Job Description

About the Company
The purpose of Idorsia is to discover, develop, and commercialize innovative medicines to help more patients.
Headquartered in Switzerland - a biotech-hub of Europe - Idorsia is a high-potential biopharmaceutical company, specialized in the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative small molecules, with the aim of transforming the horizon of therapeutic options.
We are looking for a Payroll Specialist to join our team !
The main focus of this role is to be responsible for the full administration of payroll in Europe and Canada (EUCAN) (with provider) and/or Switzerland (in-house), ensuring employee salaries, bonuses, deductions etc are accurately and timely recorded and processed, as well as accurate and timely reporting with Finance on the relevant accruals and other obligations.
Job Responsibilities
Key responsibilities EUCAN

• Responsible for providing the payroll in put to the providers, validating and approving the monthly payrolls for the markets in-scope (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, Sweden)
• Enrolling new hires and deregistering leavers with the external payroll and benefits providers
• Acting as first level of escalation for employees' queries
• Monthly payroll forecast and bank reconciliation
• Validating the monthly cost invoices and tracking payments from local affiliates
• Accounting:
• Monthly payroll journals, including additional postings following exchange with EUCAN Local Finance team
• Accruals (holiday, bonus, severance...)
• Accounts reconciliations
• Providing audit documentation as required by the local affiliate. EUCAN pension reporting for company financial results
• Time & Attendance responsibility and compliance with local legislation
• Year-end tasks: employee tax certificates, local authorities' declarations

Key responsibilities Switzerland

• Administer the Payroll (data collection, data changes, entering new employees data, checking payroll data)
• Run monthly payroll and processes all the necessary work related to the monthly payroll
• Processing of salary continuation cases (Illness, Accident, Maternity Leave, etc.)
• Handle child and education allowances
• Responsible for proper withholding tax declarations with the different cantons
• Point of contact for HR Business Partners, Employees and Finance in regard to salary questions
• Supporting Year-end tasks like tax certificate and attachments/supplements, year-end declarations to authorities
• Assisting with internal audits requests

Candidate's Requirements

• Commercial Education, Specialist certificate in Payroll or similar
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Payroll Management with EUCAN and/or Switzerland, Finance & Bookkeeping background would be an asset
• Knowledge of the Swiss Social Insurance System
• Knowledge of payroll principles and practices (company & country)
• Strong knowledge of the Tax Regulations
• Computer and software advanced user, SAP payroll experience is an advantage
• Strong communication- and interpersonal collaboration skills
• Proactive, results- and customer-oriented mindset
• Ability to coordinate different providers, projects, actions and change requests at the same time and also have the skills to get things done from the provider and others
• Understanding of HR processes including payroll process, Payroll Interfaces and fiscal laws
• Fluency in German & English

What Idorsia offers

• Home-Office possibility
• A collaborative and solution-oriented environment where you can make a difference
• An innovative and open culture in a truly multicultural environment
• A competitive salary and generous social benefits

Work Location: Allschwil - Basel Area
Country: Switzerland
Business Area: Human Resources
Schedule: Fulltime
Job Type: Permanent
Job ID: 4607
At Idorsia, we harness the power of difference, authenticity and inclusion to achieve business success. We are committed to fostering respect, fairness and equal opportunities for all job applicants and all our employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.
Please be informed that if you are selected for this position, your employment will be subject to a pre-employment background screening process, of which you will be informed in greater detail in due course.
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