We are seeking an experienced Payroll Transition Lead to support payroll transition activities across Belgium and the Netherlands. This individual will lead country-specific payroll workstreams and partner with Payroll, HR, Finance, HRIS, vendors, and local stakeholders to ensure a smooth transition to the future-state payroll model.

The ideal candidate has solid Belgium and Netherlands payroll operations experience, hands-on involvement in payroll implementations or transitions, and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders, timelines, and country-specific requirements. This individual must have professional working proficiency in French or Dutch and be able to understand country-specific payroll terminology. Complete reading and writing fluency is not required.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead payroll transition activities across planning, execution, testing, go-live, and stabilization phases.
- Serve as the primary liaison between Payroll, HR, Finance, HRIS, IT, vendors, and in-country stakeholders.
- Drive country transition plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and action items.
- Gather payroll requirements and document current and future-state processes.
- Coordinate payroll data validation, migration, and readiness activities, including employee master data, pay elements, historical data, and cutover requirements.
- Partner with internal teams and vendors to resolve data, integration, and process issues.
- Support testing, payroll parallel runs, reconciliations, and go-live readiness efforts.
- Monitor project risks, issues, and dependencies, escalating as needed.
- Facilitate stakeholder meetings and ensure accountability for deliverables.
- Support post-go-live stabilization and continuous process improvement.
- Participate in knowledge transfer, shadowing,



and training with existing payroll resources.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

- 3+ years of payroll experience, including payroll operations and payroll implementation, transition, or transformation projects.
- Hands-on payroll experience supporting Belgium and/or the Netherlands.
- Professional working proficiency in French or Dutch with the ability to understand payroll terminology and communicate in a business environment.
- Experience supporting multi-country payroll transitions or implementations.
- Knowledge of global payroll platforms such as ADP, Strada, SAP, Workday, or similar solutions.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end payroll processes, including payroll inputs, validations, gross-to-net review, compliance requirements, payroll controls, and timekeeping impacts.
- Experience coordinating testing, cutovers, payroll parallel runs, reconciliations, and go-live activities.
- Strong project coordination, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams simultaneously.
- Adaptable and flexible approach with a willingness to learn, try new processes, and work outside of a prescriptive scope.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience using project management or tracking tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, ServiceNow, or similar platforms.

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

- Payroll experience supporting both Belgium and the Netherlands.
- Experience supporting payroll transitions within Western Europe.
- Professional working proficiency in both French and Dutch.
- Experience in Workday-enabled payroll environments and payroll/HRIS integrations.
- Knowledge of payroll data migration, validation, and reconciliation processes.
- Familiarity with process documentation, operational readiness, and control design.

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