Payroll Specialist

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're looking for a dynamic Payroll Specialist to join our growing team — if you're ready to take your career to the next level in a supportive, forward-thinking environment, we want to hear from you!

The main focus of this role is to be responsible for the full administration of payroll in Switzerland, 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

• 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
• Act as an interface to public authorities (e.g. Tax offices, social insurances)
• Point of contact for HR Business Partners in regard to salary questions
• Supporting Year-end tasks like tax certificate and attachments/supplements, year-end declarations to authorities
• Supporting HR/payroll projects 
• Ensure compliance with and implementation of Idorsia and applicable regulatory guidelines and control standards
• Understand, acknowledge and adhere to company policies and operating procedures that are formalized and communicated
• Ensure to follow defined process and approval flows
• Actively propose process and system improvements
• Assisting with internal audits requests
• Support the implementation of remediation actions for identified internal and external audit findings on a timely basis

Candidate’s Requirements  

• Commercial Education or/and Specialist certificate in Payroll
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Payroll Management, Finance & Bookkeeping background would be an asset
• In depth knowledge of the Swiss Social Insurance System
• Strong knowledge of the Swiss Tax Regulations
• Strong knowledge of the Swiss Labour Law
• 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 effectively deliver results with high quality in a fast-paced multicultural environment
• Fluency in German & English

Work Location: Allschwil – Basel Area
Country: Switzerland
Business Area: Human Resources
Schedule: Fulltime
Job Type: Permanent
Job ID: 4569
 

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.

Idorsia operates a strictly controlled list of preferred recruitment partners. For those partners who have no valid, signed Master Service Agreement in place with Idorsia, please note that all unsolicited resumes, CVs, anonymous profiles, or any other candidate details submitted through our website or to personal e-mail accounts of employees of Idorsia Pharmaceuticals (including any of its subsidiaries, affiliates or related companies) are considered the property of Idorsia Pharmaceuticals and are not subject to payment of any form of introduction, placement or referral fees.