Payroll Senior Specialist

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.

As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered and recognised.

Job Summary

As part of a regional payroll team, this role is responsible for effective execution of payroll operations for assigned entities, supporting effective and accurate payroll time and data collection, review, calculations, and disbursements while ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of payroll reporting. This role partners with third parties to ensure optimal vendor performance, driving standardization and efficient processes, and collaboratively working with internal stakeholders in developing and maintaining trusted partnerships.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

• Apply specialist knowledge and skills required to support end-to-end payroll activities such as the collection, review, analysis, and balancing controls of full-cycle payroll related data sources for all levels of the organization, across all locations and across multiple time zones.
• Maintain T & A systems in accordance with company policy and statutory requirements.
• Support equity processing, cross-border payments and fringe benefits, secondments, and shadow payrolls in accordance with multi-jurisdiction tax regulations.
• Close collaboration with third party providers, local authorities related to reporting and filing of declarations, certifications, and ability to discern complicated instructions.
• Support Tier 3 payroll inquiries, navigate complex situations by recognizing problematic areas, and take ownership of communications through timely resolution.
• Continuous evaluation, improvement, and maintenance of existing work processes by implementing lean methodology to ensure most effective use of resources and drive operation excellence.
• Build and nurture strong working relationships with all levels across the organization, 3rd party providers, and others to resolve issues and drive process improvements.
• Assist with testing new payroll earnings, deductions, accruals, and other new programs in test environment.
• Establish and actively support proper governance of payroll data, time and attendance, record keeping and internal controls to ensure an audit-ready environment.
• Provide business continuity training for team members and ensure documentation is clear, accessible and audit ready.
• Support internal and external audits, as well as annual SOC reviews of third-party vendors.
  
  

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and might not necessarily comprise all of the essential functions for purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Expected Areas Of Competence (i.e., Knowledge, Skills And Abilities)

• Strong knowledge of statutory employment rules applying to payroll transactions
• Ability to work independently, coordinate multiple large projects through planning, prioritizing, and multi-tasking in a faced-paced environment.
• Ability to influence and leverage a customer centric approach to building and maintaining relationships.
• Initiative, self-starter and process-driven with high level of attention to details.
• Good organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Good Communication skills (oral and written), interpersonal and collaboration skills
• Business English skills (A2 minimum) and Proficiency in additional APAC languages is a plus.
• Good skills with Microsoft products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and systems required
  
  

Education/Experience Requirements

• Required Education/Experience:
• High School Degree or Equivalent and 8+ years of applicable experience OR
• Associate’s degree and 6+ years of applicable experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of applicable experience
• Preferred Education/Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration or equivalent/related.
• 5 years of experience in Payroll, Payroll Accounting or HR Information Systems with a strong focus on Australia & New Zealand payroll. Expertise includes hands-on payroll processing, execution, and in-depth knowledge of local labor laws and statutory requirements.
• SAP Payroll experience, ADP GlobalView / Celergo preferred
• Regional experience handling payroll on a virtual, multi-national teams across multiple APAC countries is a plus.
• Working experience with SuccessFactors EC, integrations to multiple payroll platforms such as ADP GlobalView / ADP Celergo or SAP Payroll is preferrable.
• Experience working in Global Business Services (GBS) or Shared Services Center (SSC) environments with regional exposure across APAC markets is highly desirable. With strong understanding of standardized payroll operation, process optimization and service delivery models.
• Payroll certification such as FPC, CPP, CIPP, or similar are preferred.
  
  

Travel Requirements

5 %

Travel Expectations

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability

4970