Payroll & HR Admin Professional

**Payroll & HR Admin Professional**:
**POSITION SNAPSHOT**:

- JobReq ID: 54235
- Type of work: Hybrid
- Type of contract: Open-ended/permanent
- Full/Part Time: Full time
- Location: Bilbao, ES Bilbao, ES Madrid, ES

**ABOUT US**:
Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**:
You will be the Payroll Expert responsible for processing all aspects of payroll and time data, including managing company budgets and expenses. You will work closely with different departments to improve performance and ensure smooth operations. You will need to ensure that employees receive their pay correctly.

You will report directly to the Payroll & Personnel Admin Team Leader, Region South.

**Primary Responsibilities & Activities (within the scope of regulation and payroll in Italy )**
- Manage the entire payroll process for Bridgestone Italy.
- Ensure validation of payroll results and post payroll sub processes (Social Security, Social Funds, Trade Unions deductions)
- Manage payroll bank transfers and transfers to other legal entities (taxes, social security premiums, etc) as well as legal reports (Social Security, Tax Office, Statistics Office, etc)
- Manage payments of third parties (pension funds, trade unions, foreclosures, etc)
- Manage relations with service providers and internal customers
- Support to prepare budget (LC and HC) according to the timetable and provides to business required information and calculations
- Support in preparation and implementation of internal Comp&Ben regulations and Annual Salary Review process. Provide Comp&Ben data on request
- Provide data for periodical salary revisions, based on internal analysis, market trends and business needs
- Project management activities, standardization and optmization of the HR Ops processes in Italy.
- High time & attendance management skills

**Background & Experience**
- Bachelor/Master Degree in Human Resources related field
- Minimum of seven/ten-year experience in Payroll role, ability to manage different managementS within payroll, such as detached employees
- Previous experience in a multinational organization

**Leadership Capabilities and Soft Skills**
- Courage to challenge the status quo, to improve things and lead the change
- Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to manage negotiations
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills to all levels and all functions in the organization
- Positive approach, leadership capability to align organization towards the common goals, transmitting passion for growth, quality and safety
- Stable and committed. Ideally someone that can have a medium-long term commitment to the position
- Strong mathematical Abilities and attention to detail
- Proven experience as payroll specialist, very good knowledge of legislation and regulations of the field

**WHAT WE OFFER**:
At Bridgestone, what really matter is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality”, for that, we offer you more than just a competitive payment; we will provide you:

- A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
- The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
- Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
- A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
- Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
- A diverse and inclusive team.

We are committed to create an even more inclusive culture that advances equity, embraces individuality, and helps our increasingly diverse teammates, customers, and communities thrive, by providing equal opportunities in employment. This means that all job applicants and members of staff will receive equal treatment and that we will not discriminate on grounds of gender, marital status, race, ethnicity, color, nationality, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, religion or age.