Payroll Representative (German / English) at DOW

Payroll Representative enables a best-in-class employee experience through payroll knowledge & service delivery. This role will support the payroll delivery for Germany in the EMEAI region. The main objective of this role is to ensure that the employees are paid on time and accurately, in compliance with the respective country tax-legislation, agreed labor conditions, company policies and regulations. In this role, you will require understanding of key business drivers for your discipline and function. You will need to be able to expand conceptual and working knowledge related to German Payroll. Requires full proficiency gained through job-related training and considerable on-the-job experience to perform a range of tasks under limited supervision.

It is your responsibility to use technical experience, established practices, and personal judgement to analyze and resolve straightforward problems. Your performance impacts the quality of your own work and your team’s work and requires that you work within established guidelines and policies

What’s your job about?

• Delivering Payroll, Time & Absence, and Data Management in a productive and efficient manner.
• Processing information with confidentiality and with a high level of accuracy.
• Ensuring accurate and timely payments to employees and local authorities.
• Perform activities according to the Dow internal control & compliance framework.
• Address employee queries/cases on payroll related matters in alignment with our internal Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

What skills do you have?

• You have a Bachelor or Master's degree in HR, Finance, or related area.
• You bring a minimum of 2 years of payroll experience.
• Fluency in English & German (written & oral) is mandatory.
  
  Preferred Skills:
• Experience with MS Excel, Workday, ServiceNow & ADP Globalview payroll, SAP.
• Proficiency in any other European languages is an asset.
• Understand organizational interdependencies and experience working across functions and cultures.
• Experience in high volume operational environments is required.
• Experience in internal controls through prior audit participation is preferred.
• Good problem solving, critical thinking skills and managing competing priorities.
• By nature, this job requires a substantial amount of coordination with a variety of internal- and external stakeholders where accountability and ownership of data and processes are key.
• Self-motivated with a customer service mindset.

What do you get in return?

• Competitive Salary
• 13th month
• Travel and any tunnel costs will be reimbursed
• 25 vacation days

Dow combineert wereldwijde breedte, integratie en schaalgrootte van activa, gerichte innovatie en expertise op het gebied van materiaalwetenschappen, toonaangevende zakelijke posities en leiderschap op het gebied van milieu, maatschappij en bestuur om winstgevende groei te realiseren en bij te dragen aan een duurzame toekomst. In de Benelux heeft Dow 7 vestigingen waar meer dan 4000 professionals van meer dan 50 nationaliteiten werken op het gebied van supply chain, onderzoek en ontwikkeling, productie en engineering, milieu, gezondheid en veiligheid, duurzaamheid, informatiesystemen en meer. In Nederland heeft Dow productielocaties in Terneuzen, Dordrecht en Delfzijl. Dow Terneuzen is de tweede grootste productielocatie wereldwijd en het kloppend hart van enkele van de bedrijfsfuncties zoals de Integrated Supply Chain organisatie, Human Resources en Finance die samenwerken om duurzame oplossingen aan hun partners in Europa, het Midden-Oosten, Afrika en India aan te bieden.