Funding position for Social Insurance and Payroll Specialist (80%), limited to 3 years

The University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW is looking for a committed and dynamic person to strengthen our team in the area of personnel and payroll. We offer a supportive environment for collaboration and focused training to become a Social Insurance and Payroll Specialist.

In this position, you will develop into a competent contact person in the field of payroll and social insurance with our support. You will be accompanied by experienced colleagues and will simultaneously complete the training to become a Social Insurance Specialist with a federal diploma as well as the Payroll Specialist with a diploma (the costs for both trainings will be covered by FHNW).

The most important aspects of your tasks at a glance:

• operational support for the personnel administration staff in payroll, withholding tax, and social insurance-specific questions
• collaboration in communication with external entities such as social insurance and tax offices
• support for the monthly payroll run
• maintenance of personnel master data and use of SAP HCM as well as UKA-Solutions for various tasks, control, and reconciliation work
• ensuring the correct implementation of FHNW regulations as well as national and international legal provisions

Are you eager and energetic to develop into a specialist in payroll and social insurance and do you recognize yourself in the following questions?

• Do you have a completed commercial apprenticeship or an equivalent qualification?
• Have you had contact points or experience in payroll accounting and/or in the field of social insurance?
• Are you interested in connecting theory and practice to successfully complete the training to become a Social Insurance Specialist with a federal diploma and the Payroll Specialist?
• Do you navigate confidently through common office and various portal applications and are you proficient in using digital tools?
• Are you also a reliable, service-oriented, and team-oriented personality with an efficient working style and do you communicate verbally and in writing in good German?

You will receive comprehensive training as a Social Insurance Specialist as well as a qualification as a Payroll Specialist. These trainings will enable you to present yourself on the job market as a sought-after professional with extensive and international knowledge in payroll accounting.

The team of personnel administration at FHNW works in a dynamic and lively work environment. It is in regular communication with various stakeholders and external partners and ensures the monthly salary and fee payments to around 3,300 employees and 1,500 guest lecturers. The increasing international orientation of FHNW brings new and exciting challenges every day.

This position is limited to three years and is not tied to any further obligations.

We cannot consider applications from recruitment agencies.