Payroll Representative (German - English) at DOW

Dow has an exciting opportunity for a Payroll Representative Germany, within Human Resources. The Payroll Representative Germany is part of the Payroll/T&A team in the EMEAI HR Solutions organization, located in Terneuzen, the Netherlands.
The HR Solutions organization is responsible for the design and delivery of innovative solutions to all employees and leaders. HR Solutions roles contain deep subject-matter expertise in order to consult on programs, processes and people. The top priority of HR Solutions is to deliver the best Employee Experience.

What’s your job about?
The main objective of the Payroll Representative role is to ensure that the employees are paid in time and accurate, in compliance with the respective country tax-legislation, agreed labor conditions and company rules and regulations.
As a Payroll Representative you will be responsible to perform and coordinate administrative and control activities on behalf of the Dow Payroll department. In your work you demonstrate structure and process orientation, with an eye for detail. Flexibility is key for your tasks, with a high work capacity. In your interactions with local and international partners you are perceived as a valuable advisor on payroll matters.
By nature, this job requires a substantial amount of coordination with a variety of internal- and external stakeholders where accountability and ownership of data and processes are key.

Job Expectations:

• Delivering Payroll, Time & Absence, and Data Management in a productive and efficient manner.
• Processing information with confidentiality and with a high level of accuracy.
• Ensuring accurate and timely payments to employees and local authorities.
• Maintaining a “best in class” internal/external compliance landscape and develop it as internal/external compliance environment change.
• Strong collaboration with other HR departments.

Indicative activities:

• Interchange salary input and output data with the payroll provider and perform calculations and validation activities to ensure the processing of accurate data.
• Prepare and execute accurate and timely (manual) payments to employees, to local authorities and to the payroll provider.
• Perform activities according to the Dow internal control & compliance framework including internal and external audits.
• Handle employee and people leader requests and service tickets to resolve payroll related issues and queries.
• Ad-hoc reporting and other duties as required.

What skills do you have?

• You have a bachelor’s degree in HR, Finance, or related area.
• You bring a minimum of 2 years of payroll experience.
• Fluency in German and English is mandatory (written and spoken)

What do you get in return?

• Competitive salary
• 25 holidays
• 13th month
• Travel and tunnel costs will be reimbursed

Dow combineert wereldwijde breedte, integratie en schaalgrootte van activa, gerichte innovatie en expertise op het gebied van materiaalwetenschappen, toonaangevende zakelijke posities en leiderschap op het gebied van milieu, maatschappij en bestuur om winstgevende groei te realiseren en bij te dragen aan een duurzame toekomst. In de Benelux heeft Dow 7 vestigingen waar meer dan 4000 professionals van meer dan 50 nationaliteiten werken op het gebied van supply chain, onderzoek en ontwikkeling, productie en engineering, milieu, gezondheid en veiligheid, duurzaamheid, informatiesystemen en meer. In Nederland heeft Dow productielocaties in Terneuzen, Dordrecht en Delfzijl. Dow Terneuzen is de tweede grootste productielocatie wereldwijd en het kloppend hart van enkele van de bedrijfsfuncties zoals de Integrated Supply Chain organisatie, Human Resources en Finance die samenwerken om duurzame oplossingen aan hun partners in Europa, het Midden-Oosten, Afrika en India aan te bieden.