Payroll Analyst - Amsterdam, Nederland - Palo Alto Networks

Beschrijving

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks is looking for a Payroll Specialist with at least 3-years relevant working experience to join the EMEA Accounting team at our European Headquarters in Amsterdam. This position will be reporting to the Senior Manager, EMEA Payroll.

Responsibilities Include:

• Collecting and compiling monthly payroll data from HR ERP system (Workday) and key payroll stakeholders (HR, Sales compensation, Equity, Compensation & Benefits teams, Legal) for approximately 9 countries.
• Communicate all monthly / semi-monthly Payroll input data to external Payroll service provider
• Execute checks and controls processes by reconciling Payroll input data to Payroll outputs delivered by the external service providers.
• Prepare monthly Payroll journal entries as well as payroll related month-end accruals, perform flux movement analysis.
• Assist R2R team in payroll reconciliation to General ledger.
• Handle payroll related questions from employees and internal functions.
• Handle payroll related annual statutory audit requests.
• Participate in Payroll projects to improve accuracy and efficiency of the EMEA Payroll function.

Your Experience

• Relevant educational background/degree, preferably in accounting
• At 3 years relevant working experience in EMEA Payroll Accounting in an international environment
• Excellent Microsoft Excel application skills
• Outstanding analytical skills with a high attention to accuracy, detail, organization and confidentiality
• Fast learner with an ability to work under pressure in a dynamic, fast paced environment
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Self-driven & Proactive
• Fluency in English (both written and verbal)

The Team

As a Payroll Team, we are fully committed to delivering an accurate and timely payroll, providing the best employee experience by being a trusted advisor.

You will work closely with different teams such our HR, Compensation and Benefits, Legal, and Equity teams to support different initiatives of the business with special focus on further developing our analytical reporting, in addition to implementing process improvements that will increase the efficiency of the overall payroll cycle.

We believe in the importance of supporting our employees throughout their employee journey with Palo Alto Networks. Especially in today's world of changing demands and needs, we are looking for a new colleague who understands the value of employee focused and tailored solutions.

Our Commitment

We're trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity's status quo. It's simple: we can't accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

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