Payroll Manager (Southern Europe, Turkey, Iberia)

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Human Resources

Our HR Team are the force for good that bring Reckitt's ambition to life. We work together to ensure the delivery of sustained profitable growth by unleashing the power of our purpose, people and performance.

Now is an exciting time to be part of shaping the future of HR, influencing an exciting global organisation, while developing business and functional leadership skills, all at the same time.

Whatever your role in our HR community, you'll take ownership of your projects and workstreams. We focus on developing our leaders to spearhead our culture and growth, so you'll be supported and mentored to deliver the right plans to drive business performance - and we'll celebrate the results with you along the way.

About the role

Are you a seasoned payroll professional with a passion for precision, compliance, and innovation? Join our team as a Payroll Manager, where you'll lead payroll and benefits operations across the EMEA region, ensuring excellence in delivery, governance, and employee experience.

Given our current strategic focus on the Southern Europe / Turkey / Iberia regions, we particularly welcome Managers experienced in those markets.

Your responsibilities

• Supervise your team to ensure Reckitt employees are paid correctly, on time, and in accordance with both statutory legislation and company policy.
• Ensure, that there are no material audit issues, and the principles of customer service are maintained.
• Ensure timely sign-off and upload of Bank files for timely dispersal to Reckitt employees.
• Ensure the effective administration and governance of employee benefits in accordance with organizational policies and regulatory requirements.
• Provide support and assistance as well report concerns to the Payroll Manager EMEA & UKI.
• Manage the team to ensure vendor completion of all payroll processing tasks and complete sign-off schedule for review ensuring any exceptions and outstanding tasks are documented.
• Work closely with HR to ensure that the information received from HR & Finance Shared Services and in-country HR / Finance teams are loaded and captured correctly within Payroll Vendor’s system.
• Ensure timely and effective handling of incoming queries to the SSC, in accordance with established SLAs.
• Resolve queries at the first point of contact or refer on to regional payroll service teams as and when required.
• Be responsible for the performance management and development of team members, onshore and offshore.
• Serving as a point of contact for escalated or complex payroll and benefits inquiries.

The experience we're looking for

• Advanced experience in collaborating with payroll vendors (such as ADP or Strada) and proven track record of managing payroll operations across multiple international markets.
• HR Software Proficiency (e.g. SAP SuccessFactors, Workday), advanced Excel skills and good general command of Microsoft Office.
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in an independent payroll role, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or managerial role.
• Tax Compliance Knowledge, Regulatory & Legal Expertise, Labor Law Knowledge.
• Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
• Fluency in English plus 1 additional European language would be a big advantage (Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Hungarian).
• Technical & Analytical Skills, strong drive to implement automation and adopt emerging technologies.
• Leadership & Interpersonal Skills, ability to lead a team, clear and professional communication with stakeholders, employees, and external vendors.

The skills for success

Data and Analytics, HR Process Improvement; Process management; HR Process improvement, Storytelling; Data led storytelling, Digital literacy, HR Data Analsyis; Data management; Employee data management, Solutioning.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.