Payroll, Time & Attendance Professional

Payroll Specialist

At Maersk, we have a vision larger than the ocean: to be a true integrator of container logistics connecting and simplifying our customers’ supply chain. We count on our people to make it happen.

Besides focusing on creating value for our customers and the business, a key priority for us is to drive personal and professional development for our people to prepare for further career progression.

We value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job.

We Offer

We offer you an exciting career at the forefront of world trade. Thanks to our global scale, you will be well-positioned to explore opportunities at Maersk around the world. The many other highlights include the most modern talent development initiatives and competitive benefits. We are proud of our people who define our company’s industry leadership, global team culture and customer-centric focus every day.  

When you join our team, you join a truly diverse, global organization in a fast-moving, values-based, work environment where you can grow on the job, create and shape our digital solutions, tap into industry-leading talent development initiatives, enjoy working with your colleagues and broaden your world view through our international job postings.   

Key Responsibilities

The purpose of the role is to support the regional payroll organization, working with a matrixed group of stakeholders and vendors to ensure great employee experience and regulatory compliance from a payroll delivery perspective. Key responsibilities:

• Manage pre-payroll, on-cycle payroll, off-cycle payroll processes

• Extract the T&A data and provide the same to payroll provider

• Validate payroll results & provide approvals for final pay credits based on control reports

• Annual payroll reconciliation and new Payroll Year preparation

• Ensure timely Social Insurance Tax Payment and Reporting

• Manage advance payments

• Adjust basic time configuration of systems after initial implementation, as approved/required

• Track vendor deliverables on payroll SLAs vide defined payroll metrics

• Be risk aware and help identify, report, mitigate and track risks in the payroll delivery process

• Support the Payroll team lead in providing necessary data and clarifications to questions raised by audit – internal and external

• Manage the timely submission of RICC controls  

• Participate in Time and Attendance initiatives including system upgrades, communication of changes to People Partners, testing and documenting all changes for historical and record retention policies, project support as needed

• Interfaces with People Partner to support employee/ manager queries

• Identify improvement opportunities in regional processes and raises them to global process managers

Who we are looking for

• 3-5 years of hands-on experience in managing Payroll, Time & Attendance processes, within a complex international organization

• Knowledge of local compliance and legal regulations for payroll & benefits

• Fluency in English is essential

• Fluency in Dutch is an advantage

• You are data, systems and process savvy in the Payroll, Time & Attendance domain and are excited about putting your deep expertise at work in the transition into new technology and processes at Maersk (experience with Securex, SD Worx, ADP or Exact is considered an asset)

• You are the Excel wizard/ess

• You want to propel your career further by gaining unique project experience in an international environment and would like to play a key role in building the future payroll delivery landscape and solutions.

• As we progress with the transformation you are comfortable with your role changing shape and scope. You will be responsible for high quality delivery of Payroll Services and continuously driving improvements to ensure great employee experience process optimization and compliance.

• Broader HR Operations experience as well as exposure to an outsourced payroll model would be a benefit

• Ability to effectively engage and mobilize diverse local HR stakeholders

• A proactive, ‘let’s get it done’ attitude geared towards continuous improvement

• Flexibility and adaptability to operate in a fast-paced, developing project environment, taking ownership and setting directions with minimal guidance

• Resilience: the change process, is anything but straightforward; accepting uncertainty and bouncing back from setbacks while keeping your enthusiasm is a tall order, but we need it

• Collaborative working style, fostering cooperation and teamwork to find solutions

• Highly analytical approach with a strong eye for detail

• Structured working style and focus on delivering results as per agreed timescales and scope

As part of our pre-employment screening, we ask you to provide a VOG.

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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