2023 will see Sandoz become a standalone organization! As a global market leader in Generics and Biosimilar medicine, Sandoz is stepping forward from a position of strength! Those joining Sandoz in the coming months will help shape the future of the company, it’s growth, innovation, culture and how Sandoz impacts the lives of millions. These will be careers with genuine impact! This is one such role!

The purpose of this role is to provide expert services for employees, managers and HR community in the area of Payroll related data and processes, and act as a subject matter expert for these services. Services provided by this role mainly refer to second level (complex) Payroll processes, such as pre- and post PY-run activities, taxation and finance related activities (reconciliation, accruals, etc).

This is a hybrid position, with 50% of the time working in Kundl, Austria and 50% from the home office.

Your key responsibilities:

• Support legally required processes in close collaboration with authorities (e.g. tax provider)
• Support international tax assessments (supplementary tax payments and reimbursements)
• Provide support in international equity- and incentive-relevant statements and matters, ensure correct taxation and build accruals accordingly
• Initiate monthly salary payments in accurate and timely manner
• Extract reports needed for payroll and other reports upon request
• Close collaboration with FRA e.g. account reconciliation, accruals
• Act as a “point of contact” person and subject matter expert for employees, leaders and works council in Payroll related processes
• Assist in and contribute to cross country Payroll projects
• Keep Up to date in regards of legal Changes
• Assess intercompany reimbursements and correct accounting for International Assignees
• Ensure correct taxation of gains, company cars, etc.

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Relevant professional education, e.g. apprenticeship in business management or studies (Bachelor/Master degree in HR/Accounting/ Business or related field is preferred)
• Fluent in German and English
• 2-3 years professional experience in SSC environment with payroll/coordinating payroll and/or HR administration
• HRIS system (SAP or Workday) knowledge and experience preferred but not a must
• Work experience in international environment/team/global company is preferred
• Experience in other HR disciplines (e. g., Compensation & Benefits, Learning, etc.) is preferred
• Ability to work effectively across all levels and layers of the organization and be comfortable working in a complex and rapidly changing work environment
• Ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality and sound judgement, in addition to high level attention to detail, analyzing information, thoroughness, general math and reporting skills is a must

In addition to a market-competitive base salary, we offer an attractive incentive program, a modern company pension scheme, childcare facilities, learning and development options as well as worldwide career opportunities within the Novartis group. GJFA 6-7: In accordance with Austrian law, we are obliged to disclose the minimum salary as stated in the collective bargaining agreement. For this position the minimum salary is € 54.735,38 EUR / year (on a full time basis). We also offer a potential market oriented excess payment in line with your experience and qualifications.

Why Sandoz?

500 million patients were touched by Sandoz generic and biosimilar medicines in 2021 and while we’re proud of this, we know there is more we could do to continue to help pioneer access to medicines for people around the world.

How will we do this? We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.

We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what's possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying!

Imagine what you could do here at Sandoz!

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