Payroll & Time Services Senior ExpertVerified as a real position

Who we’re looking for

• 3 - 5 years of payroll experience
• Hungarian citizenship
• Fluent Hungarian, Czech and English language
• Knowledge of Hungarian Labour Code
• Strong analytical as well as stakeholder management skills
• Strong knowledge of HRIS / payroll systems (SAP, Workday)

What you’ll do

• Manage end-to-end payroll activities for Hungary, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
• Prepare payroll reports, year-end statutory reporting, and perform data validation, reconciliation, and error correction.
• Act as the key liaison between Novartis, payroll service providers, and local authorities.
• Support audits, compliance requirements, and risk mitigation activities.
• Serve as the primary backup for payroll and time management processes in Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.
• Manage employee queries and processes related to maternity leave, parental leave, approvals, escalations, and stakeholder coordination.
• Deliver high-quality services by meeting service level agreement targets, achieving customer satisfaction goals, and collaborating with local teams, service providers, and the Hyderabad service center.
• Support People and Organization operations through process improvement, service delivery, access management, troubleshooting, training, project participation, and implementation of strategic objectives.

About the position

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys combining payroll expertise with problem-solving, stakeholder collaboration, and continuous improvement. In this role, you will partner with employees, payroll providers, and People & Organization stakeholders to ensure accurate payroll processing, resolve complex time and absence matters, and deliver a seamless employee experience. We are looking for someone with a strong analytical mindset who can think holistically, challenge the status quo, and identify sustainable solutions that create lasting business impact.

Benefits

• Monthly pension contribution matching your individual contribution up to 3% of your gross monthly base salary;
• Risk Life Insurance (full cost covered by Novartis);
• 5-week holiday per year; (1 week above the Labour Law requirement);
• 4 paid sick days within one calendar year in case of absence due to sickness without a medical sickness report;
• Cafeteria employee benefit program – choice of benefits from Benefit Plus Cafeteria in the amount of 17,500 CZK per year;
• Meal vouchers in amount of 105 CZK for each working day (full tax covered by company);
• Public Transport Allowance;
• MultiSport Card, Employee Share Purchase Plan.