The Manager, HR Services Audit & Compliance, will assist in the execution of FME's compliance program through designing, aligning and rolling-out our HR Services Audit & Compliance program. The role will lead a team who will undertake activities to prevent, detect and respond to emerging risk. The role will partner with global and local teams to define and implement controls, drive third-party management, audits and follow up on remediation measures. Your tasks: - Lead team of Business Analysts including but not limited to establishing goals, assigning tasks and maintaining schedules - Design, develop and execute HR Services Audit and Compliance strategy - Accountable for developing HR Services Audit and Compliance framework - Create and rollout programs to achieve strategic vision - Partner with senior stakeholders to determine framework and execution of Global Internal Audit (GIA) intake and coordination for HR Services (HR Managers, HR Operations, Payroll Operations) ? - Ultimately accountable for global internal controls design and implementation for HR Services? - Provide guidance on local HRS internal controls in alignment to global design and determine if need to remain as local controls? - Lead discussions with HR and Payroll Global Process Owners on wider global HR and payroll process designs discussions and HR Service model transition efforts - Oversee team's administration of periodic audit of Workday, Payroll and Time & Attendance security roles?, - Collaborate with teams to solution audit findings? - determine preventive and corrective actions on both local, regional and global levels - Partner with stakeholders to validate new legislative changes and company policies on processes as well as HR, Payroll, Time & Attendance systems to meet compliance - Collaborate with Internal Controls, Information Security, Compliance and Data Privacy to ensure third party contracts and business resiliency management plans are complete and align with Fresenius' standards - Act as an escalation for all HR Service teams to resolve compliance related incidents such as but not limited to data breaches, incorrect regulation interpretation affecting pay calculation etc. - Oversee, coordinate and report corporate HR risk management semi-annually? - Accountable for the design and coordination of pre-audit readiness assessment procedures; executed quarterly? - Drive business management and communication plans and standards for data security incidents (i.e., data breach, data loss) - Conceptualize and lead HR Service audit and compliance related training - Coordinate and liase with external third parties on audit activities - Develop and maintain job aids, checklists and other tools to facilitate execution - Communicate updates, system and business changes to stakeholders as needed - Collaborate with Quality Assurance and Knowledge Management on wider HR governance quality framework - Validate internal and SOX standards and controls are met - Take lead consultant role in projects where data handling process flows are being adjusted - Oversee team's project work where database migrations or security protocols are impacted - Support vendor relationship management including escalation management within respective field - Other tasks as assigned by the manager Requirements: - Bachelor's degree or equivalent business experience preferred - 6 years' professional experience either within an HR environment or Audit/Compliance role - Multi-country experience with designing or executing internal or external audit and compliance tasks - Experience with validating policy or legal changes on processes - Experience in implementation of HR or payroll audit/compliance framework - Nice to have: experience in HR Service model adoptions or M&A activity - Nice to have: experience in creation of business resiliency management plans - Nice to have: experience with working with multiple external auditors - strong analytical skills to critically evaluate information - team player but also able to work independently - Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across functions to drive teams towards success-based results - focused, goal driven, accountable, and exhibit significant attention to detail - HR and/ or Payroll process knowledge - Understanding of SOX, GDPR, data protection, compliance frameworks, audit flows - Microsoft tools - HCM systems, preferably Workday - Preferably ticketing systems, such as ServiceNow - Fluent English - Preferred additional European language - Flexibility in working hours to cover global timezones - Willingness to travel for on-site workshops