Senior Payroll Officer - Decathlon Belgium

As a Senior Payroll Officer at Decathlon, you manage the complete payroll cycle (from A to Z), you ensure compliance with social legislation, oversee processes, follow and share your expertise with colleagues, and act as the expert point of contact for employees and external partners, optimizing systems and guaranteeing data accuracy while managing social benefits and complex files such as international mobility by example.

You join a team of experts to guarantee the reliability and simplicity of administrative staff management. You are the preferred point of contact for all payroll questions.

Here are the main tasks you will carry out:

• Legal Compliance: Monitoring and application of collective labor agreements (CCT) and social laws, management of contracts and amendments.
• Personnel Administration: Monitoring absences, holidays, sick leave, and updating HR data.
• Support and Expertise: Answering complex questions from employees and HR regarding payroll, benefits (insurance, etc.).
• Optimization and Projects: Identifying improvements, participating in the implementation of new procedures and systems (HRIS).
• Collaboration: Working with Finance, HR, the social secretariat, and external providers to guarantee data accuracy. 
• Training: Coaching and training junior colleagues to help them gain autonomy and expertise.
• Management of Specific Files: Handling international mobility files, salary management for our store in Luxembourg, complex contractual situations, Flex incomes Plan (“Caf Plan”).

We are looking for someone who is both rigorous with figures and people-oriented. Your sense of service and your desire to learn are as important as your experience.

Here are the qualities you bring:

• You demonstrate absolute confidentiality in your work.
• You have a strong sense of organization and know how to manage your priorities.
• You are rigorous and precise in your work.
• You are solution-oriented and seek to help others (sense of service).
• You enjoy teamwork and communicate easily with various stakeholders.
• You have a good knowledge of social legislation and payroll.  Having already an experience with international mobility files is a plus. 
• You are proficient in the Google Suite and comfortable with data tables for analyses.

We are also looking for a profile that :

• Has a minimum of 5 years of proven experience in payroll.
• Is capable of managing complex situations and working in an evolving environment.
• Is fluent in French and Dutch and you are able to express yourself in English.

• You join a team of 3000 colleagues in a very dynamic and sporty environment in which moments of sharing as a team are really important.
• You have access to a whole training library related to your role.
• You manage your activity in autonomy and with responsibility to meet deadlines and service commitments.
• You work on a basis of standard office hours with the possibility of teleworking maximum 2 days a week.
• You show flexibility during closing periods (at the end of the month, for example).

If you want to put your payroll expertise to work for a company passionate about sport and people, apply now!