Job Detail
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Job ID 545864
Job Description
Payroll Specialist, temporary position until 31st May 2027«You care about making a positive impact in the world. You understand greatness requires thinking differently. An inclusive and accepting work environment is important to you.A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings. Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many. It’s the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share. Join the team and start a better life for yourself.»LocationZürich (Spreitenbach)Employment typeFull Time TemporaryDepartmentPeople & HRDeadline2025-07-13You already applied for this job.Candidate profile (title) Who you areCandidate profile (text) – Default language This is a great opportunity for you who have recently started your career and want to deepen your knowledge in Payroll and to further develop existing HR knowledge.
You have already some experience with Payroll processes, within Switzerland, and wish to grow in a big company.
- Good analytical skills and a flair for numbers
- Experience of working in the HR field would be beneficial
- Ability to strike a balance between keeping a good overview and paying good attention to detail
- Ability to prioritize and organize own work
- Good service mindset
- Quick learner who is easily able to adapt to changing demands
- Ability to communicate confidently and clearly with various audiences both verbally and in writing
- Role model for IKEA Culture & Values
- Self-reliant and motivated with proven ability to work as part of a team as well as independently
- Ability to ensure integrity of HR systems, guidelines, labour, tax and social security law
- Ability to recognize connectivity to accounting
- knowledge in SAP Success Factors would be a plus
- Fluency in German and preferably in English as well. Any other national languages are a significant plus.
Key responsibilities (title) Your responsibilitiesKey responsibilities (text) • Record and administrate personnel master data in payroll system, timekeeping system and CDS
- Record and check variable payroll data
- Start payroll process and check payroll data to secure correct data for payment/accounting
- Secure a correct registration of co-workers for the different social insurances/tax authorities
- Secure registration/announcement of co-workers to different daily allowance insurances and monitor payments of daily allowances and prepare and forward credit notes for accounting
- Establish monthly statements to tax authorities (withholding tax) and monitor incoming invoices and forward invoices to accounting
- Monitor expiration of child allowances
- Establish year-end statements for social insurances and tax authorities and assistance for reconciliation
- Establish of diverse personnel and salary data reports
- Complete various forms for public authorities (social insurances, execution offices)
- Contact to external or internal partners and support line managers, co-workers and local HR in social insurance and HR system related matters
- Establish personnel ID cards (Badges) and secure correct building accesses for co-workers in the units
Team vision (text) IKEA is all about people, and our team make sure to bring the best people on board to keep our strong spirit of togetherness. We believe that different experiences and backgrounds collectively make us wiser and stronger, and we ensure that our co-workers bloom into their best selves as they contribute to our business.Local section (title) Good to knowLocal section (text) At IKEA we pay fixed monthly salaries. That means that whether you are on holiday or take time off in lieu of overtime, your salary will be the same.There are many ways to say, “thank you”. The benefits from IKEA are part of that and benefit you too!Besides 15% staff-discount you benefit from 28 holidays (based on 100%), eight weeks paternal leave, four months maternal leave, contributions to public transport tickets or free on-site parking, full access to the LinkedIn Learning platform, discounted meals in the staff canteen, and the IKEA bonus system.At IKEA you find endless opportunities to develop yourself. We support our co-workers, who are interested, to change teams or roles and to realise their ideas.👉 If you feel spoken to, click on “apply now” and let us know through your documents why you are motivated to fill this role. We look forward to hearing from you!After a first selection we will contact you and – if we think there might be a match – discuss the next steps.We continuously examine all applications and discontinue the hiring process as soon as we have found the right candidate. Therefore, please submit your application as soon as possible.Why you will love usFrom the deep forests in Sweden, we have spread our culture and values around the world. At the heart of our offer are our beautiful home-furnishing products and solutions, made with care for our planet, reaching millions of customers.At the heart of our business, are our wonderful co-workers representing diversity in all dimensions and passionate for life at home. We all contribute with our uniqueness and we want to grow and develop together.Our vision, “to create a better everyday life for the many people” inspires and guides us in everything we do. This is IKEA.What we all have in common
- Living our values
- Being your unique self, while respecting and including others
- A passion for home furnishing
- Performing & delivering while learning & developing
- Having fun!