HR Specialist

About the job

Kinderkrippen Güxi GmbH operates a total of 14 nurseries as well as eight forest nurseries in the Greater Zurich area. Our goal is to provide children and their families with a family-supportive environment in which the children feel secure and can develop and flourish individually. The head office of Kinderkrippen Güxi GmbH is responsible for all administrative matters in the areas of Human Resources, Finance, Customer Service, Subsidies, Purchasing, and IT, and supports around 1,000 customers and 240 employees.

To strengthen our HR team, we are looking for an experienced, committed, and motivated individual to start immediately or by arrangement. As we are currently in an exciting phase of transformation, we are seeking someone with solid HR experience who actively contributes from the outset and enjoys further developing and optimising existing processes together with us.

Your area of responsibility:

• You are responsible for the timely execution of the monthly payroll processing
• You handle all matters related to social insurance, withholding tax, and family allowances
• You take responsibility for the year-end tasks in the payroll area as well as for supporting audits
• Together with the HR team, you manage the entire personnel administration from A to Z, from entry to exit
• You are the contact person for employees, nursery managers, and executives on all HR and payroll-related questions
• You actively participate in the recruitment of employees in all areas
• You ensure compliance with labour law regulations as well as internal guidelines and processes
• You deputise within the HR team and support your colleague in day-to-day operations

Your profile:

• Completed commercial basic training with further education in the HR field
• Several years of professional experience in human resources
• At least three years of solid practical experience in payroll accounting with Abacus (mandatory requirement)
• Further training in payroll is an advantage
• Sound knowledge of social insurance law
• Confident handling of MS Office 365
• Independent, structured, and reliable working style with a high degree of initiative and sense of responsibility
• Strong service orientation, team spirit, and enjoyment of a dynamic working environment

What we offer you:

• A small, collegial HR team with short decision-making paths and plenty of scope for creativity
• Room for initiative, ideas, and active participation
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of home office (1 day per week after induction)
• 5 weeks of holiday per year
• Regular team and company events (e.g. joint Monday brunch)
• Central workplace in Zurich-Binz with good public transport connections

Does this sound like your next challenge? Then we look forward to receiving your application and to meeting you in person.

If you have any questions, Gizem Apaydin, HR Manager, will be happy to assist you at 043 266 62 62.