Flowserve is a global manufacturer of pumps, valves, seals, and aftermarket services, delivering comprehensive flow control solutions that support essential industries such as energy, clean water, and pharmaceuticals. If you're looking for a culture built on ingenuity, innovation, and excellence, Flowserve offers the opportunity to put your experience in motion. Whether you're an individual contributor or a people leader, you'll find meaningful opportunities for professional growth, competitive rewards, and a workplace grounded in our core values: People, Safety, Integrity, Ownership and Ingenuity. At Flowserve, we're inspired by what we can achieve together—creating extraordinary flow control solutions that strengthen today's world while building tomorrow.
Your Role and Impact
We are seeking an experienced Payroll Team Lead to provide payroll expertise and lead our payroll operations with main focus on the German-speaking region. This role will be responsible for overseeing the payroll process, ensuring accurate and timely payroll delivery, conducting and tracking ongoing data audits, and maintaining employee tax setup and compliance requirements.
The ideal candidate brings extensive payroll experience, a solid understanding of employment tax requirements, and proven leadership experience in managing and developing a payroll team.
Ideally, the role will be based in the Czech Republic or Poland and it´s a remote role.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee international payroll processes, including manual checks and issue resolution.
- Supervise, coach, and develop the payroll team.
- Ensure payroll tax compliance, handle notices, audits, and amendments.
- Maintain accurate payroll and employee tax data, including expatriates and foreign nationals.
- Manage third‑party payroll/tax vendors and partnership with internal stakeholders.
- Drive continuous process improvements and escalate complex issues as needed.
- Bachelor’s degree in finance field.
- Strong international payroll knowledge with 5–7 years’ experience.
- Fluent German is a must. Additionally, proficiency in either English or Hungarian is required, with a strong preference for English.
- High attention to detail, analytical thinking, and ability to create/maintain payroll controls.
- Excellent communication, customer service, and problem‑solving skills.
- Proven leadership abilities with strong organizational and time‑management skills.
- Advanced knowledge of Excel and Microsoft Office; knowledge of ERP systems (Workday, Kronos, Celergo, Horizon) is an advantage
At Flowserve, we offer a range of benefits designed to support you and your family at every stage of life. We want to provide the resources you need to invest in your physical, mental, and financial well-being—regardless of where you work or your career stage.
Our benefits may include:
- Competitive salary
- Remote work
If this sounds like you and you are interested in a growth mindset role with a global leader in the fluid control industry, then click APPLY with your English CV and one of our Talent Acquisition team with get in touch with you soon.
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Req ID : R-21717
Job Family Group : Human Resources
Job Family : HR Payroll
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