.EMBL's headquarters and host to five research units and scientific core facilities.Payroll Officer We are Europe's research laboratory for the life sciences – an intergovernmental organisation performing scientific research in disciplines including molecular biology, physics, chemistry and computer science. We are an international, innovative and interdisciplinary laboratory with more than 1900 employees from many nations, operating across six sites, in Heidelberg (HQ), Barcelona, Hinxton near Cambridge, Hamburg, Grenoble and Rome.We are looking for a payroll specialist to join us at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany.In this role, you will be part of the EMBL Finance Team, working closely with the HR department as well as the ERP team. This role is a support / back up position to the Payroll Manager in the course of a changeover of the ERP system.Your role PayrollExecution of pre-payroll, payroll and post-payroll activity covering German, UK, Italian, French and SpanishThis includes posting salaries, providing the bank file, preparing the payslips, the month end consolidation and troubleshooting.Execution of monthly end of contractContact person for payroll related problems.Liaison with management and external bodies on matters relating specifically to payroll.Performing of annual salary statements for Germany, UK, Italy, France and SpainUpdating salary rates, allowances and all other payroll-related data in the SAP Development system and associated files on a yearly basis.Calculation and updating of internalMaintain payroll reference manual.Reconciliation of monthly General Ledger salarySocial SecurityUpdating SAP for changes in EMBL's internal social security and insurance schemes: pension, health insurance, unemploymentUpdating SAP for changes in German, UK and French social securityTimesheetsManagement of the entire timesheet process at EMBL, including control and posting of the monthly timesheet bookings and key contact person for all Finance timesheet related issues.Other dutiesRunning future cost planning tool on a by-weekly basis and updating Inflation rates on a quarterly basis.Close cooperation with external consultants regarding payroll and timesheetsSupporting activities during the introduction of the new ERP system for the areas including payroll, timesheets and future cost planning toolReporting and Project WorkEstablishment and management of the plan for the optimisation of payroll processes (to ensure elimination of paper based system and duplication of data handing as far as is possible)Preparation of ad hoc reports as required.Support of financial projects on an ad-hoc basisContract duration: 3 years (project related)Grading: 4 or 5; depending on qualifications and experience (monthly salary starting from 3.4-3