Associate Admin & Payroll: US & Canada (m/f/d)

KWS is one of the world's leading plant breeding companies. Over 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.8 billion in the fiscal year 2022/2023. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for 165 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugar beet, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants' resistance to diseases, pests, and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than €300 million last fiscal year in research and development. For more information: www.kws.com/career. Follow us on LinkedIn® at https://linkedin.com/company/kwsgroup/.

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Ihre Aufgaben

• Together with your colleagues in the admin & payroll team you will ensure, in cooperation with our external payroll providers, a correct and timely payroll for our business unit in US & Canada

• You ensure the data exchange with the payroll provider. You control the quality of the payroll results and create reports and evaluations. You also process requests from employees and managers in our ticket system

• You manage the administrative part of the hiring process by providing contracts including additional documents and you ensure that new colleagues are administratively onboarded according to the local regulations and policies (e.g. insurances, pension plans, company cars, etc.)

• You closely collaborate with HR Business Partners and the Payroll Provider to ensure that all personnel measures are executed end-to-end, and data are maintained accurately and in time

• You handle the administration of the salary adjustment as well as bonus payment processes and create all documents, like contract changes, certificates, reference letters during the employee lifecycle

• You actively participate in the continuous improvement of our processes

• Taking over the performance of the above mentioned activities on a permanent or temporary basis for additional business units depending on the operational needs

Ihr Profil

For KWS Berlin GmbH, we are looking for an Associate Admin & Payroll (m/f/d) for our Berlin office in order to support our business unit in US & Canada . If you are interested in working independently and service-oriented, and if you have already demonstrated that you are self-motivated, a team player, and flexible, we look forward to getting to know you soon. This job is full-time and unlimited.,

• You already have experience in US Payroll and preferably with ADP. If you have already worked in a shared service environment, even better!

Wir bieten Ihnen

• For you, teamwork means supporting each other, solving problems together and learning together

• You are not satisfied with the status quo and you are looking for opportunities to accomplish your tasks better and more efficiently

• Your "customers" are your colleagues at KWS and it is therefore important to you that they can trust their requests are completed on time, problems are solved fast, and questions are answered quickly

• You are fluent in English, additional languages will be an advantage

  Your benefits:

• We are an international team of open-minded people with diverse and cross-functional experience

• Interesting and challenging tasks and projects

• As a family business, we are guided by the values of closeness, reliability, vision and independence; this culture is lived in practice and ensures an open and friendly working atmosphere from day one

• The best of both worlds: KWS Berlin combines the security of a large, stable company with the passion of a start-up

• Our location in the heart of Berlin-Schöneberg is very modern; directly opposite the underground station Bülowstraße and with secured car & bicycle parking spaces

• We offer 30d holidays, flexible working hours, holiday and Christmas bonuses, company pension scheme, JobRad and/or Jobticket

• True to our motto "Make yourself grow", we support the professional and personal development of our employees