HR Manager - payroll specialist

LA FONDATION POUR L’ANIMATION SOCIOCULTURELLE LAUSANNOISE (FASL) is a private foundation of public utility subsidized by the city of Lausanne. In partnership with neighborhood associations, the FASL manages 17 socio-cultural animation sites and has more than 90 female and male employees.

As part of the strengthening of our Human Resources department, we are looking for an experienced and rigorous person to join our General Secretariat team.

Reporting to the Head of Human Resources, you will ensure the operational and administrative management of the employee life cycle as well as the preparation, execution, and control of the payroll process. You thus occupy a central role at the interface between Human Resources, finance, the teams of the various sites, and our external partners.

HR Manager – payroll specialist at 80%

Main responsibilities

Ensure the preparation, processing, and control of monthly payroll: salary variables, hours, allowances, supplements, allocations, entries, exits, transfers, retroactives, and corrections.

Control social deductions, family allowances, and withholding tax and participate in the double control of the payroll.

Manage social insurances and ensure the follow-up of AVS/AI/APG/AC, LPP, LAA, family allowances, and loss of earnings due to illness files.

Ensure the administrative follow-up of work incapacities, paid leaves, and daily allowances.

Manage personnel administration throughout the life cycle: contracts, amendments, engagements, transfers, certificates, exits, and maintenance of individual files.

Ensure the follow-up of working time data, vacations, overtime, and absences.

Provide first-level HR support to female and male employees and managers on administrative, salary, and social insurance questions.

Participate in internal controls, HR–Finance reconciliations, and the preparation of data necessary for audits.

Contribute to HR reporting and the monitoring of indicators related in particular to workforce, payroll mass, absenteeism, and personnel movements.

Actively participate in the improvement, digitalization, and automation of HR and payroll processes.

Profile

CFC as a commercial employee or training deemed equivalent.

HRSE Personnel Management Assistant certificate.

HRSE Payroll Specialist certificate.

Confirmed experience in human resources administration in Switzerland.

Practical and autonomous experience in managing a monthly payroll process.

Excellent mastery of Swiss payroll and very good knowledge of Swiss social insurances.

Good mastery of Excel and ease with salary software and HR information systems.

The knowledge of Winbiz and a time management system constitutes an asset.

You also have the habit of simultaneously managing several deadlines and a large volume of data. Experience acquired within a multi-site organization, a foundation, a public community, or a quasi-public institution constitutes an asset.

Qualities

You are recognized for your rigor, your precision, and your reliability. You pay particular attention to confidentiality and data protection and know how to work autonomously in your field of competence.

Organized and endowed with a good analytical spirit, you know how to identify inconsistencies, manage priorities, and respect demanding deadlines. Your sense of service, your ability to explain sometimes complex subjects clearly, and your interpersonal ease allow you to collaborate effectively with various female and male interlocutors.

We offer you

A versatile position at the administrative heart of the HR function, combining payroll expertise and personnel administration, with real operational autonomy in your field.

You join an organization with a social vocation, anchored in the life of Lausanne, and actively participate in the evolution and digitalization of its HR processes.

For any additional information, please contact Madame Angélique Da Rocha,
HR Manager, at 021 627 71 02.

Interested?

We look forward to receiving your complete application file (CV, cover letter, work certificates, and copies of diplomas) via Jobup.

Start date: 1st January 2026

Workplace: Lausanne

Application deadline: [unreadable text]