Do you want a challenging, international management position in Norway’s largest humanitarian organisation?
As Head of Global Salary Unit and part of our team, you will have the opportunity to work with dedicated and experienced colleagues from around the world, and contribute to making a difference for people affected by conflict and disasters. You will have managerial responsibility for 4 skilled employees.
We are looking for a candidate with leadership skills, professional knowledge in accounting and relevant experience in payroll work. It is an advantage, but not a requirement if you have technical system knowledge. We use, among other things, Unit4 Payroll and the Oracle HRM system.
Areas of responsibility:
Responsibility for the payroll unit which calculates and pays salaries to approximately 330 employees at the head office, 630 employees on international contracts, and to 400 NORCAP employees on international deployments. The employees play a decisive role in our projects, and wages make up approximately 40% of NRC’s total costs. Handling of salaries in NRC is complex and involves many different salary compensation packages and strict requirements for compliance with tax and social security reporting in Norway, country of employment and home country. NRC uses Unit4 as payroll software, while HR data comes from an Oracle HRM system. Please also see https://www.flyktninghjelpen.no/om/okonomi/
Main duties:
Ensure correct and timely salary payments for Head Office, international employees and deployed
Quality assurance that salary payments are made to the correct person and corresponding bank accounts and ensure timely processing of the bank’s compliance/investigative cases
Ensure that special conditions that require advances, travel claims and refunds that are processed by the Head Office are handled and reported correctly
Advice for, as well as being a partner for HR Head Office, HR Global and HR NORCAP in remuneration processes including annual negotiations, assessments and adjustments
Responsible for reconciliation of payroll transactions against relevant Unit4 ERP accounts and to NRC audited accounting reports and for facilitating all project related audit requests
Responsible for salary, tax and pension reports for various authorities and institutions being made on time and in accordance with laws and regulations. At all times handle the related payments
Coordinate and ensure consistency across payroll in NRC operations
Coordinating and building competence in the payroll team to ensure that tasks and activities are carried out according to strategies, plans and procedures
Initiate and contribute to developing procedures and upgrading payroll systems to meet future needs
Qualifications/abilities:
Professional knowledge in accounting and relevant experience in payroll work
Preferably technical system knowledge and preferred experience of Unit4 Payroll and Oracle HRM systems
Experience from change management
Knowledge of international salary packages
Knowledge of Norwegian and preferably international tax rules for income
Fluent in Norwegian and English, both written and spoken
Accurate and precise
Financial analytical skills
Service setting
Enjoys working with people
Communicate with conviction and respect
Skilled in planning and delivering results
We believe the right candidate thrives on managerial responsibility and wants a challenging and responsible role within the payroll area in an international environment. There are good career opportunities including opportunities to work in the field.
The position has an office in Oslo, and reports to the Global Finance Director.
ABOUT US
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.
Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.
NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.