Payroll Specialist & HR Administration 80–100 %

About the job

Burckhardt, Basel, immediate start or by arrangement 

Numbers under control. People in focus. Humour in tow.

You like it when the payroll is correct, processes run smoothly, and behind every personnel number a person remains visible? You think ahead, take initiative, and want to not only manage HR but advance it? Then we should get to know each other. 

At Burckhardt, architecture and design meet people who move things together. To make this happen, a strong team is also needed behind the scenes. In our small HR Operations & Payroll team, you will look after around 350 employees at the Basel, Zurich, Bern, Geneva, and Lausanne locations together with your colleagues.

Payroll Specialist & HR Administration 80–100 %

What you will find with us

A small team with expertise – and a good dose of joie de vivre. We are humorous, cheerful, and enjoy working together. We take our tasks seriously without forgetting to laugh. Professional exchange, mutual support and encouragement, communication on equal footing are part of our culture.

Additionally, we offer you:

• A good start: comprehensive onboarding by the HR Operations team.
• Flexibility in everyday life: flexible working models and annual working hours to balance different areas of life.
• Room to co-create: contribute your own ideas, improve processes, and help shape the digitalisation and automation of HR Operations.
• A creative working environment: a workplace at the Basel headquarters, flat hierarchies, and collaboration with experienced professionals.
• Development prospects: opportunities to develop professionally and personally and to take on more tasks according to your experience and strengths.
• A long-term perspective: varied tasks in a collaborative environment.
• Time to recharge: from the calendar year of your 40th birthday, your holiday entitlement increases by one day annually – from the calendar year of your 44th birthday, you enjoy 30 days of holiday per year.
• More time for yourself: by arrangement, you can purchase up to two additional weeks of holiday per year with a corresponding salary reduction.
• Provision with added value: a supplementary pension fund solution with a higher employer contribution and reduced coordination deduction.
• Well insured: Burckhardt fully covers the premiums for accident and supplementary accident insurance; in the event of hospital stays due to accidents, you are insured for care services and cost reimbursements in the private ward.
• Culture and leisure included: free admission or shared subscriptions are available for selected museums, Theatre Basel, and Basel Zoo subject to availability. Discounts are also offered for fitness, shopping, and selected supplementary insurances.

What you bring:

• A commercial education and relevant further training in HR, for example in personnel or social insurance.
• At least five years of HR experience as well as sound knowledge of payroll processes and social insurance – this experience is indispensable for the position.
• Enjoyment of digital tools and confident handling of Excel, ERP systems, and cloud-based HR solutions. Knowledge of Abacus is a clear advantage.
• Understanding of labour law, social insurance law, and regulatory requirements as well as diligence in their compliance.
• An independent, responsible, and service-oriented working style. You communicate clearly and enjoy working in a team.
• Fluent German skills and very good French skills for advising the locations in Romandy.
• Ideally experience with multiple companies, various locations, and collective labour agreements (CLA).

What awaits you:

Your role: versatile, networked, and right in the middle!

From entry to exit, from personnel administration to payroll processing: you ensure with us that the basics are right. You work closely with your HR colleague. You share the tasks – depending on responsibility, you take on accountability or support the team. 

Payroll: you bring precision into play

• Monthly payroll processing: you contribute to correct and timely processing.
• Mutations in Abacus: you record and process entries, exits, and variable salary data.
• Monthly and quarterly closings: you reconcile payroll-relevant financial accounts and handle the related reconciliations with authorities.
• Year-end tasks: you handle the closings in cooperation with accounting, HR systems, and social insurance.
• Consultation and information: you are the contact person for employees, managers, financial accounting, authorities, and insurers regarding payroll and booking questions. 

HR Administration: you keep the threads together

• Entry to exit: together with the team, you ensure smooth administrative processes throughout the entire employee lifecycle.
• Social insurance and tax matters: you handle the tasks correctly and punctually.
• Personnel data: you keep our data in the HR systems up to date and reliable.
• Time and absences: you are the contact person for time recording, manage long-term absences due to illness and accident, and coordinate case management processes.
• Statistics and reporting: you create HR evaluations and prepare data as a reliable information basis.
• Processes and systems: you contribute to optimising our workflows and the introduction of HR systems.

Ready to make a difference with us?

We look forward to receiving your CV as well as your possible starting date and desired workload. If you want to know more, we look forward to hearing from you.
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Burckhardt Architektur AG
Ms Bénédicte Piédallu
Your HR contact person
+41 61 338 34 34
www.burckhardt.swiss