Payroll Cluster Lead

Come create the technology that helps the world act together

Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people's lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.

We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work.

The team you'll be part of

Nokia's People organization is responsible for leading a business-driven people strategy and offering people and workplace services to all Nokia employees. We partner closely with the business to provide a motivated and engaged workforce that is fit for the future.

What you will learn and contribute to

As a Payroll Cluster Lead, you are responsible for the accuracy, compliance, and timeliness of the payroll. The Payroll Cluster Lead will lead the payroll specialists/experts in topics such as, but not limited to, audits, self-audits, checking payroll accuracy, timelines, projects, requests from stakeholders, accounting related to the payroll, mergers and acquisitions, and federal/state compliances.

To be successful as a Payroll Cluster Lead you should be able to investigate and resolve complex payroll issues, ensure strict compliance with company and regulatory standards, identify gaps in processes, create new processes when necessary, and prioritize deliverables for the payroll as a whole and individually. An outstanding Payroll Cluster Lead should also have excellent people skills and a high numerical aptitude. This role will support primarily support US payroll, but will also support other payrolls such as Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Canada as needed.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Administer the payroll process is well defined and compliant towards all the federal/legislative and company accounting processes
• Should be responsible to make sure that the team for the cluster is having adequate tools and knowledge to process their payrolls
• Should be responsible to manage the payroll supplier/vendor and is meeting all the KPI/SLA defined for the payroll activities
• Will be responsible to make sure that the payroll structure and payroll schedules are well drafted and executed as per the pay frequencies
• Review and approve all the payroll results processed by the team and the Payroll Vendors for the cycle
• Make sure there is no off-cycle needs
• Adhere self and by his/her team towards the compliance policies for the payroll and accounting processes
• Support the team for any questions and outstanding / out of scope scenarios received for the payroll activities
• Review and adhere to the accounting & statutory reporting as part of the post payroll activities
• Keep the Accounting accounts well cleared and in control - with no deviations for off sets / write off needed
• Proactively define the year end activities and closures for the year
• Review the Supplier dashboards or create dashboards for the services of the suppliers to evaluate the performance
• Track the performance of the cluster teams and report feedbacks to the head of payroll on monthly basis
• Issue PIP as needed for the transaction team if the performance dips for a certain period
• Assess the quality of the country payroll and raise concerns to the respective stakeholders for the corrections or mitigations as needed
• Ensure to avoid any overpayments, Underpayments, Penalties from legal entities due to a bad process in existence
• Analyze and do Management reporting
• Will be responsible towards the Audit from internal/external sources on the payroll processes
• Run hygiene and compliant payroll process and statutory reporting.

Your skills and experience

• Proven experience as a payroll coordinator/lead or similar role
• Familiarity with payroll processes of US
• Good knowledge of legislation relevant to accounting and payroll (such as Sarbanes-Oxley Act, benefits, US legislations)
• Working knowledge of payroll systems (e.g. SAP, PS, Oracle, Kronos, TM etc.)
• Comfortable with Excel (functions, data, VBA etc.)
• An analytical mind with good math skills
• Strong communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Bachelors in accounting, finance or relevant fields.

What we offer

Nokia offers flexible and hybrid working schemes, continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.

Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer

Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:

• One of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
• Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
• Workplace Pride Global Benchmark
• LGBT+ equality & best place to work by HRC Foundation

At Nokia, we act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people.

Nokia's employment decisions are made regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
We are committed to a culture of inclusion built upon our core value of respect.

Join us and be part of a company where you will feel included and empowered to succeed.