in ensuring accurate and compliant payroll execution, while also advancing process improvements and supporting strategic initiatives. The work model for the role is hybrid. This role is contributing to the HR Services department in Baden, Switzerland. You will be mainly accountable for:

• Managing payroll for approximately 4'000 ABB employees, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficiency while supervising a team of experienced HR specialists
• Overseeing daily payroll operations, including data maintenance, monthly runs, compensation and benefits administration, and take ownership of annual processes such as bonuses, salary revisions, and fringe benefits
• Ensuring compliance with Swiss tax, social security, and insurance regulations, while driving risk and control measures, including SOX requirements and audit readiness
• Being in charge for payroll-related projects and process improvements, collaborating with internal HR teams, including the HR Employee Lifecycle, HR Information Systems, and the Benefits Cluster Lead, and acting as a strategic partner in M&A activities by providing expert guidance on payroll integration

Qualifications for the Role

• Solid educational background in commercial/business, HR, or a related field, complemented by an HR and/or social security certification
• 5+ years of experience in a similar role with a complex, international organization, including leadership responsibilities
• Expertise in SAP HCM and MS Office, Workday experience is a plus
• In-depth knowledge of Swiss laws and regulations, including source tax, social security, and employee insurances
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in numbers, data reporting, payroll tools, and process improvement/project management
• A structured and solution-oriented mindset, with the ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Fluency in German and English is required, French and/or Italian is a plus

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