Payroll Accountant
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Working at Mercell
At Mercell, we're on a mission to revolutionize public procurement, making it accessible and effortless for everyone involved. Imagine a world where public buyers and visionary suppliers come together seamlessly to make a great deal easier and shape the future. That's what we're all about.
With a dynamic culture built on continuous growth, trust, and collaboration, Mercell offers an environment where your talents can thrive. You will be part of an international environment with ambitious and dedicated colleagues who are passionate about what they do and supported to be themselves.
Your Mission
We are now hiring a Payroll controller/coordinator for mainly our company in Sweden who will be part of Mercell's Finance Shared Service Center's team, located in our newly renovated office in the Center of Stockholm. As our new Payroll controller/cooridnator, you will have an important, exciting and impactful role where you will be participating in improving and streamlining our payroll and financial processes together with the team.
We see the following qualities as important to thrive and evolve in this role:
Knowledgeable, service-minded, accountable, thorough, positive attitude
Keep calm and be tolerant to high pressure and tight deadlines
Curious and enjoy change
Core Responsibilities:
Coordinate all information for payroll and travel expenses each month together with HR team and external payroll provider. Contact with employees and managers.
Booking, reconciling and analysing of payroll, social fee, personal taxes, pensions, insurances and other payroll related figures and tasks.
Participate in relevant projects related to improvements/development of payroll and finance processes.
Assist HR and external payroll provider/HR services in coordinating questions from managers and employees regarding collective agreements, employee contracts, health and care benefits and all other questions related to payroll and employees.
Reporting of payroll related costs and fees, like social fees, personal taxes, pensions, statistics, insurances, certificates and other payroll related figures. Contact with auditors in preparing payroll documentation.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree within accounting, business administration or similar. Relevant and extended experience can compensate for formal education
Ideally 3-5 years relevant experience as Payroll controller/coordinator or similar position in complex environments.
In- depth knowledge of payroll and employee legislation for Sweden or other Nordic countries
Experience from internal and external HR/payroll related reporting and knowledge of good practices of internal controls over HR/payroll reporting.
Advanced user of IT systems (ERP, Excel, HR reporting tools)
Fluent in English and Swedish
Preferred Qualifications
Fluency in more than one of the languages in the Nordic countries
Experience of using HI-BOB and Netsuite
Knowledge of payroll rules and regulations from other European countries
Start date: January 2025
Duration: Full time permanent role
Workplace type: Hybrid
Location: Sweden, Stockholm
Application Deadline: 30.11.2024. However, do not wait to submit your application - we will read applications and talk to potential candidates as we receive them.
What we Offer
As a growing technology company, we are committed to taking care of our employees through initiatives such as hybrid work to support your work-life balance, health and insurance plans (may differ per country/office), pension plans, paid parental leave, social happenings and competitive salary packages. Please see https://career.mercell.com/post/our-perks-benefits to get more insights on what to expect of perks, benefits and culture when joining Mercell.
Has this sparked your interest?
Then we can't wait to have you join our mission and look forward to receiving your application!
If you have any questions for this position, we are happy to chat with you. Please reach out to Hiring Manager: Annika Larsson, Head of Accounting/Financial Control
Email: annika.larsson@commerce.com
We may carry out background checks on applicants to verify information that appears on CVs and other documentation. This background check is carried out by an external party and is not carried out without the consent of the applicant. Current applicants will receive further information about this.
Stockholm
About Mercell
Mercell is the largest public tendering and bidding platform for European buyers and suppliers, dedicated to enhancing connectivity between public buyers and suppliers. We make tenders compliant and easy, while enabling equal opportunity for all suppliers to the public sector.
At Mercell, we're on a mission to revolutionise public procurement, making it accessible and effortless for everyone involved. Imagine a world where public buyers and visionary suppliers come together seamlessly to make a great deal easier and shape the future. That's what we're all about.
With a dynamic culture built on continuous growth, trust, and collaboration, Mercell offers an environment where your talents can thrive. You will be part of an international environment with ambitious and dedicated colleagues who are passionate about what they do and supported to be themselves.
Payroll Accountant
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