Global Head of Payroll (f / m / d)

Location:

Prague 5 (158 00) – Czech Republic

Salary:

Competitive

Type:

Permanent

Main Industry:

Search Information Technology Jobs

Other Industries & Skills:

Finance, Banking & Insurance Legal

Advertiser:

SAP

Job ID:

131384277

Posted On:

03 December 2024

 

We help the world run better

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

 

What you’ll do

As Global Head of Payroll (f/m/d), you will lead SAP’s internal payroll service delivery team of approximately 120 payroll professionals in support of paying 115,000+ SAP employees in 70+ countries, paying out EUR16 billion in compensation, social insurance, and taxes annually via a hybrid of in-house and outsourced practices.  Payroll touches every SAP employee every pay period and is a mission critical service with extremely high expectations for timeliness, accuracy, and compliance.

Reporting directly to the Head of Global People and Culture Service Delivery (Human Resources Global Service Delivery), you will be responsible for ensuring sustainable daily payroll operations, people management, and compliance as well as strategic planning, including transformation of the current payroll environment in a long-term move to Cloud solutions in alignment with SAP/SuccessFactors Product Management, and the HR IT team.

 

Purpose and Objectives

In this pivotal role, you will be leading a global team that is responsible for creating and implementing effective solutioning processes, problem solving, escalation management, and stakeholder relationships. This
requires working with global programs and policies while ensuring compliance with country-specific legal requirements.  You will also have the opportunity to meet with SAP prospects, customers, and partners to share the “SAP Runs SAP” story for payroll and work with SAP HCM Product managers to contribute in shaping future solutions.

 

What you bring

The Global Head of Payroll (f/m/d) should possess leadership skills to effectively manage a team of seasoned SAP individuals, support performance and career development topics, align with peer leaders in Global People and Culture Service Delivery to collaborate on delivery strategy and execution.

Management Tasks

-Owning the global and country operating models and business requirements for technical solutions, including prioritization and justification of automation/AI needs. 
-Support escalation management for employees who have payroll issues (or think that they have issues) in a rapid response, post mortem of the issue (cause), interim and long term solutions, and updates to management/key stakeholders.
-Close collaboration with internal IT on technical resource needs and quality of support.
-Support and provide guidance for the Global Payroll extended management team, ensuring payroll topic ownership is driven appropriately to ensure continuous improvement of processes.
-Setting clear objectives for the team, monitoring their progress, and providing guidance for success.
-Building a network within SAP to be leveraged for team and customer success.
-Communicate the results and successes of activities across Global Payroll where baseline expectations are for absolute accuracy for every employee every pay period.
 

Transformational Leadership

-Champion and ensure a long-term vision of the future of payroll within People Agenda and People and Culture Services Strategy
. 
-Own and execute Payroll strategy, related IT elements and foster execution across payroll and manage stakeholder with very effective collaboration and team play.
-Demonstrate leadership to set SMART goals, help team members in achieving them, grow their talents, continuously improve and reach new levels of performance and achievement.
-Demonstrate passion for the job by being a role model for the team, display authentic behavior, pride, and enthusiasm for your work, showcase best practices, and encourage team members to share their own experiences, celebrate successes, and promote SAP as a great place to work.
 

Education and Qualifications / Skills and Competencies

The strength of our team is our diversity, and we are seeking a candidate with strong leadership experience in a diverse cultural setting. The ideal candidate will be able to unite teams to achieve common goals and prioritize delivering value across stakeholders, driving strategy execution via superior collaboration model. This requires excellent leadership and communication skills, including the ability to understand and respect different cultural backgrounds. Below are the specific skills we are looking for:

-Strong people management skills, including the ability to motivate and mentor team members
-Ability to handle sensitive situations and build bridges between key stakeholders
-Thorough understanding of end-to-end payroll processes along the employee life cycle
-Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and the ability to collaborate effectively with senior, middle, and operational management
-Ability to think creatively and ensure the best results and build a strong network
-Bachelors degree, with master’s degree or additional education preferred.
 

 

Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We are ethical and compliant

Our leadership credo: Do what’s right. Make SAP better for generations to come. We believe that great leadership extends far beyond the mere pursuit of business goals. We value and foster leadership that is driven with purpose and integrity. Our leaders are role models who uphold SAP’s values and shape SAP’s culture of integrity, by demonstrating and championing ethical and compliant behavior towards all stakeholders.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careerssap
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 412690  | Work Area: Human Resources  | Expected Travel: 0 – 10%  | Career Status: Management  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: Virtual – Europe #LI-Hybrid.

 

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