Senior Payroll Specialist

Job Title: Senior Payroll Specialist

Job Location: Budapest, Hungary

Job Location Type: Remote

Job Contract Type: Full-time

Job Seniority Level: Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $3B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead.At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We're not just any public company – we made history in 2021 by becoming a public benefit corporation (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors.As a Work Anywhere company, we support your flexibility to work from home or in the office, so you can thrive in your ideal environment.Join us in transforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.The RoleThe Veeva Systems EMEA Payroll team is hiring a Senior Payroll Specialist to join our growing, high-performance team. In this dynamic role, you will be the captain of your own ship, taking true end-to-end ownership of managing, processing, and reconciling multi-country payrolls using modern tools and systems.
Supported by accessible leadership and a highly collaborative culture, you will tackle complex challenges while ensuring strict adherence to local statutory compliance, tax laws, and internal controls. Serving as a trusted advisor to cross-functional partners, you’ll leverage your individual agility to drive continuous growth, seamless operational delivery, and exceptional employee support across the region.What You'll Do

• Own and execute the end-to-end payroll process for several European countries, ensuring accuracy and timeliness across all pay cycles (on-cycle and off-cycle)
• Audit, validate, and reconcile complex payroll data against source files, ensuring complete accuracy and compliance before final approval
• Advise and align with internal stakeholders (HR, Finance, and Employee Success) and external service providers to deliver expert advisory support on complex compliance and payroll matters, ensuring data accuracy and proper employee classification
• Master and implement evolving EU payroll tax regulations, proactively safeguarding regional compliance standards and mitigating risk
• Spearhead process improvement initiatives, architecting new workflows and driving successful regional adoption

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional payroll experience in a fast-paced, multi-national environment handling EMEA payroll
• Strong knowledge of EU payroll tax regulations, social contributions, and statutory compliance requirements
• High attention to detail, proactive problem-solving, fast-learning ability, and a collaborative, customer-first approach
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and meet strict deadlines in a dynamic business environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English to effectively collaborate with internal and external partners
• Proficient working knowledge of Microsoft Office products with advanced Microsoft Excel functions

Nice to Have

• HRIS & Payroll Systems: Hands-on experience with major global HRIS and ERP systems (e.g., Workday or NetSuite)
• Professional Certification: Recognized payroll or accounting qualification (e.g., CIPP, Certified Payroll Professional, or regional equivalent)

Interviewing with Veeva We value your time and believe in a transparent hiring process. Here is the process you can expect.

• Follow the application process and submit your resume.
• Within 3 days, you will receive a link to a personality assessment administered by a third party.
• Once you complete the assessment, our team will review your full application package and follow up via email with our decision.
• If moving to the interview stage, the process is as follows:
  1. A conversation with the hiring manager
  2. A practical case exercise
  3. A final conversation with our group's Senior Leader.
• Once all interviews are complete, the manager will be in touch with a final decision.

Perks & Benefits

• Medical Cover
• Cafeteria
• Pension Plan

Compensation

• Total compensation: 10,500,000 - 16,500,000 HUF
• The total compensation range listed here has been provided to comply with local regulations and represents a potential total compensation range for this role. Please note that actual total compensation may vary within the range above or below, depending on experience and location. We look at compensation for each individual and base our offer on your unique qualifications, experience, and expected contributions. This position's total compensation may be composed of other types of compensation, such as variable bonus and/or stock bonus.

#RemoteHungaryVeeva’s headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world.As an equal opportunity employer, Veeva is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and growing a diverse workforce. Diversity makes us stronger. It comes in many forms. Gender, race, ethnicity, religion, politics, sexual orientation, age, disability and life experience shape us all into unique individuals. We value people for the individuals they are and the contributions they can bring to our teams.If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us at .

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