Payroll Professional (m/w/d)

Position Overview:

Process payroll and work closely with internal and external stakeholders to make sure our employees across the globe are paid correctly and on time.

Day-to-day activities include:

● Ensure accurate, compliant, and timely payroll processing for German Entities;

● Take ownership of the completion of payroll-related accruals and prepayment;

● Ensure data integrity from Trimble's HRIS (Workday) to Cloudpay through the integration reports;

● Act as the main point of contact for employees about payroll;

● Take ownership of timely and accurate responses via our ticketing system for employees;

● Act as backup for the rest of the team, using the Cloudpay calendar for payroll processes worldwide;

● Partner with the broader Finance team to complete monthly payroll-related balance sheet reconciliations and the signoff of payroll SOX Controls;

● Partner with Trimble's local payroll providers to ensure the monthly correct payroll results and timely compliance/reporting with government authorities;

● Analyze ad hoc improvements/practices that may impact payroll in Germany and work with internal and external stakeholders to arrive at the best payroll solution for Trimble;

● Gather manual input, including appropriate approvals for upload in Cloudpay (TOP, commissions, ESPP, RSU).

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

● Expertise in payroll platforms/systems like CloudPay;

● Familiarity with the Workday ecosystem and preferably with experience in interfaces and integrations between Workday and 3rd party payroll systems;

● Familiarity with labor and tax framework in Germany;

● Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English and German;

● Attention to detail and the ability to explain complex information to others in straightforward situations;

● Working knowledge of payroll processes, social security, and local payroll tax

laws/requirements;

● Advanced reporting skills;

● Change management mindset; openness to change, openness to improvements;

● Basic knowledge of working within finance and having an understanding of prepayments, accruals, and journals would be beneficial.

● It would be highly beneficial having worked in a publicly traded company (NASDAQ, S&P).

Essential Responsibilities:

This function will manage, prepare, document, and disburse payroll payments, payroll taxes, and employee benefit payments for Germany. This role partners closely with Trimble's People eXperience (Human Resources) and Corporate Finance teams to ensure compliance with our statutory accounting. In addition, this role is responsible for creating reports illustrating payroll expenditures, including such items as tax payments and benefit plan disbursements.