Payroll Specialist

About us

Sonic Suisse is a comprehensive network of regional laboratories with more than 2,500 employees at locations in German-, French-, and Italian-speaking Switzerland.

We are part of the worldwide Sonic Healthcare Group, a leading provider of medical diagnostic services. We are committed to the well-being of our customers and their patients, thereby making a decisive contribution to medical care throughout Switzerland day after day. High quality standards and the continuous further training of our employees guarantee the security and validity of our analyses and test results.

The Sonic Suisse SSD (Support Services Division) combines central functions in the areas of Sales & Marketing, IT, Finance, HR, as well as medical services. With our services, we ensure that our regional laboratory locations throughout Switzerland are optimally supported and function smoothly. In this way, we jointly make an important contribution to high-quality medical care.

Is payroll more than just a monthly salary run to you?

Do you enjoy working precisely, maintain an overview even with more complex issues, and want to take responsibility for your own payroll area?

As a Payroll Specialist, together with our HR team, you ensure that our employees are paid reliably and correctly. In doing so, your role goes beyond pure payroll processing: You deal with social insurance, absences, year-end processes, and reports and are an important contact person for employees and managers. At the same time, you have the opportunity to further develop our payroll processes and systems.

Your tasks

You independently assume payroll responsibility for a defined employee area and ensure correct and timely payroll processing. This includes, in particular:

• independent execution and control of the monthly payroll processing including salary changes, variable compensation, and deductions
• processing of entries, exits, and mutations as well as ensuring correct final settlements
• processing of social insurance, withholding taxes, as well as pension and insurance topics
• execution and coordination of year-end tasks, salary reports, and statutory declarations
• creation of evaluations and reports, for example on personnel costs, audits, or other HR key figures
• competent contact person for employees and managers regarding questions about salary, social insurance, and other payroll topics
• close cooperation with our HR partners, the regional payroll management, as well as internal and external interfaces
• active participation in the optimization, digitalization, and further development of our payroll processes and systems

What you bring with you
Payroll only works with trust and accuracy. Therefore, we are looking for someone who enjoys taking responsibility and works carefully even with recurring deadlines.

Ideally, you bring:

• a commercial basic training with further training in HR, payroll, or social insurance
• several years of sound professional experience in Swiss payroll, ideally in a larger or decentrally organized company
• sound knowledge of Swiss social insurance as well as the relevant statutory and salary-related regulations
• a strong service orientation and enjoyment in cooperating with employees, managers, and the HR team
• good understanding of compensation topics, HR key figures, and adjacent HR processes
• good analytical skills and enjoyment in questioning and further developing processes
• good knowledge of HR and payroll systems; Abacus knowledge is an advantage
• very good German skills as well as good English skills; Italian is an additional plus

What is also important to us: Even if framework conditions change or not everything is perfectly defined yet, you do not lose the overview, but instead look for a good solution together with us.

What awaits you with us

Our HR and payroll organization is evolving. Processes are being standardized, responsibilities sharpened, and our systems are being continuously further developed.

For you, this means: You are close to the operational business and at the same time receive the opportunity to further develop our payroll together.

You can expect:

• a responsible payroll function with a lot of independence
• 40-hour week and 5 weeks vacation
• After the induction period, there is the possibility to work partly from home
• a versatile HR environment with a lot of contact with employees and managers
• a team in which cooperation and mutual support are important
• short decision-making paths and room for your own ideas
• opportunities to develop yourself professionally and personally within HR
• an environment in which you do not only execute existing processes, but can also help to further develop them

How it continues after your application

It is important to us that you know from the start what to expect.

1. We accept applications until October 31, 2026.
2. Subsequently, we will carefully review the received applications. Therefore, you do not need to worry if you do not hear from us immediately after your application.
3. If we have the impression that it could fit professionally and personally, we will contact you by telephone or email and arrange an initial introductory meeting via MS Teams.
4. In the next step, we will invite you to a practical insight with us. There you can get to know our team, our working environment, and parts of your possible daily work routine. At the same time, we also get a better feeling for how a reuni