EMEA Payroll Specialist - Finance

As part of the Global Payroll team, this position reports to the Head of EMEA Payroll in the UK and will work closely with the Finance and HR Departments.

This position will include day-to-day payroll compliance requirements across EMEA (including the UK, Germany, and Greece) as well as special projects, including business process improvement initiatives across NVIDIA’s EMEA payroll regions. Coordinating with HR for new hire and benefit process. The position will require the treatment of sensitive information with confidentiality and discretion, acting at the highest standards of ethical behavior, and require strong leadership and advocacy for the Company’s Human Resource (HR) and Payroll departments’ controls and the Company’s related policies.

This role requires extensive payroll and employment tax background, and excellent communication skills. This person must be self-motivated, driven to work independently with limited oversight, and able to work collaboratively across other international payroll regions. In addition, the role requires flexibility and willingness to change in roles and responsibilities, and the ability to travel.

What you'll be doing:

Member of the Global Payroll team and assistant of 24 European payrolls including but not exhaustive:

• Manage and support the day-to-day payroll compliance requirements, including accurate, complete and timely processing of payroll, including all remittances and filings with the appropriate tax authorities and payments to employees.

• Gathering information such as pension insurance, health insurance – registering with the required agencies, providing documents for employees to sign and discuss.

• Month end payroll processing.

• Support for additional EMEA payrolls.

• Conducting Payroll inductions including detailing explanation for international new starters/transfers.

• Customer service focused with detail on employee support and personal data confidentiality

• Maintain payroll files and records.

• Coordination with third parties, such as auditors, tax authorities and payroll suppliers.

• Partner with all key stakeholders to ensure the responsibilities and objectives of the payroll department are successfully met, including HR, the Company’s external payroll service providers, and the Company’s banking partners. Specifically, to ensure the accurate, complete, and timely execution of payroll processing, including, coordinating and securing payroll data inputs, validating all related data, and ensuring timely payment/credit to the bank accounts of employees.

• Partner with Finance teams in India to create and post month end journals, flux reporting, month end balance sheet reconciliation analysis and all payroll accounting.

• Manage and monitor all the Company’s policies and procedures related to payroll to ensure requirements are followed consistently and in full for each payroll cycle.

• Provide day-to-day assistance to employee inquiries and provide education and support, as needed.

What we need to see:

• Payroll Certification required.

• Pensions and Benefits experience.

• Finance experience an advantage.

• Minimum 5 years of extensive payroll experience in a global payroll environment, including international payroll tax regimes and stock-based compensation. Specific experience with Europe is a distinct advantage.

• Extensive knowledge of payroll systems, controls and compliance frameworks.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills required.

• Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Excel/PowerPoint/Word/Outlook) required. Excellent organizational, project and time management skills with ability to multi-task.

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, and attention to detail required.

• Ability to influence various levels of the organization across different regions and business units.

• Must be a team player with a global mindset, equally successful at working independently or in large groups.

• Ability and willingness to be flexible and adapt to rapidly changing work environments, roles and responsibilities, competing priorities, and tight deadlines.

• Fluency in English.