<a name="_Hlk24120376"></a>Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization: At adidas, we have a clear purpose: “Through sport, we have the power to change lives.” This guiding principle shapes how we operate as a company, how we collaborate with our partners, how we create our products, and how we connect with our consumers. Our values represent essential behaviors and mindsets, reflecting the “You Got This” attitude we strive to see in every team member. This same purpose and mindset are at the heart of Global Business Services (GBS) the team that delivers consistent, end-to-end business solutions across adidas. By driving process excellence and operational efficiency, GBS enables our partners to focus on what matters most: creating impact. Responsible for leading the end-to-end payroll process (processing, payment, and accounting) to ensure correct payment of employees and compliance with the current country legislation. Key Responsibilities: <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Manage the relation with the payroll vendor and timely execution of standard and complex payroll tasks according to defined processes, schedules, and service levels in accordance with regional and local guidelines) </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Review the information (hirings, terminations, vacations, car allowance, mobility, holidays worked, commissions, medical leaves, absences, etc) necessary to achieve the processing of the payroll </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Execute personnel payment accurate and timely according with the current country legislation </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Execute payment of social security, retirement saving plans and income taxes to accomplish the current labor law </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Present the required documentation in case of audits or inspections (e.g Ministry of Labor and Employment, Internal audits) in order to comply with the legislation and company guidelines </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Carrying out standard and complex audits of personnel data, programs, and processes. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Provide consulting and service to employees and the HR community on general and more complex payroll topics. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Processing of standard and complex inquiries & support through ticket self-service, e-mail, and telephone. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Run payroll for the revenue appropriate group of employees. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Support the continuous improvement of payroll processes and the use of systems. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Support in reconciling financial accounts with payroll results </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Comparison of the monthly accounting documents in cooperation with the local data management team, the payroll accounting specialists in the areas of market, finance and controlling. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Timely reporting and preparation of declarations and ensuring appropriate communication with tax authorities, social security, and all other state institutions. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Monitoring incoming employee payments </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ensuring correct account assignment of wage types in SAP HR </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Manage the change of systems and processes related to payroll management to ensure proper execution of regulations and compliance with corporate policies. </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Providing input for changes to corporate policies and regulations </li> <li style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Support of projects and modifications of systems and processes to ensure the correct implementation of regulations and compliance with corporate guidelines. </li> </ul> Key Relationships: <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">HR Services and Payroll teams </li> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">HR Business Partners and Expert Teams: Rewards, Talent Acquisition</li> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">External authorities, consultants, and suppliers </li> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Cross Functional Partners including Local Finance, GBS, Legal and Internal Controls </li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">External payroll vendor</li> </ul> Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications: <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">University degree or commercial education</li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">At least 5 years of work experience in payroll accounting or finance</li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong MS-Office (MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint) user-knowledge </li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Experience with Business computing solutions, ideally with SAP-HR (PA, PY, OM</li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Broad and deep theoretical understanding of job function</li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Very good association and experience with payroll solutions, ideally with SAP HR</li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Experience in a Shared Service environment or similar</li> <li>English proficiency B2 - Ability to read, write and communicate in English in a business setting </li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ability to pay close attention to detail and high degree of customer orientation </li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Solid interpersonal skills combined with a high degree of customer orientation; can navigate easily within complex organizations, connect with a variety functions, audiences, management styles, or cultures. </li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong problem solving and analytical skills </li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Highly results driven and self-motivated team player with compassion, integrity, trust and perseverance. </li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Curious and growth mindset; keen to learn and approach subjects outside of comfort zone, look beyond the obvious </li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ability to work under pressure and to prioritize and complete tasks in order of importance </li> <li style="color:black;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Good understanding of legal regulations in relation to Payroll </li> </ul>

Senior Specialist GBS Payroll (Bogota, Distrito Capital de Bogota, CO) @ adidas

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