Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent business experience preferred., 6+ years’ professional experience in HR or Audit/Compliance roles., Strong analytical skills and understanding of compliance frameworks like SOX and GDPR., Experience with HCM systems, preferably Workday, and Microsoft tools..

Key responsibilities:

Lead a team of Senior Business Analysts to establish goals and maintain schedules.

Design and execute HR Services Audit and Compliance strategy and framework.

Collaborate with stakeholders to validate legislative changes and ensure compliance.

Oversee periodic audits and manage compliance-related incidents across HR Services.

Job description

Manager, HR Services Audit & Compliance, will assist in the execution of FME’s compliance program through designing, aligning and rolling-out our HR Services Audit & Compliance program. The role will lead a team who will undertake activities to prevent, detect and respond to emerging risk. The role with partner with global and local teams to define and implement controls, drive third-party management, audits and follow up on remediation measures.

Your Tasks:

Lead team of Senior Business Analysts including but not limited to establishing goals, assigning tasks and maintaining schedules
Design, develop and execute HR Services Audit and Compliance strategy
Accountable for developing HR Services Audit and Compliance framework
Create and rollout programs to achieve strategic vision
Partner with senior stakeholders to determine framework and execution of Global Internal Audit (GIA) intake and coordination for HR Services (HR Managers, HR Operations, Payroll Operations)
Ultimately accountable for global internal controls design and implementation for HR Services
Provide guidance on local HRS internal controls in alignment to global design and determine if need to remain as local controls
Lead discussions with HR and Payroll Global Process Owners on wider global HR and payroll process designs discussions and HR Service model transition efforts
Oversee team’s administration of periodic audit of Workday, Payroll and Time & Attendance security roles,
Collaborate with teams to solution audit findings – determine preventive and corrective actions on both local, regional and global levels
Partner with stakeholders to validate new legislative changes and company policies on processes as well as HR, Payroll, Time & Attendance systems to meet compliance
Collaborate with Internal Controls, Information Security, Compliance and Data Privacy to ensure thid party contracts and business resiliency management plans are complete and align with Fresenius’ standards
Act as an escalation for all HR Service teams to resolve compliance related incidents such as but not limited to data breaches, incorrect regulation interpretation affecting pay calculation etc.
Oversee, coordinate and report corporate HR risk management semi-annually
Accountable for the design and coordination of pre-audit readiness assessment procedures; executed quarterly
Drive business management and communication plans and standards for data security incidents (i.e., data breach, data loss)
Conceptualize and lead HR Service audit and compliance related training
Coordinate and liase with external third parties on audit activities
Develop and maintain job aids, checklists and other tools to facilitate execution
Communicate updates, system and business changes to stakeholders as needed
Collaborate with Quality Assurance and Knowledge Management on wider HR governance quality framework
Validate internal and SOX standards and controls are met
Take lead consultant role in projects where data handling process flows are being adjusted
Oversee team’s project work where database migrations or security protocols are impacted
Support vendor relationship management including escalation management within respective field
Other tasks as assigned by the manager

Your Profile:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent business experience preferred
6+ years’ professional experience either within an HR environment or Audit/Compliance role
Multi-country experience with designing or executing internal or external audit and compliance tasks
Experience with validating policy or legal changes on processes
Experience in implementation of HR or payroll audit/compliance framework
Nice to have: experience in HR Service model adoptions or M&A activity
Nice to have: experience in creation of business resiliency management plans
Nice to have: experience with working with multiple external auditors
strong analytical skills to critically evaluate information
team player but also able to work independently.
Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across functions to drive teams towards success-based results
focused, goal driven, accountable, and exhibit significant attention to detail
HR and/ or Payroll process knowledge
Understanding of SOX, GDPR, data protection, compliance frameworks, audit flows
Microsoft tools
HCM systems, preferably Workday
Preferably ticketing systems, such as ServiceNow
Fluent English
Preferred additional European language
Flexibility in working hours to cover global timezones
Willingness to travel for on-site workshops