Middle Payroll Accountant

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Payroll Specialist to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing payroll operations across multiple countries, ensuring compliance with deadlines, accuracy of payroll calculations, and smooth communication between departments.

About your key responsibilities and impact:

• Payroll processing: Overseeing the accurate and timely processing of payroll for all employees, including salary calculations, deductions, and tax withholdings;

• 1C Accounting records keeping and reconciliation: payment orders creation, keeping payroll accounting records in 1C, MS Business Central and 1C monthly reconciliation;

• Financial reporting: Collaborating with the accounting team to provide accurate payroll data for financial reporting purposes, including preparing payroll-related journal entries, required analytics, reconciliations;

• Cross-team communication: Serving as a primary point of contact for payroll-related inquiries from the HR , FOP HUB, Treasury, and Accounting departments.

Essential professional experience:

• Minimum 5 years in Accounting and Payroll;

• Financial principles and standards: Strong understanding of accounting principles, regulations, and standards to ensure accurate and compliant payroll processing, especially payroll accounting principles;

• Business acumen: Familiarity with payroll objectives and compliance requirements specific to payroll accounting, including rules related to wages, taxes, and benefits;

• Analytical skills: Ability to analyse payroll data and trends, identify discrepancies, and ensure the integrity of payroll information;

• Compliance and control: Knowledge of internal controls and risk management frameworks specific to payroll accounting to mitigate risks and ensure regulatory compliance.

• Regulatory knowledge: Up-to-date understanding of relevant laws, regulations, and standards related to payroll, including tax regulations and reporting requirements, in relevant juristictions for GR8 Tech;

• Audit knowledge: Experience in managing payroll audits or general financial audits;

• Problem-solving abilities: Capacity to identify and resolve complex payroll issues, address discrepancies, and ensure accurate payroll processing under tight deadlines;

• Communication skills: Effective verbal and written communication skills to convey payroll-related information to various stakeholders, including employees, management, and external parties;

• Technology and ERP systems: Familiarity with payroll software and systems, proficiency in payroll modules of ERP systems, including understanding their capabilities and limitations, and experience in optimising payroll processes within these systems;

• Language skills: English intermediate or higher; Ukrainian, Polish or Russian preferably but not essential.