The Payroll Operations Senior Analyst / Specialist is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing, collating, and processing Benefits data in cooperation with multiple   Accenture parties. Observe compliance with legal and organizational requirements for Belgian employees. This position involves working as a liaison between HR, payroll, and various business units to make the necessary inputs into the payroll system and meet the deadlines.

Key Responsibilities

• New Hire Administration

• Leavers Administration

• Absences and Overtime Management

• Absence Types and Special Leave Management

• Lease Car Management

Payroll Closing process

• Prepare and process monthly HR payroll closing reports, including coding payroll closing files received from the HR Operations team into Blox Payroll System
• Manage the monthly order of meal vouchers, performing calculations during the payroll period and placing orders through Blox Payroll.
• Oversee cash requests for both off-cycle and in-cycle payroll payments as needed.
• Adhere to SOX process requirements, consulting the quality checklist to ensure all deadlines and compliance requirements are met.

SOX – Internal Controls

A series of internal controls on the data entered throughout the payroll preparation process and at the various stages of the payroll closing process should be prepared and approved by the Payroll Manager. The payroll Operations Specialist / Senior Analyst must report to the payroll Operations Lead to inform when tasks have been processed.

Required Skills and Competencies

• Thorough knowledge of Belgian payroll, social security, and labor law regulations.
• Proficiency in payroll systems (Eblox or similar), ProTime is a plus.
• Strong analytical skills for data validation, reporting, and auditing.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage large volumes of transactions.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills for cross-functional teamwork.
• Confidentiality and integrity in handling sensitive employee data.
• Adaptability to changing processes, deadlines, and legal requirements.
• MS Office skills, proficient in Excel 
• Trilingual is a plus (English considered as company language)

Reporting Relationships

• Reports to Payroll Manager or  Payroll Operations Lead.
• Collaborates with HR teams (local and offshore), Finance, Business Units, and external vendors (e.g., SD Worx, EY).

Performance Indicators

• Timeliness and accuracy of payroll processing and settlements.
• Compliance with legal and organizational requirements.
• Quality of audits, reporting, and discrepancy resolutions.
• Employee satisfaction with payroll administration.

Additional Information

This role is dynamic and requires a proactive approach to process improvements, constant monitoring of compliance standards, and readiness to support special projects or audits as needed. The Payroll Senior Analyst / Specialist plays a crucial role in ensuring a seamless employee experience and upholding the organization’s commitment to regulatory compliance and operational excellence.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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