Payroll Specialist temporary

Payroll Specialist, 50%, temporary until August 31st 2027.

"You care about making a positive impact in the world. You understand greatness requires thinking differently. An inclusive and accepting work environment is important to you."

A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings. Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many. It's the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share. Join the team and start a better life for yourself.

This is a great opportunity for those who want to deepen their knowledge in Payroll and to further develop existing HR knowledge.

• Relevant education or further training in Payroll, HR or Social Insurance.
• Knowledge of Swiss payroll, social security, taxation and employment-related regulations combined with hands‑on payroll experience.
• Good analytical skills and a flair for numbers
• Ability to strike a balance between keeping a good overview and paying good attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize and organize own work
• Good service mindset
• Quick learner who is easily able to adapt to changing demands
• Ability to communicate confidently and clearly with various audiences both verbally and in writing
• Role model for IKEA Culture & Values
• Self-reliant and motivated with proven ability to work as part of a team as well as independently
• Ability to ensure integrity of HR systems, guidelines, labour, tax and social security law
• Ability to recognize connectivity to accounting
• knowledge in SAP Success Factors would be a plus
• Fluency in German and preferably in English as well. Any other national languages are a significant plus.

• Record and administrate personnel master data in payroll system, timekeeping system and CDS
• Record and check variable payroll data
• Start payroll process and check payroll data to secure correct data for payment/accounting
• Secure a correct registration of co‑workers for the different social insurances/tax authorities
• Secure registration/announcement of co‑workers to different daily allowance insurances and monitor payments of daily allowances and prepare and forward credit notes for accounting
• Establish monthly statements to tax authorities (withholding tax) and monitor incoming invoices and forward invoices to accounting
• Monitor expiration of child allowances
• Establish year‑end statements for social insurances and tax authorities and assistance for reconciliation
• Establish of diverse personnel and salary data reports
• Complete various forms for public authorities (social insurances, execution offices)
• Contact to external or internal partners and support line managers, co‑workers and local HR in social insurance and HR system related matters
• Establish personnel  (Badges) and secure correct building accesses for co‑workers in the units

IKEA is all about people, and our team make sure to bring the best people on board to keep our strong spirit of togetherness. We believe that different experiences and backgrounds collectively make us wiser and stronger, and we ensure that our co‑workers bloom into their best selves as they contribute to our business.

We mentioned earlier that we want our employees to be happy and healthy. It also means saying 'thank you'! Our way of saying thank you:

• 28 vacation days (based on a 100% workload)
• 8 weeks paid parental leave for fathers; 20 weeks paid parental leave for mothers
• Very attractive social benefits
• 15% staff discount on your purchase - in every Swiss IKEA store
• You would rather travel to work by public transport? We pay between 85% and 100% of your yearly travel ticket
• Free parking facilities
• Unlimited access to the Linked In learning platform
• Affordable and healthy meals in our staff canteen (CHF 4.50 for meat dishes and CHF 3.50 for veggie dishes)
• Bonus payments for all employees

There are many opportunities for career development  encourage and support our employees to try out different roles, move between functions or even go abroad.