Senior Payroll Specialist - Sweden
Ingka ExternalSammanfattning
In this role, you will be a Senior Payroll Specialist at GFCI, focusing on enhancing payroll capabilities and processes. You will work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders to ensure compliance with payroll legislation and IKEA's policies. The position involves coordinating payroll processing, identifying process improvements, and providing expertise and training within the payroll team. This is a great opportunity for those with a strong payroll background looking to make a positive,Ansök senast: Öppet tillsvidare
Publicerad: 2026-08-04
Beskrivning
- Job ID: 346647
- Date posted: 04/08/2026 Who you are
We believe you have a minimum of 5 years of related experience, or a background in HR administration, with a solid understanding of payroll legislation, compliance requirements and payroll best practices. Experience from a multinational and matrixed organisation is preferred. You are a relationship builder who creates trust and collaboration across functions, countries and stakeholder groups. You bring a proactive, solution-oriented mindset and take ownership to move topics forward. You combine operational payroll expertise with the ability to see improvement opportunities and contribute to more effective ways of working. You are comfortable navigating change and ambiguity. With diplomacy, tenacity and clear communication, you build bridges, align stakeholders and consistently deliver high-quality results. What you'll bring: • Strong payroll operations expertise and understanding of payroll compliance. • A can-do mindset with curiosity, creativity and a practical problem-solving approach. • Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills. • Diplomacy and confidence in communication across functions, countries and levels. • Tenacity and resilience to move topics forward in a changing environment. • Consistency, accuracy and attention to detail in daily work. • Ability to balance hands-on operational work with process improvement and tactical thinking. • Experience collaborating in a multinational and multicultural context. • Strong English communication skills, both spoken and written.
Your responsibilities
As a Senior Payroll Specialist, you will play a key role in shaping and strengthening the payroll capability for GFCI (Group Functions, Centres and Investments), working collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders to establish sustainable processes, drive improvements and support the continued development of payroll services. Your main responsibilities will include: • Coordinate and support payroll processing, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, regulations, agreements and IKEA's (Ingka Group) policies and procedures. • Help co-establish and further develop the payroll capability for GFCI, including sustainable processes, routines and ways of working. • Collaborate with stakeholders and co-workers to gather information, resolve payroll-related topics and safeguard a positive co-worker experience. • Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize and optimize payroll processes, balancing operational delivery with a tactical improvement perspective. • Support the implementation of new initiatives, policies, services, systems and tools impacting payroll. • Contribute to knowledge sharing and capability building within the payroll team. • Provide subject matter expertise, guidance and training to managers and co-workers.
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Please note that due to GDPR reasons, we do not accept applications by email, and we want you to send us your application (CV and motivation letter) in English. We look forward to receiving your application and will review candidates continuously, so please submit your application as soon as possible but no later than the 17th of August 2026. Studies show that members of underrepresented communities do not apply for jobs unless they are 100% "qualified". If this is part of the reason you hesitate to apply, we would like to consider and give it a chance. Maybe your profile fits our needs much better than you think. We look forward to receiving your application. [From: "Why Women Don't Apply for Jobs Unless They're 100% Qualified" by Tara Sophia Mohr, August 2014]
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Senior Payroll Specialist - Sweden
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