French Payroll & HR Specialist Northampton ( Hybrid working )Monday – Friday 8-4 Or 9-5£30,000 - £40,000 DOEWe have partnered with a global client who are looking for a French payroll specialist to join their team on a hybrid basis in Northampton. They are looking for someone that has exposure to a payroll department, ideally within a French market, and can speak the French language. You will be responsible for providing support and service to colleagues and third-party vendors.Key Duties:

• In this role, you will manage payroll activities for France and Belgium, ensuring timely and accurate delivery, managing payroll quality and compliance
• Handle changes to payroll systems and ensure accurate monthly payroll submissions to external vendors.
• Investigate risk, and support HR Operations teams to complete tasks within SLA’s
• Establishing relationships with key stakeholders, providing regular and timely service updates.
• Manage audits, update their internal HR portal, and ensure timely screening processes.
• You will also support on any ad-hoc HR projects, handle customer queries, and identify continuous improvement opportunities.
• Produce documentation related to time management and monthly sign-offs, review and validate changes to employees’ pay, and manage the process to recover monies and benefits from employees who have left or overpaid.
• Ensuring payroll controls and checks are completed on time, you will follow governance routines and perform timely reconciliations.
• Identifying continuous improvement opportunities and cooperating with third-party service providers.

The Ideal Candidate:

• French speaking highly desirable
• Understanding of and experience processing French payroll cycle and finance processes.
• Payroll or finance experience.
• Ability to handle any potential complex queries clearly and confidently.
• Ability to work under pressure, coordinate and prioritise activities, self-discipline and motivation.
• Able to multi-task under pressure whilst maintaining high quality delivery.
• Communication skills, with the ability to communicate to people at all levels both written and verbal.
• Close attention to detail and accuracy while working under pressure.
• Some other highly valued skills may include
• Experience in using HR applications and systems desirable