Payroll/ Accountant Specialist

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world's largest technology company and ranked 10 on the Fortune 500 list for 2012, HPE brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to serve more than 1 billion customers in over 170 countries on six continents. HPE invents, engineers, and delivers technology solutions that drive business value, create social value, and improve the lives of our clients. And at HPE, we know that our people and values are the most important elements in this success.

HPE Financial Services helps customers determine smart and effective ways to invest in technology to make their business great. Helping customers change the economics of IT, HPE Financial Services delivers a full range of leasing, financing and lifecycle asset management services. The company develops financial solutions that enhance customers' ability to deploy an IT infrastructure that meets their needs today – and into the future

Main responsibilities:

· Correct and punctual calculation of the salaries in terms of legal requirements, employment contract agreements and employer's agreements
· Maintaining and performing payroll/time tracking transactions accordingly to country specific regulations including highest time and quality standards resulting from the agreement with the client
· Ensuring post payroll activities (payments file to bank, print & distribute pay slips, etc.)
· Giving an active support and meeting deadlines in answering all payroll/time tracking issues and queries raised by the employees, their managers, the client or any other parties (via phone, e-mail or other CRC tools)
· Preparing prompt and correct statements required in the process according to employees' orders
· Preparing timely yearly/quarterly declarations according to the local legal requirements
· Ensuring all payroll accounting part by creating and doing payroll related accruals and other payroll related bookings
· Maintaining all payroll general ledger accounts by preparing reconciliations and analytical reviews, performing account analysis and accounting entries
· Acting as accounting analyst contact for all accounting information/analysis linked to payroll
· Covering all year-end activities by preparing year-end journal entries, financial reports and statements, adjusting entries and accruals, assisting local Controllership in annual local GAAP year-end audit, etc.
· Creating daily/weekly/monthly/periodic reports required in the process
· Performing all necessary audits, reconciliations and validations for each payroll cycle to ensure the highest quality of payroll
· Having knowledge of the SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) and updating them in case of any changes in the process
· Ensuring the record retention by archiving all required documents both in paper and electronic forms
· Acting as a member of the Payroll team and proactively liaising with all necessary parties, internal and external, involved in the process (e.g. HR, SCO, Finance, external vendor) to ensure that payroll is allocated efficiently, all payroll related bookings are done correctly and to resolve employee pay issues or other customer's queries
· Working closely with HR/TR/workers council for deploying new policies or running common projects
· Supporting the process by an active search and implementation of possible process improvements, informing appropriate organizational units about all important issues and questions concerning the process, proposing and taking improvement actions aiming at preventing possible errors
· Performing duties of other team members in case of their absence, according to qualifications and authorities
· Active participation in achieving planned metrics level and other quality goals

Desired profile

Skills and Requirements

·  First level university degree with a focus in finance or equivalent experience.
·  Basic knowledge of the labor law
·  3+ years of experience in Payroll or Finance
·  Proficient knowledge of MS Office (preferable knowledge of Outlook, Excel)
·  Ability to act flexibly, ability to cope with large amount of work in short time
·  Ability to manage time effectively, setting task priorities independently
·  Positive attitude in interpersonal communication, Customer's oriented
·  Developed team work skills, communication skills in a given foreign language (oral and written)
·  Self-reliance, reliability, engagement, willingness to learn, ability to act in dynamically changing environment, ability to work in multicultural teams and conditions
·  Care for details