Cluster Payroll Lead (Hybrid) Lazio

Cluster Payroll Lead (Hybrid)
Roma
Lazio, Lazio

Cluster Payroll Lead (Hybrid)**-2206058377W

Description

Kenvue, part of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies (Kenvue),

is currently recruiting for:

Cluster Payroll Lead (Hybrid)

**The Cluster Payroll Lead is expected to oversee all payroll resources in the Cluster.

This includes providing direction, coaching, and mentorship to payroll resources to support a high-performance team environment.

This position will report into the Regional Payroll Lead for the EMEA region.

This position is **hybrid**: both based in **Pomezia - Santa Palomba (Rome) - Italy and remote**.

**Who we are

At Kenvue, part of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, we believe there is extraordinary power in everyday care.

Built on over a century of heritage and propelled forward by science, our iconic brands—including NEUTROGENA®, AVEENO®, TYLENOL®, LISTERINE®, JOHNSON'S® and BAND-AID® —are category leaders trusted by millions of consumers who use our products to improve their daily lives.

Our employees share a digital-first mindset, an approach to innovation grounded in deep human insights, and a commitment to continually earning a place for our products in consumers' hearts and homes.

**What will you do

The **Cluster Payroll Lead** is responsible for managing the payroll function (including time & attendance) for the Italy Cluster, which includes Egypt, Italy, Saudi Arabia, UAE, South Africa, Spain, and Portugal countries.

This role is responsible for the day-to-day management of payroll processing tasks, including active management of the payroll checklist, on-cycle and off-cycle payroll preparation and execution, and post-payroll tasks (including audits and reconciliations) for all countries in the cluster.

In addition to managing day-to-day payroll operations, the Cluster Payroll Lead will also be responsible for creating country-specific procedures and policies to enhance and maintain effectiveness, ensuring compliance, suggesting areas of improvement, and interacting heavily with third-party payroll providers and other

internal stakeholders (e. g.

HR, Finance, Benefits, etc.

).

Key Responsibilities

- Responsible for day-to-day management of payroll processing for all countries in the Italy cluster

- Create country-specific procedures and policies to enhance and maintain effectiveness (e. g.

SOPs, DTPs, Work Instructions)

- Provides coaching and mentorship to payroll resources in the Italy cluster to support a high-performance team environment.

Sets annual goals and develops effective career and development paths.

Encourages continuous learning.

- Recruits and hires staff, as appropriate.

- Creates and uses metrics to benchmark performance and improve processes/team productivity, plan/execute on implementation of process improvement initiatives

- Provide leadership and guidance on issue resolution, escalation management, and risk mitigations

- Partner with internal cross-functional stakeholders to ensure that upstream and downstream processes are functioningproperly (e. g.

HR data maintenance, GL file posting)

- Manage third-party payroll providers against contractually agreed upon SLAs and metrics

- Support payroll projects and cross-functional projects with payroll dependency

- Support auditors and legal authorities with the execution of required activities

- Ensure adherence, monitor, remediate and align compliance responsibilities with stakeholders.

Manage, mitigate, and escalate risks on a timely basis

- Ensure strong internal controls are in place, to achieve "adequate" internal and external audit ratings

- Ensure month end, quarter end and year end payroll returns are complete, accurate and submitted to Government agencies, in a timely manner.

- Responsible for annual payroll calendar, payroll elements, year-end updates, and proactively communicating to HR/management/employees as appropriate.

Qualifications

**What we are looking for

Required Qualifications

- University degree / Bachelor's degree or equivalent is required

- Minimum of 8 years of prior experience in processing payroll is required

- Experience leading payroll operations and managing 3rd Party Payroll providers and services required

- English language proficiency is required

- Experience in developing/improving Payroll processes to maximize efficiency & deliver quality services is required

- Strong analytical skills and strategic problem solver is required

- Ability to influence others, identify problems and recommend course of actions is preferred

- Language requirements specific to EMEA or Egypt, Italy, Saudi Arabia, UAE, South Africa, Spain, and Portugal are

preferred

- A high degree of confidentiality, data protection assurance, conformity with J&J policies, procedures, external regulations

and agencies is required

- Prior Experience with payroll processes, procedures, controls, regulations, and compliance is preferred

- Knowledge and/or Experience with leading third-party payroll providers (NGA, SDWorx, et