Zürich
Payroll Team Leader (m/f/d) 80 -100%
- 29 October 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent), English (Intermediate)
About the job
Working at BDO
Unique. Versatile. Ambitious. With over 40 locations in Switzerland, we offer you a working environment characterised by local connection and international professionalism. Together we create sustainable growth, promote diversity and take responsibility. A strong team culture, attractive benefits and predictable flexibility support our joint development and enable you to realise your full potential.
Your next career step at BDO
You are an experienced payroll professional and want to take on more responsibility? With us, you can take the next step towards leadership and actively shape BSO Payroll.
In our BSO Payroll team in Zurich, you take responsibility for a small team as well as for demanding national and international payroll mandates. You do not need to have everything already: leadership experience is an advantage but not a must. Much more important to us are your solid payroll experience, your quality standards and your motivation to develop professionally and personally.
Payroll Team Leader (m/f/d) 80 -100%
What you will achieve
- You lead and develop a small payroll team and ensure high quality of our services together with your employees
- You manage demanding national and international payroll mandates
- You contribute your experience in topics such as social insurance, withholding taxes, cross-border employment relationships or employee participation
- You support your team with technical questions and promote knowledge exchange.
- You actively contribute to the professional, organisational and digital development of our payroll services
- Depending on experience, you take responsibility in customer projects and in the implementation of new mandates
What makes you successful
- You have a professional certificate in fiduciary, HR, or social insurance and have additionally trained in payroll (e.g. CAS Payroll Expert or similar)
- You bring several years of solid professional experience in payroll, ideally including some years in fiduciary or payroll outsourcing as mandate leader
- You have very good Excel skills and solid experience with Abacus. You use digital tools and AI purposefully to simplify processes
- You convince with clear and differentiated communication skills in German as well as very good English skills
- You enjoy taking responsibility and supporting others in their development
What we offer
Versatile activities
- Comprehensive insight into many companies
- Interdisciplinary work with specialists
Personal development
- Support for external training
- Wide range of internal seminars
- Leadership development programme
- Opportunities for stays abroad (secondment)
Individual support
- Work-life balance
- Annual working hours with flexible working times
- Compensation of overtime
- Home office / location-independent working possible
- Possibility of unpaid leave (sabbatical)
- Work-life balance - with us not an empty phrase, but lived everyday reality
Become part of BDO
Leonie Rossatti
HR Recruiting Partner
+41 44 444 59 06
www.bdo.ch/careers