HR Officer Payroll (Team Lead), P2, UNICEF Global Shared Services Centre, Budapest, Hungary

Contract

This is a P-2 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 2 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 57,661 USD and 78,318 USD.

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, results.

Established in 2015 UNICEF’s Global Shared Services Centre (GSSC) provides services to UNICEF offices across the world in the areas of Finance, Master Data Management, Human Resources Administration, Payroll, and Customer Care (IT Global Help Desk).

The mission of GSSC to be a Centre of excellence for the global delivery of efficient services within a culture of customer service, continuous business improvement, knowledge-sharing and innovation to support the effective achievement of UNICEF's programme results worldwide.

GSSC celebrates geographic and gender diversity with our dynamic team of professionals consists of more than 45 nationalities and considerable number of female and millennials who are committed to the noble mission of UNICEF to serve the children of the world.

GSSC has won the 2019 Business Services Firm of the Year in Hungary, one of 26 regional awards announced at the Central and Eastern European Business Services Summit & Awards held in Warsaw, Poland.

Global Payroll function is responsible for administration of Salaries and benefits including Pension covering more than 15000 UNICEF staff worldwide.

How can you make a difference?

The GSSC is looking for dedicated, self-driven payroll professionals with strong technical knowledge, people management skills and ability to coordinate within a dynamic and multi-cultural team environment as we are seeking candidates for our Talent Groups to fill upcoming Payroll Officer vacancy in Payroll function at the P-2 level.

Payroll Officers are responsible for timely and accurate processing of monthly payroll and related activities including disbursement of a myriad of entitlements, people management, operational support and guidance, while developing client-oriented culture, managing escalation and ensuring efficient service delivery.

This will involve:

1. Technical leadership, operational support and guidance

• Review and validate monthly payroll processing for assigned countries as per the established payroll calendar.
• Deliver timely and accurate administration of Payroll related benefits and entitlements

• Interpret and apply UN and UNICEF staff rules, procedures and processes.

• Deliver technical training and coaching to newly hired staff members

• Contribute to the improvement of payroll services and ensure client satisfaction

2. Transactional service management

• Ensure services are delivered to client groups within the expected Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with accuracy and quality

• Monitor and manage targets, ensuring standards are maintained and workload is well coordinated

• Promote process improvements to enhance organizational performance
• Ensure accountability, customer service orientation and adherence to SLAs

3. People Management

• Supervise, develop and enable team through coaching and mentoring, ensuring high morale and cross-functional collaboration
• Monitor performance and productivity of staff in the team and ensure high level of services
• Promote a culture of care, accountability, support and continuous/honest feedback within the team.
• Support capacity building and career development of team

4. Strategic Partnership

• Build partnerships with key stakeholders, including clients, headquarter divisions and external counterparts
• Consult with focal points globally to identify service needs and areas for capacity building
• Lead process improvement and HR/Payroll initiatives based on best practices and client feedback

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• University Degree (Bachelor’s Degree) in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, Social Sciences or a related field
• Minimum of 4 years' work experience in payroll management, including some experience in HR benefits/entitlements and Finance is required

• Minimum of two years of experience in managing and leading team members in a multi-national work environment is required

• Demonstrates flexibility, initiative and pro-activity

• Ability to innovate and contribute within a collaborative and multi-cultural team environment
• Strong partnership skills and ability to coordinate with the stakeholders and clients
• Fluency in English (verbal and written) is required.

• Knowledge of an additional UN Language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) is desirable.

• Experience of working with an ERP such as SAP to process Payroll is desirable.

• Work experience with an international organization or in a shared services Centre is a strong asset.

Application Instructions

All applications must be received through our online system. Please attach in your application a comprehensive cover letter of interest outlining your experience and skills set relevant for this position.

Applicants who applied to General Vacancy Announcement (GVA) for P2 HR Payroll, no need to re-apply.

International Professional (IP) staff are recruited internationally and serve in duty stations outside their country of nationality. Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service. This position is classified as “rotational” which means the incumbent is expected to rotate to another duty station upon completion of their tour of duty.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following a competency framework. Familiarize with our competency framework and its different levels: https://uni.cf/Competencies

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. Learn more about UNICEF’s wellbeing offer: https://uni.cf/Wellbeing

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, race, sexual orientation, nationality, culture, appearance, socio-economic status, ability, age, religious, and ethnic backgrounds, to apply to become a part of the organization. More information on UNICEF’s commitment to diversity and inclusion: https://uni.cf/InclusiveUNICEF

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles.

All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.