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 decisions
• Support 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.