Payroll Specialist

Are you an experienced payroll professional? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where your expertise can support both managers and employees? At LEO Pharma, we are committed to helping people achieve healthy skin through innovative treatments. We invite you to join our Global People Shared Services team in Gdansk, Poland, where you will play a crucial role in managing payroll process for dedicated markets.

Shape the LEO Pharma of tomorrow  

At LEO Pharma, our mission transcends the conventional. We're on an ambitious path to become the leaders in medical dermatology worldwide. If you're ready to make a difference, this role is your gateway to a world of opportunities!
Global People Team shares a “challenge accepted” mindset. We are guided by our winning behaviours of simplification, collaboration, and accountability, to achieve our goals.

Your Role

As a Payroll Specialist, you will be responsible for delivering best-in-class Payroll services with a human touch. You will be responsible for executing payroll processes in few countries while acting as back up for any of the other countries handled in the team, if needed.

Your key responsibilities:

• Manage payroll for selected markets per standards and legal regulations
• Maintain payroll systems (LEO’s and vendors’)
• Administer compensation, rewards, bonuses
• Manage employee leave of absence and sickness
• Execute payroll runs per global checklist and calendars
• Manage pay components and work schedules
• Participate in UAT testing of overall enhancements of payroll services
• Raise change requests for payroll services
• Participate in audits 
• Manage payroll annual activities and validate vendor calendars
• Respond to payroll inquiries from managers and employees
• Resolve finance queries related to payroll
• Collaborate with HR Ops and Payroll Specialists
• Update payroll materials per standards
• Follow and implement local legislation changes

Your Qualifications

To excel in this role, you will need:

• Solid understanding and experience in payroll processes
• Experience of working with different payroll data platforms and tools
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Proficiency in MS Office and related software, experience with ServiceNow will be an advantage
• Flexible and "can do" attitude aligned to the LEO values
• Be open to changes, flexible, and easy to work with
• Be curious, focus on finding solutions, able to work independently
• Customer-focused mindset – able to build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions
• Collaborate effectively, building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared goals
• Being passionate about and understanding need of being compliant with legislation and agreed ways of working; executing it in BAU payroll processing, seeking ways to meet its need or crafting ways to do so, when required
• Fluent in English (written and verbal), Spanish language is a strong advantage

Your New Team

You will join a dedicated group of professionals committed to ensuring our HR operations are efficient, compliant, and effective. Reporting to the HR Operations & Payroll Manager you will collaborate closely with various internal departments and external partners. Our team values open communication, collaboration, and a shared commitment to excellence, continually pushing the boundaries to deliver innovative HR solutions.

Contact and Application

Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply now to join LEO Pharma. We look forward to receiving your application!
You do not need to upload a cover letter, but feel free to add a few sentences in your resume or CV on why this position has your interest.