Senior Payroll and Benefits Consultant (m/f) – ASAP - English Speaking

Working place: Company office, client offices, homeworking, satellite offices

Contract type: Permanent contract

Location: Luxembourg Hamm / Client offices

Ready to start your next challenge?

Grant Thornton Luxembourg is currently seeking a  Senior Payroll and Benefits Consultant (m/f) to start ASAP.

Working at Grant Thornton Luxembourg is an efficient opportunity to develop your potential within human-sized team in the heart of a multicultural and international growing group while respecting your work / life balance.

For us, you are a strength, your experience is a real added-value and places you as a key element in the realisation of our Payroll department ambitions.

Our ideal candidate is an enthusiastic team player who loves people, systems and processes, is committed to providing exceptional client-focused service and advice, has a can-do attitude, and who can critically review and improve existing processes. Strong technical knowledge in payroll, benefits and employment legislation, in addition to a compliance-based orientation, is critical for this position

Main responsibilities

• Set up the payroll clients and process them in line with Luxembourg and foreign legislation;
• Advise your clients to social security issues and declarations and tax returns;
• Assist your clients concerning actions to be taken in payroll and/or HR-Admin queries;
• Train the team on software calculation and coach juniors on legislation & payroll topics;
• Liaise with Luxembourg authorities such as CCSS, CNS, ITM, …
• Attend professional development and training sessions on a regular basis;
• Provide day-to-day management and co-ordination of the activities of the Payroll team, which includes providing coaching and learning opportunities, managing deliverables and performance, and ensuring that operational and compliance commitments are met and acting as the subject matter expert on core payroll and benefits topics.

Main requirements

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Human Resources;
• From 1 to 2 years’ experience in a similar position, ideally in a fiduciary in Luxembourg;
• Fluent in French and English is mandatory (German is considered as a strong asset);
• Very good command of payroll software (APSAL ideally);
• Very good command of Luxembourg social security and labour law;
• Very good command of international payroll and personal tax;
• Ability to carry out due diligence in social matters;
• Comfortable with in digitalisation and automation process;
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and client-servicing skills; sound judgement and influencing skills;
• Ability to provide internal and external trainings;
• Client-oriented and business development ability.

3, 2, 1… Get ready to go beyond and apply!

Next steps

• HR interview with our Talent team;
• Technical interview with Manager(s) or Partner(s) of the team.

Grant Thornton Information

Grant Thornton is a collaborative, entrepreneurial firm on the move! As part of a dynamic, global organisation of more than 73,000 people serving clients in more than 149 countries, we have the agility and focus it takes to be a leader.

Here in Luxembourg, 330 professional staff and 21 partners are offering high-quality assurance, tax and advisory services to clients that range from private individuals to corporations, banks and public institutions.  

5 reasons to join us

1. Work life balance (additional holidays, flexibility, satellite offices, parking possibility);
2. Interesting Benefits (annual discretionary bonus, trainings/certifications, lunch voucher, pension plan, talent referral reward program, internal mobility program);
3. Proximity management in agreement with our CLEARR values;
4. Integration follow-up to ensure yours & career development opportunity (on-demand feedback, mid-year and annual performance review);
5. Company life (events, afterworks, teambuilding, sport events) & engagements (Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Rights, Diversity & Inclusion);
6. You are the one that we are looking for!

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