[Hiring] Payroll Team Lead @Flowserve Corporation

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Payroll Team Lead to provide payroll expertise and lead our payroll operations with main focus on the German-speaking region. This role will be responsible for overseeing the payroll process, ensuring accurate and timely payroll delivery, conducting and tracking ongoing data audits, and maintaining employee tax setup and compliance requirements.

The ideal candidate brings extensive payroll experience, a solid understanding of employment tax requirements, and proven leadership experience in managing and developing a payroll team. Ideally, the role will be based in the Czech Republic or Poland and it’s a remote role.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee international payroll processes, including manual checks and issue resolution.
• Supervise, coach, and develop the payroll team.
• Ensure payroll tax compliance, handle notices, audits, and amendments.
• Maintain accurate payroll and employee tax data, including expatriates and foreign nationals.
• Manage third-party payroll/tax vendors and partnership with internal stakeholders.
• Drive continuous process improvements and escalate complex issues as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance field.
• Strong international payroll knowledge with 5–7 years’ experience.
• Fluent German is a must. Additionally, proficiency in either English or Hungarian is required, with a strong preference for English.
• High attention to detail, analytical thinking, and ability to create/maintain payroll controls.
• Excellent communication, customer service, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven leadership abilities with strong organizational and time-management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of Excel and Microsoft Office; knowledge of ERP systems (Workday, Kronos, Celergo, Horizon) is an advantage.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Remote work.
• Benefits may vary depending on the role, location, grade level, and/or applicable collective bargaining agreement.