Job Description

Are you an experienced payroll professional with hands-on knowledge of Swedish and Norwegian payroll

Do you enjoy working directly with payroll calculations, statutory requirements, reconciliations and complex employee cases Are you looking for a role where your practical payroll expertise not only coordination is central to delivering accurate and compliant payroll

If this sounds like you, this could be the right opportunity. Join the payroll team in our Global HR Operations department as our new Payroll Specialist for Sweden and Norway and help us deliver accurate, compliant and employee-focused payroll services.

Your new role

As a Payroll Specialist, you will be responsible for the hands-on review and delivery of payroll for Sweden and Norway. This is not a payroll coordinator role. You will be expected to understand the actual payroll calculations, statutory deductions, collective agreement impacts, leave and absence treatment, pensions, benefits, terminations, retroactive adjustments, how pension works and payroll reconciliations. You will work closely with payroll vendors and internal stakeholders, while retaining ownership of payroll accuracy, controls and issue resolution.

What will you do:

- Own the end-to-end monthly payroll cycle for Sweden and Norway, including input review, payroll validation, variance analysis, approval support and post-payroll reconciliation.
- Apply practical knowledge of Swedish and Norwegian payroll taxation, social security, pension, benefits, leave, vacation, sickness, parental leave, terminations and statutory reporting requirements.
- Review and challenge payroll calculations produced by external vendors rather than acting only as a liaison or coordinator.
- Validate payroll inputs and outputs against employment terms, collective bargaining agreements, company policies and local legislation.
- Perform detailed payroll reconciliations, gross-to-net checks, control reviews, retroactive calculation checks and root-cause analysis of payroll discrepancies.




- Resolve complex payroll cases such as retroactive salary changes, leave corrections, benefits, pension adjustments, off-cycle payments, overpayments and final settlements.
- Partner with HR, Finance, Rewards and employees to explain payroll outcomes clearly and resolve payroll queries with sound technical judgement.
- Maintain country payroll calendars, controls, process documentation and statutory compliance records for Sweden and Norway.
- Contribute to payroll process improvements, automation, vendor governance and stronger controls across the Nordic payroll operation.

Qualifications

- At least 6 7 years of hands-on payroll processing experience, with substantial practical responsibility for Sweden and Norway payroll.
- Strong working knowledge of Swedish and Norwegian payroll legislation, taxation, social security, pensions, vacation, sickness and parental leave rules. Experience with collective bargaining agreements is highly desirable.
- Experience reviewing payroll calculations in payroll systems and working with HRIS platforms such as Workday; familiarity with ServiceNow or similar case-management tools is beneficial.
- Solid Excel and analytical skills, with the ability to independently reconcile payroll, identify variances and explain calculation logic.
- Experience working with third-party payroll vendors while retaining internal ownership of payroll accuracy, controls and compliance.
- Ability to independently investigate payroll issues, make informed recommendations and work collaboratively with stakeholders across countries and functions.
- A practical, solution-oriented mindset and confidence in handling detailed payroll questions rather than routing them to others.
- Experience improving payroll controls, documenting processes and sharing technical payroll knowledge across the team.

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