Payroll Global Process Owner

**About the role**:
Our global accounting team is growing organically and strategically. In this role you will be the bridge between accounting and payroll functions, providing support to both and ensuring smooth run of operations, strong process ownership. This is a role that will empower you to be creative in implementations and optimisations, and showcase what good looks like in the world of procedures. You will be our important and highly valued partner and be encouraged to design bold solutions as such.

**What you'll do**:

- Partner with Payroll function team and internal stakeholders to ensure high quality on deliverables and handle employee and countries specific payroll issues;
- Develop strategy collaboratively and establishes policy of a global nature for the organization's Payroll accounting and Internal control activities;
- You will dive/support process improvement initiatives within the area (Automation, AI, Robotics, etc.);
- Analyze, develop new and adjust existing end to end processes/ services, standards or operational plans, and deliver results with direct impact on Payroll accounting process;
- Ensure the area stays abreast of current accounting, business process trends, and leading practices occurring in the industry to inform strategic direction and process enhancement;
- You lead M&A integration activities for Payroll accounting;
- Ensures accurate historical records and accounting ledgers
- Participate in establishing and maintaining relevant policies/guidelines
- Work closely with internal and external auditors to ensure timely compliance

**You'll be great for this role if**:

- You have a Bachelor's degree (BA) or Master in Accounting/Finance is required
- _3+ years experience in processing payroll, 5+ years general accounting experience_
- You possess ability to critically assesses processes and implement improvements and automations of routine operations
- You bring solid project management skills
- You have strong communication skills
- You have a proven capability of managing relationships and collaborations
- You own advanced knowledge in SAP or other ERP systems
- You bring advanced knowledge in taxation in personal taxes area
- _A strong IFRS knowledge, qualified accountant certification (CPA/ACCA/CIMA etc.) will be considered as advantage_
- Fluent English, both written and spoken

**Why you should join SumUp**
- We're a truly global team of 3000+ people from 90+ countries, spread across 4 continents.
- Be part of a company that lives and breathes to empower small merchants around the globe;
- Have full autonomy (for real) to propose and implement changes that will up our game;
- You'll receive a budget for attending conferences and external training;
- You should be based in São Paulo due to hybrid working;
**About SumUp**

We believe in the everyday hero.

Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we're creating tools that help them run their businesses. With a founder's mentality and a 'team-first' attitude, our diverse teams across Europe, South America and the United States work together to ensure that the small business owners we partner with can be successful doing what they love.
- SumUp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. SumUp does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, colour, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by company policy. SumUp also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind._

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