Payroll Expenses Controller

The Payroll expenses controller is responsible for managing and analysing data related to workforce and payroll within SCOR. The job holder plays a key role in the strategic planning of human resources by providing projections and detailed analyses to support management decision-making. This position involves very close collaboration with CSO/HR and COO/CTO departments to ensure consistency of Group and business functions orientation / ambitions.

**Key duties and responsibilities**

**Internal workforce monitoring and projections (headcount basis)**:

- Support, challenge and consolidate HC projections, monitor transformation / reorganization impacts working closely with Hub HR / HR BP and Operational controllers
- Prepare regular reports on personnel movements (recruitments, departures, promotions) actuals and year-end projections.
- Collaborate with HR teams to align on HC reporting (common master data, on-demand views ).
- Collect HC needs related to strategic initiatives during the planning phases (Strategic Plan, Operational Plan, FYLU,).
- Support HR teams to ensure HC data quality (CC assignment, IFRS activity )Provide Expense Performance teams and Operational controllers with all relevant data to follow-up HC trajectory all along the year.

**Payroll expenses monitoring and projections (euro basis)**:

- Lead payroll expenses projections for strategic/operating plans, annual management expense budget process and full year landing updates (quarterly).
- Ensure consistency of payroll valuation grid (base salaries and bonuses) with HR team’s support.
- Gather other payroll valuation items (social charges, payroll taxes..) with Regional controllers support to ensure local regulations impacts are taken into account.
- Monitor and analyse other payroll items like for instance: other bonus (Participation / Interessement / Abondement / Retention plans), Retirement packages, Severances packages, Share action plans with HR teams and Regional controllers’ support.
- Compute the payroll projections for all planning phases (Strategic Plan, Operational Plan, FYLU,).
- Challenge and consolidate assumptions and deliver analysis to explain actuals deviation against plan/budget.
- Support Operational controllers and Regional controller in payroll variance analysis.Provide Group HR and COO/CTO teams with all required support, reporting and analysis on payroll expenses.

**Contribute to Operational excellence ambition of the group**:

- Prepare detailed reports for management on HC and payroll trends.
- Design and maintain a payroll projection tool [CF1] [MB2]. Responsible for maintaining and optimizing the payroll projection model. Warrants the use of valid payroll data.
- Design and maintain a payroll development dashboard
- Contribute to streamline processes related to payroll & HC.Contribute to continuous enhancement of HR systems / tools.

**Adhoc analysis and reporting**
- Present and provide any expense owner and management with all analysis / information needed to help them having a clear view on their scope to take informed decisionsSupport Region controllers in specific local Gaap statements related to compensation & benefits

**As a consequence of the above, he/she has a pivotal role between Expense Performance, Operational controlling and HR teams.**

**Contribution to T&S initiatives as appropriate (including revamp of Expense Performance team processes review and optimization)**

**Contribution to good-practices identification and development across Expense Performance team**

**Contribution to harmonization of process and reports used Worldwide**

**Required Qualities and Skills**:
**Technical Skills**:

- Proficiency in data management and analysis tools (Excel, BI software).
- Ability to interpret and analyse complex data.
- Ability to analyze and reduce complicated factual contents to the essentials

**Personal Qualities**:

- **Autonomous**with a customer/client oriented, solution-oriented mind set.
- Rigorous and precise in data processing.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills - able to communicate clearly and concisely verbally and in writing
- Excellent interpersonal skills - able to build constructive relations across the Group,
- Ability to work in a team and collaborate with different departments.
- Proactivity and ability to anticipate company needs.

**Experience and Education**:

- Degree in management, finance, human resources, or a related field.
- Significant experience in social management control or a similar position.
- Extensive understanding of reporting processes,
- Robust understanding of costs planning and cost modelling,
- Experience in an international environment is an asset.

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