Payroll Project Specialist (Fixed-term)

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters. The Position As a Payroll Project Specialist within our People Support Solutions (PSS) team, you will execute HR system data maintenance, project implementation tasks, data validation, and parallel payroll runs. This role is based in Budapest or Sarajevo and will support Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Georgia, securing a seamless transition into the new payroll operating model while supporting People & Culture (P&C) business processes across payroll, tax, social insurance, time, and global and local benefits. This assignment offers a prime opportunity to build high-impact enterprise project experience with top-tier HR systems across a diverse international scope. Please note that this is a fixed term position for a planned duration of 18 months . The Opportunity: Actively drive assigned payroll project milestones, leading operational payroll cutover, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Parallel Payroll Runs (PPR), and operational hypercare across Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Georgia. Execute accurate data administration across payroll, tax, social insurance, time, and benefits, managing mass upload files (including legacy-to-target mapping) while monitoring Workday-to-vendor data flows and resolving integration defect logs. Provide expert customer advisory and inquiry resolution on pay, time, and benefits during project implementation and hypercare, partnering with managers to confirm employee time and absence data. Ensure strict regulatory compliance with country-specific laws and customer regulations, while driving continuous improvement and capturing process knowledge into Standard Work Instructions (SWIs) and Knowledge Articles (KAs). Provide guidance to first-level P&C support teams and collaborate with regional and global PSS peers and P&C Chapters to ensure consistent, end-to-end service delivery aligned with defined KPIs. Who You Are: You are a customer-centric HR operations professional with strong analytical skills who thrives in an ambiguous, multicultural, and matrixed environment. 2+ years of experience in payroll services and benefits administration (shared service center preferred), with exposure to payroll implementations, testing, or migrations. Strong knowledge of end-to-end payroll cycles, tax, social insurance, and time processes. Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP) and strong data reconciliation capabilities. Proven track record of managing project deadlines and competing priorities independently. Excellent written and spoken English communication skills. In exchange we provide you with (Roche Services and Solutions, Budapest): Development opportunities: Roche is rich in learning resources. We provide constant development opportunities, free language courses & training, the possibility of international assignments, internal position changes and the chance to shape your own career. Excellent benefits : Competitive salary and cafeteria package, annual bonus, Private Medical Services, Employee Assistance Program, All You Can Move Sportpass, coaching / mentoring opportunity, buddy program, team buildings, holiday party. Flexibility: We also support flexibility to help you find your balance. Home office is commonly available (typically 2 office days/week on average). A global inclusive community , where we learn from each other. At Roche, we cooperate, debate, make decisions, celebrate successes and have fun as a team. Our leadership is very focused on people, creating a strong, inclusive culture, so you always have the chance to share your opinion. Data Privacy Notice for further information about how we handle your personal data related to the recruitment process: https://go.roche.com/dpn4candidates Where pay transparency applies, details are provided based on the primary posting location. For this role, the primary location is Budapest. If you are interested in additional locations where the role may be available, we will provide the relevant compensation details later in the hiring process. Who we are A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact. Let’s build a healthier future, together. Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.