French Payroll & Implementation Specialist

About this job opportunity

Our Vision

To be the world's most trusted global payroll partner, simplifying pay for all employees.

Our Mission

Empowering global workforces with seamless, compliant, and innovative payroll and payment solutions, enabling businesses to thrive in a connected world.

Our People

Our fundamental beliefs at CloudPay are built on core values of professionalism, passion, empowerment, innovation, and teamwork. We value our employees and strive to create a great workplace where everyone is valued, heard, inspired, and encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work. We're committed to providing an excellent employee experience through fulfilling projects, empowerment to make a difference, and an environment that inspires innovation.

What makes this role exciting

CloudPay seeks an experienced French Payroll Implementation Specialist to join our fast-growing team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for gathering and analysing customer requirements, configuring payroll rules and system settings within the CloudPay platform, executing testing activities, and maintaining customer setups for both implementation projects and live customers.

Please submit your CV in English

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Main responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end implementation of customer payroll solutions within the CloudPay platform, including requirements analysis, configuration, testing, go-live and hypercare support.

• Ability to reconcile pre-processing reports to ensure the accuracy of information before processing payroll
• Research payroll discrepancies and identify whether issues are process, data, or system configuration related. Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain payroll information, files and records to provide up-to-date reference and audit trail for compliance
• Analyze payroll-related information to ensure accurate distribution of funds and payroll
• Analyse customer payroll requirements and translate them into system configuration and payroll calculation rules.
• Partner with Transition Consultants to ensure successful knowledge transfers are completed between Project Delivery and Operations
• Execute and manage system testing activities including SIT, UAT, regression testing and parallel payroll runs.
• Support the Software Release process by validating that new features have been accurately developed
• Provide ongoing application maintenance and support (TMA) for live customers, including configuration changes, issue resolution, legislative updates, and customer-specific enhancements.

Experience needed for this role

• Excellent communication skills in English and French are essential
• Expert level of knowledge of local legal requirements, statutory forms and reporting
• Proven experience in payroll software implementation including hands-on system configuration and testing activities.
• Familiarity with Cegedim TeamsRH software or similar platforms is a strong plus
• Knowledge of the direct management of the entire payroll process in France and international payroll experience
• Experience supporting both customer implementations and post-go-live maintenance activities for live customers.

About you and Our core values

• Taking ownership, working with integrity and respect
• Being a team player is key to our culture
• Solution and customer focused
• Great initiative with the goal for excellence in achieving results
• Dedicated to developing and always looking for continuous improvements
• Be creative, be committed, be engaged and enjoy what you do

France Package and Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Competitive vacation allowance
• Calm app
• EAP
• Private Medical Insurance
• Employee Referral Program
• WFH Allowance
• CloudPay NOW
• Ticket Restaurant contribution
• Paid Volunteering days

CloudPay is committed to being an equal opportunities employer.

The CloudPay culture is built upon on five core values, from which we develop our service, our technology and our business strategies. Our fundamental beliefs are a promise to our employees, customers and partners, built on the core values of professionalism, passion, empowerment, innovation, and teamwork.

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