French Payroll Senior Expert

Summary:
**Responsible for supporting the country and using your functional and technical expertise and country specific knowledge to support the operational teams to ensure they are skilled and knowledgeable in meeting our client(s) deadlines**

Main Responsibilities:

- Support Managers with client eAlightgement, ensuring all information is accurate and provided on time
- Support the Sales process to ensure scope of service is feasible and highlight any concerns immediately to the Senior Operations Manager
- Provide support and guidance for all implementations and go lives, whilst ensuring automation and standards are utilized
- Lead projects designed to improve customer satisfaction and business performance
- Provide daily functional support to the teams, to support the successful delivery of payrolls
- Responsible for the maintenance of the Country Solution workbook
- Responsible for the management of the legislation roadmap and ensuring the team are upskilled in upcoming changes and processes are updated where needed
- Responsible for the resolution of Technical/Functional issues escalated from the team and ensuring all system issues/defects are reported correctly and tickets are logged with the necessary details and evidences so Application Services and/or Products can investigate
- Working with Operational Management, Transformation and Products to implement automation, innovation and any continuous improvement programmes
- Responsible for Year End to ensure deadlines are met successfully
- Proactively identify upsell opportunities
- Support Management with the resolution of client escalations, along with lessons learnt
- Upskill and develop team members through training delivery and coaching to enable them to fulfil their role
- ALIGHT Security Standards are adhered and followed
- Ability to recognize and deal appropriately with sensitive and confidential information
- Time Recording to be completed on time and accurately
- Contribute to team meetings and raise any issues immediately to your Operations Manager
- Ensure you are up to date with all ALIGHT HR announcements and communications
- Build good relationships with all lines of businesses
- Participates in projects as needed and assigned

Key Criteria to monitor performance
- Adherence to all Security and Compliance procedures
- 100% Attainment of customer SLA agreements
- Adherence to quality standards
- Adoption and support of innovation initiatives
- Reduction of client escalations through knowledge transfer to both clients and colleagues
- Demonstrate professionalism and act responsibly
- Ability to effectively communicate with all levels within the business

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

Professional /Job Experience
- Strong knowledge of the various inputs and outputs such as third-party interfaces, timekeeping, tax filing/compliance, benefits and other key areas that integrate with payroll
- Ability to identify and mitigate risks
- Strong knowledge of MS Office tools such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Flexibility to support a global and fast paced environment
- Attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- Self-motivated and a willingness to learn
- Ability to collaborate and work in a team environment, as well as independently while adhering to processes and procedures

Education and Training

Essential
- BA/BS in a business-related field such as Accounting, Human Resources, Business Administration, or equivalent combination of education & experience
- 5-8 years relevant experience administering Payroll in an HR consulting, HR Outsourcing or Corporate environment
- Expert knowledge on payroll processes, practices and associated legislation

Desirable
- HRIS knowledge: Workday, SAP, or PeopleSoft knowledge preferred
- Payroll certifications

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We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

**DISCLAIMER**:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

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