This role involves all aspects of payroll processes within People Operations ensuring accuracy and compliance with local regulations where as a P&B Specialist you will be participating in Payroll and/or Benefit, Pension and Time&Attendance related processes where you will be handling Employee / HR queries, reporting and reconciliation activities and being involved in projects of improving/simplifying your respective process responsibilities for multiple Legal entities within GE Vernova and its sub businesses.  You will work closely with GE Vernova HR business partners and accountants and cooperating with Senior experts as owners of Payroll&Benefits, Time and attendance, Pension (PPK, PPE) processes and also partnering and supporting an external payroll vendor, country-based benefit providers, and an external partner of People Ops processes.  

Essential Responsibilities: 

Advise on questions/requests from employees, managers and the HR community from GE Vernova business concerning payments, allowances, and tax treatments in a professional, courteous & timely manner 

Review payroll entries and the files for multiple GE Vernova legal entities to ensure they meet the necessary quality & compliance requirements 

Understand payroll GL and payroll accounting 

Handling Time&Attendance processes for multiple GE Vernova legal entities 

Prepare reports, reconciliations and associated statistics related to payroll and benefit activities such as benefits, company shares, pension (PPK, PPE) and associated administrative tasks. 

Participate in and supports internal & external payroll audits 

Collaborate with external providers to address and resolve employee queries effectively  

Act as a local expert/advisor on activities performed by external partner (e.g. TIER1, data change, etc)  

Train the new external provider and continuously help to improve the processes 

Mentor and coach team members in daily operational questions – provide support, training 

Handle escalations and influence necessary parties 

Organize and facilitate team meetings/ huddles 

Deal with operational issues and process failures, identifying and implementing appropriate solutions. 

Maintain and update workflows and systems which are used for the operation 

Develop action plan to mitigate operational risks or resolve escalated issues 

Proactively seek customer feedback to identify areas for simplification, standardization and productivity within assigned process. 

Build and share knowledge of area of expertise by continuously keeping up to date with internal and external updates and changes 

Ensure that high standards of accuracy and quality are maintained with appropriate controls in place, taking accountability for compliance with relevant legal and GE Vernova policy requirements 

Develop a strong working relationship with the GE HR community through proactive facilitation & improvement of HR processes, ensuring effective communication and early identification of requirements & any issues 

Identify frequent customers / process issues and be able to suggest process, procedure and training improvement opportunities and support standardization of local processes to be align with the global standards 

Creating respective documents that support the regulations of the country-specific legal environment  

Being proactive in handling process gaps that you face and being involved to find a solution and participating in process improvements (we are keen advocate of Lean methodology when changing our processes for the better) 

Qualifications/ Requirements: 

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related Business degree from an accredited university or college is advantage / equivalent knowledge or experience 

Fully professional Polish and fluent, upper intermediate level of English language knowledge both verbal and written  

Relevant experience in People Operation/payroll with demonstrated achievements  

In-depth knowledge of local payroll regulations and compliance requirements 

Ability to work in a complex and rapidly changing work environment across multiple stakeholder groups, with comfort and efficiency 

Ability to communicate effective through written and verbal communication and consistently deliver high quality customer service in a professional manner 

Demonstrated effectiveness to prioritize between tasks with different deadlines, complexity  

Experience working with Workday, SAP and ticketing system 

Suggests opportunities & root cause issues proactively, highlights them to operations teams. Initiates and drives change/ improvement own his/her own, managing projects with tracked record 

Desired Characteristics: 

Strong problem-solving skills to quickly identify and present the creative/collaborative solutions  

Ability to make decisions and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, multi-task and highly matrixed environment, and connect effectively with employees 

Strong computer skills, highly proficient in Microsoft Excel 

Good presentation / facilitation skills