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Job Title: Payroll Lead, EMEA
Location: EMEA - Homebased
About the role:
We’re hiring an Payroll Lead, EMEA to work with local teams to standardize and stabilise payroll operations across EMEA. Covering 15+ countries, you’ll play a critical role in driving both operational stability and strategic alignment. You’ll lead payroll execution within the region to improve and maintain quality, and have a heavy involvement in standardisation initiatives in collaboration with leaders and stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead payroll for 700+ employees across EMEA, ensuring compliance and accuracy.
Lead a regional HR/payroll team and support vendor coordination.
Drive payroll system improvements and standardisation efforts.
Lead audits and special payroll cycles.
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure high level of quality payroll services.
Execute operational tasks to support day-to-day payroll delivery operations as needed.
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About You:
8+ years’ payroll experience, with 3+ years leading regional and matrixed teams.
Expertise in EMEA payroll regulations and multi-country management.
Proficiency in ADP, SAP, Workday, or similar systems.
Excellent stakeholder communication and problem-solving skills.
Fluent in English; German, Dutch, French, Italian, Polish, Turkish, or Spanish is a plus.
BSI offers a competitive total reward package, an independent and varied job in an international environment, flexible working hours, and ongoing training and development.
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BSI is a business improvement and standards company and for over a century BSI has been recognized for having a positive impact on organizations and society, building trust and enhancing lives.
Today BSI partners with more than 77,500 clients in 195 countries and engages with a 15,000 strong global community of experts, industry and consumer groups, organizations and governments.
Utilizing its extensive expertise in key industry sectors - including automotive, aerospace, built environment, food and retail, and healthcare - BSI delivers on its purpose by helping its clients fulfil theirs.
Living by our core values of Client-Centricity, Agility, and Collaboration, BSI provides organizations with the confidence to grow by partnering with them to tackle society’s critical issues – from climate change to building trust in digital transformation and everything in between - to accelerate progress towards a better society and a sustainable world.
BSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Skills Required
- 8+ years' payroll experience
- 3+ years leading regional and matrixed teams
- Expertise in EMEA payroll regulations
- Proficiency in ADP, SAP, Workday, or similar systems
- Fluency in English; additional languages a plus
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible benefits are positioned as part of the MyReward approach, allowing tailoring based on local eligibility and individual needs. Core elements like life assurance, income protection, and EAP access are framed as consistent pillars even as specifics vary by country.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave offerings are described as generous in certain markets, including annual leave starting around 27 days where that is standard and, in some U.S. postings, about four weeks of PTO plus a set holiday calendar. Additional time-off practices like occasional year-end office closure are also described as part of the overall package in some teams.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Well-being support is presented as visible at the corporate level, including EAP access and expanded programs such as menopause support and mental-health first aid. Flexible work under “Smart Working” is repeatedly positioned as a work–life balance and inclusion lever that complements the total rewards package.
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