People Operations & Payroll Specialist (f/m/d)

knoell is one of the leading global service providers in offering regulatory registration, clinical development and product development support to clients. Our team of scientific and regulatory experts and extensive network of partners ensures that all the different regulatory requirements are right from the project outset to support our client\’s global business. People are at the heart of our family-owned business and our values guide the way to our success. Team spirit and mutual support are very important to us. Our culture is characterised by strong international co-operation, can-do attitude, focus on quality and a growth mindset.

Our strength is to be where it matters – think globally, act locally!

• Manage and run the People Software (Personio) together with the People Operations team and work on the further development and feature enhancements of the tool together with the Global Leader People Operations and the Personio Customer Success Manager
• Manage the German entity payroll (with Datev) and ensure compliance and accuracy in monthly payroll activities; maintenance of payroll-specific records (changes in wage/salary rates; pension, insurance, mandatory deductions; new hires, terminations, leave of absence, etc.)
• Act as a first point of contact for employees of your area of responsibility answering their questions related to administrative, payroll, people tools or compliance issues.
• Support People Partners in managing employee relations issues by providing the basic local labor requirement background
• Active involvement in the design and optimization of global HR processes
• Actively drive and run HR projects based on business needs with the goal of further professionalization and globalization of the People Operations team
• Assure HR compliance in Germany by regular review, revise, and update company policies under the supervision of the Global Leader – People Operations and in consultation with other Global People Culture team members.

• A bachelor\’s/master\’s degree in human resources management or other relevant fields.
• Experience with running and administering German payroll (with Datev preferred)
• Good knowledge of German employment and social insurance law.
• 4 years\‘ experience working in HR, preferably in People Operations teams or acting as HR Generalist.
• Mastering Microsoft Office: first experience with People Analytics is a big plus.
• Experience with Personio or any other modern HRIS is a plus
• Experience in driving und running HR projects in an international business
• Proficiency, both written and spoken, in German and English

• Work in a dynamic family-owned business environment with an international team in which new ideas, creative approaches, and collaboration are valued.
• You will have the opportunity to work with market leaders in our industry.
• Development is core, and at knoell we offer various opportunities to support your personal, leadership and technical development, including English language courses to help you effectively communicate in our business language.
• knoell offers a flexible working policy and is a remote-first company, where you have the flexibility to work from home, at our headquarters in Mannheim or at one of our local offices based in your location.
• Part-time work options are generally supported on request subject to meeting business requirements.
• It is important to us that you have both a career and personal life – we celebrate the work-life balance of our colleagues.
• At knoell we have a global employee referral program as part of the recruitment process where you can actively participate and get rewarded for referring talent to knoell.

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