The Payroll Manager leads a nationally centralised Payroll Specialist team with a humanistic approach, where team members feel valued and empowered, while ensuring compliant and efficient payroll operations across 26 cantons. For this position we are looking for someone who has a strong mix of both leadership and Payroll expertise, wishing to support a great team of knowledgeable specialists.
We see that you bring: • Deep knowledge of Swiss payroll, social security, and withholding tax. • Strong understanding of cantonal regulations and collective labor agreements (GAV). • Experience with HR platforms (SAP / SuccessFactors), case management, and vendor integrations. • Strong compliance mindset and familiarity with Swiss labor law. • Multilingual support skills – English & German required; French/Italian an advantage.
You are goal driven with strong change management skills and energised by collaboration, with a wish to deliver high-quality, customer-focused payroll services.
Your responsibilities
• Create a supportive environment, motivating and developing people through feedback, coaching, and training, fostering well-being and engagement • Collaborate with IKEA units and People & Culture experts (e.g. Co-Worker Experience, Talent Development). • Simplify complexity and deliver clear, compliant solutions. • Creating action plans to achieve results for compliance, process optimisation, and continuous improvement initiatives. • Align payroll strategies with broader HR and organizational goals.
If you have any questions about the position, please reach out to monique.hofer@ingka.ikea.com
IKEA is all about people, and our team make sure to bring the best people on board to keep our strong spirit of togetherness. We believe that different experiences and backgrounds collectively make us wiser and stronger, and we ensure that our co-workers bloom into their best selves as they contribute to our business.
Good to know
Our way of saying thank you:
• 28 vacation days (based on a 100% workload) • 8 weeks paid parental leave for fathers; 20 weeks paid parental leave for mothers • Very attractive social benefits • 15% staff discount on your purchase - in every Swiss IKEA store • You would rather travel to work by public transport? We pay between 85% and 100% of your yearly travel ticket • Unlimited access to the LinkedIn learning platform • Affordable and healthy meals in our staff canteen (CHF 4.50 for meat dishes and CHF 3.50 for veggie dishes) • Bonus payments for all employees
There are many opportunities for career development at IKEA. We encourage and support our employees to try out different roles, move between functions or even go abroad. Please submit your full application online via our website, please note however that we cannot consider applications and documents sent by email or post.
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