Payroll Specialist 80 - 100%

Who are we?

Die Eidgenössische Hochschule für Berufsbildung EHB is the Swiss expertise organization for vocational education and training. We train and further educate those responsible for vocational education, research vocational education, develop professions further, and support international vocational education cooperation. Our locations are in Zollikofen near Bern (headquarters), Lausanne, and Lugano, with external locations in Olten and Zürich.

Your area of responsibility

• You independently and punctually process the salaries and fees of the EHB.
• You ensure that all settlements are correct in terms of labor law, social security, and tax law.
• You prepare withholding tax, social security, and annual declarations and are responsible for the year-end closing work.
• You prepare monthly and annual closings and reconcile them with the financial accounting.
• You are the competent contact person for employees and managers at all locations, the HR team, and external bodies in all matters relating to payroll.
• You further develop the payroll processes and the software (Abacus) and ensure the interface to time tracking.
• You create statistics, evaluations, and reports, participate in projects, and regularly update the HR documentation.

Your profile

• Commercial basic training or comparable training as well as further training as a Payroll Expert and/or Social Insurance Specialist with a Swiss federal diploma
• Several years of experience in payroll processing with sound knowledge of social security and withholding tax law; experience in public personnel law is an advantage
• Confident application of Abacus and MS-Office as well as experience in the optimization of processes
• Careful and efficient way of working and a high sense of responsibility
• Initiative and enjoyment in finding solutions and further developing topics within the team
• Excellent German skills as well as good French or Italian skills for exchange with our locations in Lausanne and Lugano

We offer

We offer a versatile and exciting activity with a lot of creative freedom in the middle of a transformation with forward-looking projects in the heart of vocational education.

As a university, we are committed in a special way to diversity and equality, participation, and sustainability. The working conditions and social benefits at the EHB are correspondingly progressive.