Senior Payroll Manager - Iberia

⚡Do you dare to lead the digital transformation to create a more sustainable world? ?

Schneider Electric - We are your Energy Technology Partner. We electrify, automate, and digitalize every industry, business, and home, driving efficiency and sustainability for all. At Schneider Electric, our values – IMPACT (Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork) – are the foundation of everything we do. Becoming an Impact Maker means turning sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization.

Are you ready to lead the digital transformation to create a more sustainable world? If you are up to challenge your creativity and make an impact, we are excited to welcome you!

Objective

As a Senior Payroll Manager, you are responsible for ensuring the accurate, timely, and compliant delivery of payroll and employee rewards processes. You oversee end-to-end payroll activities, including salaries, bonuses, and deductions, while ensuring that rewards programs are administered in line with applicable regulations and internal policies. In this role, you lead the team, setting direction and aligning priorities with organizational objectives. You drive operational excellence by resolving complex issues, optimizing processes, and leveraging data and reporting to support decision-making and improve outcomes. You define and drive the payroll and rewards operational strategy, ensuring scalability, standardization, and alignment with organizational priorities. You manage resources effectively and make independent decisions that significantly impact processes, costs, and performance. Through strong leadership and analytical thinking, you address complex challenges and implement improvements that enhance the effectiveness of payroll and rewards operations.

Main responsibilities

Payroll operations

• Oversee end‑to‑end payroll processing to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance

• Ensure full compliance with country‑specific labor laws, tax legislation, social security rules, and corporate policies

• Establish and maintain governance frameworks, internal controls, and audit readiness at organizational level

• Lead prompt resolution of discrepancies, employee queries and system errors

• Initiate improvements that strengthen accuracy, standardization and automation

• Manage sensitive personal and financial data in alignment with GDPR and global data privacy standards

• Ensure timely and transparent communication regarding payroll matters

• Ensure compliance with global mobility policies and tax regulations

• Own and drive the payroll operating model across multiple entities/regions

• Ensure alignment of payroll strategy with business and HR transformation initiatives

Stakeholder management

• Collaborate with HR, Finance, Rewards, Legal, and external vendors

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and key business stakeholders

• Influence decisions related to payroll operations, service delivery, and process improvement initiatives

• Ensure proactive, transparent communication and alignment across all stakeholder groups

• Monitor SLA performance, quality of service, escalations, maintain high service quality

People management

• Lead the team through direct and/or indirect reporting lines

• Promote continuous learning around legislation, systems, and process improvements

• Set clear direction, priorities, and performance expectations aligned with organizational goals

• Drive KPI definition and performance governance across teams

Specific requirements

• Strong payroll domain expertise and understanding of regulatory requirements: minimum 5-7 years of experience in HR areas (e.g. payroll, personnel administration, labor code)

• minimum 4–5 years of leadership experience, preferably in a payroll or HR operations environment

• Strong understanding of payroll systems, automation, and digital transformation opportunities

• Able to work independently with self-confidence and build trust and strong relationships with peers and major stakeholders

• Experience managing and developing teams

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to manage complex, and ambiguous challenges

• High level of resilience and ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-impact environment

• Strong communication, stakeholder management and relationship-building skills

• Strong governance, risk management and compliance mindset

• Experience implementing CI initiatives, and process improvements

• Automation-driven and digital mindset

• Ability to adapt to change and lead others through transformation

• Strong command of English

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Human Resources, Finance, Economics, Management, Law, Public Administration

What will you get?

We adapt to you!:

• ? With our flexible schedule, you'll have the freedom to adjust your work hours to accommodate your personal needs and responsibilities.

• ? Need more time to relax and disconnect? With our Holy Pack, you can purchase additional vacation days to recharge when you need it most.

• ? Celebrate holidays your way! With Floating Holidays, you can exchange holidays for other days that better suit your plans and personal preferences.

• ?‍♂️ Need additional time to explore new experiences or focus on personal projects? With the Sabbatical Pack, you can request up to 2 months of extra leave (unpaid).

• ? We value the importance of family and want to support you in all aspects of your life. Our Global Family Leave Policy provides flexible paid conditions for when you need it most, whether you're about to be a parent, need time to overcome a loss, or to care for a loved one.

We care for you!:

• ? With access to the health and wellness platform Wellwo, you and up to 5 people of your choice can enjoy virtual medical care and 24/7 psychological support, as well as access to nutrition counseling, fitness classes, and more!

• ?‍♂️ From dance classes to booking a hotel spa, we offer an agreement with AJ by Gympass so you can access a network of thousands of gyms and sports centers to keep your body active in the way you like best.

• ? Your well-being is our priority. You will have medical service at your workplace for close attention to any medical needs.

We empower you!:

• ? With Career Hub, our AI-driven professional development platform, you can connect with job opportunities, projects, and mentors at Schneider Electric globally.

• ? We offer you the opportunity to be a shareholder of Schneider Electric and share in our achievements with our stock ownership program.

• ? We celebrate everyone's talent and success with our recognition program, through which you can give and receive points for your achievements and redeem them for gift cards at your favorite stores.

• ? You will have life insurance for your protection.

• ? We offer you a Flexible Remuneration Plan in which you can choose from a variety of options, such as health insurance, meal vouchers, childcare vouchers, transportation vouchers, training, and more.

• ? As part of our #SEGreatPeople, you will have access to an online store of Schneider Electric products with exclusive prices and super discounts.

• ? With Club Schneider, you will enjoy special discounts at your favorite stores, restaurants, travel agencies, and other external services.

• ? Participate in company-subsidized volunteer programs to contribute to our community and have a positive impact on your environment.

Why Schneider Electric?

As a proudly people focused company, you will find a dynamic and personal environment, and attractive development opportunities. Our flexible work models ensure a balance between family and work life, fostering personal growth, performance, and cooperation. We continuously create an inclusive, respectful, and cooperative environment because together, we dare to innovate and bring our bold ideas to life. Great people make Schneider Electric a great company.

Disclaimer

We are always searching for exceptional people, passionate about customers, who break molds and think disruptively. If you are motivated by constant learning, we definitely want to meet you! Best of all? In our inclusive environment, we firmly believe that diversity is a source of strength and creativity. Here, authenticity is a superpower! We are committed to creating a workplace where every voice is heard. ??

At Schneider, we believe that every employee is a talent who deserves equal opportunities. This means you matter. Every individual needs to feel valued, supported, and treated fairly to do their best work. Our Total Rewards is our way of saying: “We see you. We value you”. It’s more than just pay and benefits- it’s a meaningful investment in you. It is designed for you to perform, grow, feel safe, and elevate your potential to shine as an impact maker.

Schneider Electric is there when it matters most to you

Our Total Rewards package outlines all the benefits and support you’ll enjoy as part of the Schneider Electric team:

• Care for Yourself and Your Family. We ensure you feel secure with benefits that help you and your family thrive: health and life insurance, paid time off, parental and care leave, flexible work options, support for chronic conditions, and confidential counseling for life’s challenges.

• Invest and Plan Your Future. We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs: your base salary, short-term incentives or sales incentives, opportunities to own company shares, and retirement savings plans for your future.

• Grow Your Skills and Career. We commit to helping you grow with ongoing performance and development conversations, Senior Talent Program, global career opportunities, access to our Schneider Career Hub for new positions, projects, and mentors, and learning platforms like Coursera to equip you with the skills for today and tomorrow.

• Team Up in the Workplace. We encourage teaming up through project opportunities on the Schneider Career Hub, smart ways to collaborate, celebrating contributions via a recognition program, sharing your voice in our engagement survey, and fostering an inclusive, caring workplace.

• Support Your Community. We make a difference in your community with volunteer leave, programs through the Schneider Electric Foundation, and initiatives that support youth education.

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us. IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world. We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one. Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!

• €40 billion global revenue

• +9% organic growth

• 150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

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Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do. At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here

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