Job Description

General Information

Job ID
31097
Location
Belgrade, Serbia, Budapest, Hungary, Cape Town, South Africa, Katowice, Poland, Novi Sad, Serbia, Poland, Romania, Subotica, Serbia, Warsaw, Poland
Work Types
Permanent
Categories
Client Onboarding, Entity Management
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About TMF Group

TMF Group is a leading provider of administrative services, helping clients invest and operate safely around the world. As we're a global company with 12,000+ colleagues based in over 125 offices across 87 jurisdictions, we actively seek out people with the talent and potential to flourish at TMF Group, whatever their background, and offer job opportunities to the broadest spectrum of people. Once on board we nurture and promote talented individuals, making sure that senior positions are open to all.

Discover the Role

As the HR & Payroll Global Project Manager

, you will lead the development and enhancement of global HR & Payroll onboarding practices. Your role will involve:

Driving improvements

in HRP implementation and onboarding best practices through active contribution, initiative, and collaboration.

Enhancing global standards

to boost efficiency, productivity, and quality across HR & Payroll processes.

Optimizing existing workflows and creating new ones

, including process maps, written procedures, and SOPs, while also creating documentation where none currently exists.

This position requires a proactive mindset, strong process orientation, and a passion for continuous improvement in a global context.

Key Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end delivery of HR & Payroll onboarding projects using best practice methodologies Ensure project governance, risk management, issue resolution, and quality assurance Act as primary contact for clients and internal teams across assigned projects Build strong stakeholder relationships through clear, consistent communication Develop and manage detailed project plans, timelines, and resource allocation Maintain essential documentation (RAID logs, stakeholder lists, governance plans) Identify and mitigate project risks; manage scope changes via formal processes Ensure smooth project closure with full documentation and handover to BAU teams Coordinate setup of SLAs, KPIs, billing, and tool access for operational readiness

Key Requirements

Key technical skills

Agile PM (Foundation and/or Practitioner) / Prince 2/ Lean Six Sigma / other project management certification is mandatory Advanced proficiency of MS Project Online, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word Intermediate proficiency of MS PMO, Power BI, MS Visio & CRM Knowledge of HR and Payroll processes, understanding from a generalists' perspective how payroll is set up, structure, dependencies, implications, outputs and timelines Basic understanding of HRP interfaces Fluency in English (written & oral), additional languages are a plus Flexible to manage multi-country, multi-regional complex projects

Experience and Qualifications

Minimum 5+ years' experience in HR/Staffing Industry or worked in a local or global payroll environment, with clear understanding of payroll processing Minimum of 3+ years' experience in a project management role within the global services sector Bachelor's degree in a related field

What's in it for you?

Pathways for Career Development

Work with colleagues and clients around the world on interesting and challenging work.


We provide internal career opportunities, so you can take your career further within TMF.


Continuous development is supported through global learning opportunities from the TMF Business Academy.

Making an Impact

You'll be helping us to make the world a simpler place to do business for our clients.


Through our corporate social responsibility program, you'll also be making a difference in the communities where we work.

A Supportive Environment

Strong feedback culture to help build an engaging workplace.


Our inclusive work environment allows you to work from our offices around the world, as well as from home, helping you find the right work-life balance to perform at your best.



We're looking forward to getting to know you!

We're looking forward to getting to know you!