In short
This position manages local employee taxation, statutory compliance, labor law adherence, and government liaison across Francophone African countries. The role requires expertise in legislation, payroll governance, statutory filings, and stakeholder management to ensure regulatory compliance and operational excellence. The candidate will liaise with government authorities, auditors, vendors, and internal teams for accurate and compliant payroll operations.
Responsibilities
- Interpret and apply local payroll legislation, employment laws, and statutory regulations across Francophone African countries.
- Ensure compliance with income tax, social security, pension, labor law, mandatory employee benefits, leave, and severance regulations.
- Manage statutory registrations, renewals, and ongoing compliance activities.
- Coordinate timely submission of monthly and annual tax filings, statutory reports, employee tax certificates, and social security declarations.
- Monitor legislative changes and implement payroll and process updates.
- Act as the primary liaison with tax authorities, labor departments, social security offices, government agencies, and regulatory bodies.
- Coordinate government inspections, audits, statutory inquiries, and compliance-related escalations.
- Support internal and external payroll audits while maintaining accurate payroll records and audit documentation.
- Ensure compliance with internal controls, governance standards, company policies, and payroll procedures.
- Partner with payroll vendors, Finance, HR, Legal, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality payroll services.
- Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, controls, and operational efficiency.
- Support payroll reporting, compliance analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Payroll Management.
- Local Payroll Taxation.
- Labor Law.
- Statutory Compliance.
- Government & Regulatory Liaison.
- Payroll Governance.
- Social Security Regulations.
- Payroll Audits.
- Risk & Compliance Management.
- Stakeholder Management.
- Vendor Management.
- Financial Acumen.
- Business Acumen.
- Data Analytics.
- Process Improvement.
- Internal & External Communication.
- Ethics and Compliance.
- Attention to Detail.
- Problem Solving.
- English Language.
- French Language (Fluent).
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Finance, Accounting, Law, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Professional certification in Payroll, Taxation, or Labor Law is considered an advantage.
- 8–12 years of payroll and statutory compliance experience.
- Solid experience managing payroll operations across multiple West African countries.
- SAP
- Workday
- Oracle HCM
- Advanced Microsoft Excel
- Payroll reporting and dashboard tools
- Experience supporting payroll and statutory compliance activities in one or more of the following countries: Morocco, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali.
Benefits
- You’ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You’ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.
- Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do.
- We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth.
- We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team.
- Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Skills
Payroll ManagementLocal Payroll TaxationLabor LawStatutory ComplianceGovernment & Regulatory LiaisonPayroll GovernanceSocial Security RegulationsPayroll AuditsRisk & Compliance ManagementStakeholder ManagementVendor ManagementFinancial AcumenBusiness AcumenData AnalyticsProcess ImprovementInternal & External CommunicationEthics and ComplianceAttention to DetailProblem SolvingEnglish LanguageFrench LanguageSAPWorkdayOracle HCMMicrosoft Excel
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Company
EricssonJob Posted
2 hours ago
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
On Site
Experience Level
Mid-Senior
Locations
Dakar, Senegal
Rabat, Morocco
Qualification
Bachelor
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