Global Payroll Specialist
Job Summary
Job Description
Sonar is seeking a Global Payroll Specialist to ensure accurate and compliant payroll processing for global employees, primarily in Switzerland and other key countries. The role involves managing payroll records, collaborating with HR and Finance, and addressing discrepancies. Responsibilities include developing reward strategies, leading analytics projects, working with external payroll providers, and ensuring compliance with legal regulations. The specialist will also prepare and present payroll reports and identify opportunities for process improvements, contributing to the efficiency of the payroll function and employee satisfaction.
Must have:
- 5+ years of payroll processing experience in a global tech company (600+ employees)
- Deep understanding of payroll processes, tax regulations, and compliance
- Proven payroll management experience, preferably international
- Strong analytical skills for HR analytics projects
- Experience managing complex payroll for diverse compensation structures
- Proficiency with payroll software
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Strong analytical and reporting capabilities
- Ability to collaborate effectively with HR and Finance teams
- Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
- Ability to work independently and under pressure, meeting deadlines
- Fluency in English and French
Good to have:
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or related field
Perks:
- Dynamic work culture valuing respect and kindness
- Embraces the right to fail
- Great people and friendly environment
- Flexible work policy (3 days in-office, 2 days remote for those near hubs)
- Growth mindset and continuous education support
- 27 PTO days (Geneva region), plus additional based on seniority
- Pension contributions (60% of total cost)
- Savings contribution (13.5% to 15.5% of base salary)
- Risk contribution (2%)
- Generous discretionary Company Growth Bonus
- Sustainable mobility options (carpooling, 60% transport subscription refund)
- Annual kick-off event globally
2 skills required
Job Details
Who is Sonar?
Sonar helps prevent code quality and code security issues from reaching production, amplifies developers' productivity in concert with AI assistants, and improves the developer experience with streamlined workflows. Sonar analyzes all code, regardless of who writes it — your internal team, genAI, or third parties — resulting in more secure, reliable, and maintainable applications. Rooted in the open source community, Sonar’s solutions support over 30 programming languages, frameworks, and infrastructure technologies. Today, Sonar is used by +7M developers and 400K organizations worldwide, including the DoD, Microsoft, NASA, MasterCard, Siemens, and T-Mobile.
We believe in developing great products that are supported by great internal teams and a strong culture. We are highly committed to and obsessed with the company, users, each other, and our open source community. We have high standards and hold each other accountable for acting with positivity, dedication, thoughtfulness, empathy, and passion daily.
We are deliberate with our decisions with high clarity of intention. At the same time, we feel extreme urgency and move forward quickly.
And lastly, we are highly effective and operationally efficient. We operate collectively as One Team to accomplish our goals.
At Sonar, CODE is more than just an acronym – it's a mindset that defines daily operations.
Why You Should Apply:
At Sonar, we’re a group of brilliant, motivated, and driven professionals working hard to help supercharge developers to build better, faster. Sonar helps to continuously improve code quality and code security while reducing developer toil. This means that developers can focus on doing more of what they love and less of what they don’t. Our solutions don’t just solve symptoms of problems – we help fix issues at the source – for all code, whether it's developer-written, AI-generated, or from third parties.
We have a dynamic culture with employees worldwide and hub offices in the USA, Switzerland, the UK, Singapore, and Germany. Team members should be able to come to work every day, work on a product they are proud of, love what they do, and feel energized by their peers. With our roots deep in the open source community, we’re all about the mission: supercharge developers to build better, faster.
The Impact You Will Have:
You will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth and accurate processing of payroll for our global employees. Your responsibilities will include preparing, processing and maintaining payroll records, while ensuring compliance with all relevant laws and regulations. You will collaborate with HR and Finance teams to address payroll discrepancies, answer employee inquiries, and implement process improvements. Your expertise will contribute to enhancing the overall efficiency of the payroll function, supporting employee satisfaction and maintaining the financial integrity of our organization.
What You Will Do Daily:
- Payroll Management: Oversee and execute payroll processes for employees in Switzerland and other key countries, ensuring accuracy and compliance with local laws.
- Rewards Management: Develop and implement reward strategies that align with company goals and employee expectations.
- Analytics Projects: Lead analytics projects to provide insights and data-driven recommendations for improving processes.
- Collaboration: Work with an external payroll provider to streamline operations and resolve any issues promptly.
- Compliance: Ensure all payroll activities comply with relevant legal and regulatory requirements.
- Reporting: Prepare and present payroll and analytics reports, as necessary.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement best practices in payroll management.
The Experience You Will Need:
- Minimum of 5 years of payroll processing experience in a global tech company 600+ employees.
- Deep understanding of payroll processes, tax regulations, and compliance requirements.
- Proven experience in payroll management, preferably in an international context.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to manage HR analytics projects.
- Experience managing complex payroll for diverse compensation structures, including commission, bonuses, and benefits deductions.
- Strong proficiency with payroll software Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to maintain an error-free payroll process.
- Strong analytical and reporting capabilities.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with HR and Finance teams.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
- Ability to work independently and under pressure, meeting deadlines.
- A degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or a related field is preferred.
- Fluency in English and French is mandatory.
Why You Will Love It Here:
- Our culture and mission set us apart. We have a dynamic work culture that values respect and kindness and embraces the right to fail (and get right back up again!).
- Great people make a great company. We value people skills as much as technical skills and strive to keep things friendly while still being passionate leaders in our domains.
- We have a flexible work policy that includes 3 days in-office and 2 days work-from-home each week for those located near our office locations; some locations such as Dubai, India, Japan and Australia operate fully remotely.
- We have a growth mindset. We love learning and believe continuous education is critical to our success. In an ever-changing industry, new skills are necessary, and we're happy to help our team acquire them.
- As the leader in our field, our products and services are as strong as our internal team members.
- We embrace transparency with regular meetings, cascading messages and updates on the growth and success of our organization.
Benefits of Working With Sonar:
- We encourage usage of our robust time-off allocations with 27 PTO days for our employees based out of the Geneva region, plus additional days based on seniority and circumstances.
- We contribute 60% of the total cost for your pension; 13.5% to 15.5% of your base salary for savings; 2% for risk.
- Generous discretionary Company Growth Bonus, paid annually.
- Commuting:Sustainable mobility options, including carpooling and the refund of 60% of the annual transportation subscription.
- Global workforce with employees in 20+ countries representing 35+ unique nationalities.
- We have an annual kick-off somewhere in the world where we meet to build relationships and goals for the company.
We Value Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
At Sonar, we believe that our diversity is our strength. We are a global company that values and respects different backgrounds, perspectives, and cultures.
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
All offers of employment at Sonar are contingent upon the precise results of a comprehensive background check and reference verification conducted before the start date.
Applications that are submitted through agencies or third party recruiters will not be considered.
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