Payroll Associate / Specialist

The Company  

Cover Genius is a Series E insurtech that protects the global customers of the world’s largest digital companies including Booking Holdings, owner of Priceline, Kayak and Booking.com, Intuit, Uber, Ryanair, Turkish Airlines, Descartes ShipRush, Zip and SeatGeek. We’re also available at Amazon, Flipkart, eBay, Wayfair and SE Asia’s largest company, Shopee. Our partners integrate with XCover, our award-winning insurance distribution platform, to embed protection for millions of customers worldwide each year.

Our team and products have been recognized with dozens of awards including by the Financial Times which ranked Cover Genius as the #1 fastest-growing company in APAC in 2020. Our diverse team across 20+ countries and many language groups commit itself to diverse cultural programs, in particular “CG Gives” which makes social entrepreneurs out of us all and funds development initiatives in global communities.

Our People are

Bold, Authentic, Purposeful and Inspired

Our People are not

Perfect, Traditional, Complacent or Cautious

About the role

As a Payroll Associate at Cover Genius, you will be working amongst a rapidly expanding Global Financial Operations team, reporting to the Associate Director, Global Payroll based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This role requires a knowledgeable and resourceful team player who will drive, support and assist in the evolution of the day-to-day Australia payroll  from outsourced management to potentially an in-house payroll solution while working cross-functionally across the organisation. 

This role is responsible for managing the end-to-end Australia and potentially other country payroll processes while ensuring data integrity, fostering strong employee, payroll vendor and internal relationships and driving process improvements. The ideal candidate is a driven and reliable person with a strong background in Australia and/or global payroll, general payroll accounting principles, exceptional communication skills, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and wants to be part of a global insurtech company with the vision to protect all customers of the world’s largest digital companies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a primary point of contact for external and internal stakeholders regarding payroll inquiries, discrepancies, and resolutions. Foster positive working relationships with all stakeholders. 

• Payroll Data Collection, Validation, Processing & Payments: Review, process, and reconcile payroll output. Ensure accurate and timely payroll payments. Perform monthly NetSuite payroll related journal entries.

• Data Integrity & Compliance: collaboration with People Team for accurate records and ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements. 

• Process Improvement: Identify opportunities for enhancing efficiency within the global payroll function, including automation and streamlining workflows. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement best practices.

• Reconciliation & Reporting: Reconcile payroll General Ledgers. Assist with month-end and year-end closing activities as well as drive/support audit requirements.

• Payroll Vendor/Solution Implementation and Management

To help us level up, you'll ideally have:

• 4+ years of global outsourced and/or in-house payroll experience.

• Experience working with various payroll solutions preferred. Strong skills in Microsoft Suite and Google Suite.

• Strong knowledge of global payroll principles, general accounting practices, and financial controls.

• Excellent customer service and communication skills with the ability to manage payroll vendor and employee relationships effectively.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

• Fluent in spoken and written English.

Why Cover Genius?  

Cover Genius not only cares about being the best in our industry, we care about our team. We’re a business that understands life can be fluid and so we flex to ensure we provide the environment to suit that. What does that mean?  

• Flexible Work Environment - Our teams are hybrid. We work from home on a Wednesday and Thursday and attend the office on Monday, Tuesday and Friday with flexibility around start/finish times.

• Employee Stock Options - we want our people to share in our success, we reward them with ownership for their contribution in creating a world-class company.

• Work with like-minded people who are passionate about both the work we're doing and giving back. Our CG Gives programs enables us to all become philanthropists through our peer recognition and rewards system.

• Social Initiatives - pictures speak a thousand words!

Sound interesting? If you think you have the best composition of the above, send us your resume and let's chat!

* Cover Genius promotes diversity and inclusivity. We don't tolerate discrimination, demeaning treatment of anyone, or harassment due to race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

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