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Payroll Specialist - France at GoGlobal in France, FR
Skills
Job Description
We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Payroll Specialist to support end-to-end payroll operations for clients in France. The Payroll Specialist – France is responsible for ensuring the timely and accurate processing of European payrolls, with a primary focus on France. This role supports EOR payroll operations, works with external BPO providers, and acts as a back-up for in-house France payroll, ensuring continuity and compliance.
Roles & Responsibilities
Payroll Operations
Support payroll processing for France, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with statutory requirements.
Support and maintain in-house France payroll operations, ensuring consistent and accurate delivery,
Run European payrolls via BPO providers, including payroll input validation, coordination, and payroll review.
A Review payroll and expense calculations, payslips, and payroll outputs prior to finalisation.Compliance & Legislation
Apply payroll knowledge and working understanding of French payroll legislation, including social security contributions, income tax withholding (Prélèvement à la Source – PAS), paid leave, and statutory deductions.
Support compliance with URSSAF and other statutory reporting obligations, including DSN.
Escalate complex payroll or compliance issues to senior payroll stakeholders as needed.
Collaboration & Support
Work closely with internal payroll, HR, finance, and EOR teams to ensure smooth payroll delivery across Europe.
Liaise with BPO payroll partners to resolve payroll queries and ensure service-level expectations are met.
Maintain accurate payroll documentation and support audits or internal reviews.
Process Support
Assist with continuous improvement initiatives to enhance payroll accuracy, efficiency, and consistency.
Support testing of regulatory changes, system updates, and payroll process enhancements.
Experience
Minimum 2+ years of payroll experience, with exposure to French payroll.
Knowledge of French payroll legislation is an advantage.
Experience working with EOR payroll models or BPO payroll providers is preferred.
Familiarity with payroll systems and payroll data processing; experience using the Silae payroll system is a plus.
Skills
Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
Able to manage deadlines and payroll cut-off timelines.
Collaborative, dependable, and proactive.
Clear communication skills.
Fluent in French and English (written and verbal).
ABOUT US
GoGlobal is the leading professional services company to guide, establish and manage global operations with compliance and confidence. We bring the human touch to entering new markets and consolidating vendors through a single point of management. With a presence in over 140 countries on six continents and growing, we make running a global business easy.
Business & Corporate Services provided:
- Entity Solutions: Entity establishment, Corporate secretarial & directorship services, Domicile services, Dormancy/Liquidation
- HR Solutions: Global recruitment, Employer of Record (EOR), Agent of Record (AOR), Global benefits, Global payroll, International HR Consulting
- Finance Solutions: Accounting & Tax
For more information, please visit GoGlobal.com
OVERVIEW
We Measure Success by Results, Not Hours Worked
No timesheets.
At GoGlobal, we give you the autonomy to make decisions that create real impact. We prioritize results over hours worked, focusing on quality of outcomes rather than tracking time.
As a privately owned company, we are free from the pressures of venture capital or private equity investors demanding exponential growth in unreasonable time frames.
Sometimes, things just take time to do well. In our business, delivering great results is a process - and we're committed to doing it right.
We are not for sale. We believe that financial success is a natural outcome of our work, not the primary goal. Unlike many investors who view money as a goal, our focus is on long-term growth and sustainable success.
We are a global team, built for those who want to go further. Here's what your career at GoGlobal looks like:
- A company small enough for your voice to be heard meaningfully, yet large enough to make a global impact
- Collaborating with a diverse, global and supportive team
- Built for the long-haul - no VC or PE pressure, just a focus on sustainable growth
WHY WE ARE DIFFERENT
We Make Growing Your Career Possible
We operate with the benefits of a partnership without the complexities of a partnership. Our hybrid partnership-corporate model offers all employees the opportunity to become a partner, while maintaining a streamlined corporate structure so that decisions are made quickly
We do not offer equity plans. As we are not for sale and are not chasing an exit, "stock options" hold little value in our business model. Instead, we provide opportunities for outstanding employees to make partner and share in the profits. We believe it's better to build lasting value than to chase a one-time payout
We prioritize organic and sustainable growth. Expanding operations quickly by way of mergers and acquisitions might seem appealing, but the reality is integrating diverse cultures can be challenging. We're proud of our own culture and prefer to grow it our way
We're global. We offer career opportunities across the world-whether it's new job roles or international locations
English is our official language, but for many, it's our second language. We embrace this and find it rewarding communicating with colleagues from all over the world
We are not a family. We operate more like a high-performing sports team where each individual's contribution is crucial to our collective success
We keep things simple and collaborative. Our structure makes it easy for teams to work together across borders so we can serve our clients with global needs more effectively. Unlike big, siloed companies, we work seamlessly to handle international deals without the headaches of territorial ownership
We believe in transparency and trust. Every month, we share our financials with the team so everyone knows where we stand and what's coming next. It's all about open communication, building trust and empowering every individual to be part of our journey. We don't tell you what to think - we provide the information you need to make your own informed decisions
We believe flexibility drives success. Our company is built on trust, and that's why we embrace fully remote work, and hybrid options in some countries. Forget rigid office routines - it's old school! This flexibility fuels productivity, strengthens our workforce, and ensures we remain agile in a fast-changing world.
Ready to take the next step in your career with us? Apply now!
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