Team Lead Payroll & HR Administration

Essilor Luxottica is the global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of fashion, luxury, and sports eyewear.

With iconic brands like Ray-Ban, Oakley, Oliver Peoples, and exclusive licenses for fashion houses such as Prada, Chanel, Burberry and others, we blend innovation, craftsmanship, and style into every frame.

With over 190,000 employees in 150 countries, Essilor Luxottica is driving the transformation of

the eyewear industry, from traditional vision care to smart eyewear technology such as the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses.

Since 2021, Visilab Group has been part of Essilor Luxottica, driving retail excellence in Switzerland. The group unites the leading Swiss optical retail brands Visilab, Kochoptik, McOptic and Linsenmax, operating across 170 stores and building a strong heritage since 1988.

As Team Lead Payroll & HR Administration, you will be responsible for the operational excellence, accuracy, and continuous improvement of payroll and HR administration processes across the employee lifecycle.

You will lead and develop a team of payroll and HR administration professionals across our offices in Meyrin and Trimbach while ensuring a high level of service, compliance, and efficiency.

This position plays a key role in maintaining payroll accuracy, ensuring compliance with Swiss labor and social security regulations, optimizing processes, and partnering closely with Finance and other stakeholders.

• Lead, coach, and develop the Payroll & HR Administration team across two sites in Switzerland.
• Ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing for all employees in Switzerland across different entities.
• Oversee all HR administrative activities throughout the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, employee changes, and offboarding.
• Maintain high standards of data accuracy, quality assurance, and process compliance.
• Ensure adherence to Swiss labor law, social security regulations, payroll requirements, and internal policies.
• Act as the main point of contact for payroll-related topics and provide expert guidance to internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with Finance and other business functions to ensure seamless processes and accurate reporting.
• Manage and coordinate our external payroll provider ADP and relevant service partners.
• Drive process optimization, standardization, and digitalization initiatives to enhance efficiency and employee experience.
• Develop, monitor, and report on key payroll and HR administration metrics.
• Lead or contribute to HR projects focused on operational excellence and continuous improvement (e.g. SAP implementation).

• Several years of experience in Payroll and HR Administration within Switzerland.
• Proven leadership experience in a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of Swiss payroll, labor law, social security, and HR administration practices.
• Experience working with external payroll providers is an advantage.
• Strong process improvement and project management skills.
• Solid experience with HRIS and payroll systems.
• Analytical, detail-oriented, and structured working style.
• Strong customer service mindset and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Fluency in either French or German, with a good command of the other language.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a critical HR function and contribute to the continuous improvement of people processes within a dynamic and evolving organization.

You will have a direct impact on service quality, operational efficiency, compliance, and employee experience while shaping the future of Payroll and HR Administration.

Reporting Line: Head of Human Resources Switzerland

People Management Responsibility: Payroll & HR Administration Team

Location: Switzerland, this role can be either based in Geneva or close to our Trimbach/Olten office.