Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end payroll processing across assigned countries, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timeliness.

• Manage and supervise Payroll Team including supervision, coaching, development, and workload planning.

• Act as a subject matter expert for payroll, tax, social security, and payroll data privacy topics

• Proactively partner with Business, HR, Finance, and other Finance functions to ensure payroll‑related regulations and data protection requirements are clearly understood and applied

• Ensure strict confidentiality, security, and protection of payroll and personal employee data in line with data protection laws and Verisk policies

• Ensure payroll systems are correctly configured and maintained in accordance with legislation, collective agreements, internal policies, and access and data security controls

• Oversee statutory reporting and timely payment of taxes, social security contributions, deductions, and other mandatory payments

• Manage statutory filings and direct communication with local authorities

• Continuously review and improve payroll processes, controls, and data handling practices

• Support internal and external audits, SOX controls, and compliance reviews related to payroll and data protection

• Managing escalations, complex payroll cases, audits, and data‑related inquiries

   

Education & Experience required:

• Minimum 5 years of relevant payroll experience, including at least 3 years in a leadership role
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• Proven experience in a Payroll Manager or equivalent senior payroll role covering multiple countries
• Strong hands‑on expertise in payroll operations, statutory compliance, and payroll data protection
• Experience with payroll systems, access management, and data control frameworks

• Exposure to HR and payroll reporting within a shared services or global operating model

   

• Additional education or certification in HR, Payroll, Labor Law, or Data Protection (GDPR) is an advantage

Personal Skills & Abilities:

• Strong people management skills
• High integrity and discretion in handling confidential and sensitive employee data

• Strong understanding of payroll data sensitivity and employee privacy obligations

   

• Business‑oriented, proactive, and accountable mindset
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving capabilities
• Comfortable operating in a fast‑paced, international environment
• Clear and confident communicator able to engage stakeholders at all organizational levels

We offer hybrid work model with 3 days per week in our Krakow office.

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