Payroll Specialist for Aarhus, Denmark

Opportunity

We are looking for a Payroll Specialist to join our People Function at Maersk in Aarhus, Denmark! At Maersk we value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job – we value diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to gender, age, nationality, race, sexual orientation, disability, or religious beliefs. Besides focusing on creating value for our customers and the business, a key priority for us is to drive personal and professional development for our people to prepare for further career progression. As Payroll Specialist, you will be responsible for high quality delivery of payroll services and continuously driving improvements to ensure great employee experience, process optimization and compliance. We offer An exciting global career at the forefront of world trade. When you join our team, you join a truly diverse, global organization in a fast-moving, values-based, work environment. The many other highlights include the most modern talent development initiatives and competitive benefits. We are proud of our people who define our company’s industry leadership, global team culture and customer-centric focus every day.  In this role, you will be joining a smaller, dedicated People team supporting the different Maersk entities located in Aarhus. A high level of Danish payroll knowledge and independence is essential for this role, where you will have full ownership and responsibility for carrying out your tasks. You will be reporting to Head of Payroll who is based in Copenhagen together with the rest of your Danish Payroll team. Knowledge sharing, helping each other and having fun at work are some of the key values for this team. Besides being responsible for payroll in Aarhus, you will also support the payroll team in Copenhagen with various tasks. The team is fairly new, and you will also take part in creating new ways of working and ensuring written process guidelines to be passed on to new employees. You will work closely with both internal and external stakeholders such as the People Advisory team, People Partners, and external vendors. Key Responsibilities As our new Payroll Specialist, you will have knowledge of the payroll process from A-Z for all employment types. With a curious and investigative approach to your tasks, you will be responsible for validating payroll results & provide approvals for final pay credits based on control reports.  Furthermore, your key responsibilities will be: Monthly payroll reconciliation and new payroll month preparation  Ensuring timely Social Insurance Tax Payment and Reporting  Managing advance payments  Reimbursement requests Continuous contact with partners, with the pension provider and with e-income Being risk aware and help identify, report, mitigate and track risks in the payroll delivery process  Provide accounting files to Finance along with the necessary documentation for internal and external audit Managing the timely submission of RICC controls Participating in Time and Attendance initiatives including system upgrades, communication of changes to People Partners, testing and documenting all changes for historical and record retention policies, project support as needed  Interfacing with People Partners to support employee/manager queries  Identifying improvement opportunities in regional processes and raise them to global process managers  Facilitating knowledge transfer across different parties involved in service delivery in the current operating model, the core program team, external implementation partner, etc.  We are looking for Our ideal candidate is well-structured with excellent collaboration skills and has previous experience in managing Payroll and Time & Attendance processes within a large, complex, international organization. This goes along with knowledge of compliance and legal regulations for payroll & benefits in Denmark. To succeed in this role, you must like changes in tasks and ways of working. We value our unique team and are looking for someone who shares our vision of teamwork being the backbone of all we do. Furthermore, we are looking for someone who has Broader HR Operations experience as well as exposure to an outsourced payroll model would be a benefit. Experience from a unionized workplace A proactive, ‘let’s get it done’ attitude geared towards continuous improvement  Flexibility and adaptability to operate in a fast-paced, developing project environment, taking ownership, and setting directions with minimal guidance A collaborative working style, fostering cooperation and teamwork to find solutions  Fluency in Danish and English A good understanding for Finance Highly analytical approach with a strong eye for detail  Structured working style and focus on delivering results as per agreed timescales and scope.  If you have been reading so far, we are glad to see you are interested. If you could see yourself in this role and are keen to be part of an exciting journey with Maersk, we look forward to hearing from you! Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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