Whether you're managing payroll across 20 countries, migrating legacy systems, or building compliance-first operations, we place the architects who engineer payroll excellence.
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Every country has its own tax codes, social contributions, pension requirements, and legislative frameworks. Your payroll director must navigate France's 35-hour week rules, Germany's Sozialversicherung, UK NI thresholds, and Singapore's CPF—simultaneously. One oversight cascades into audit failures and financial exposure.
Moving from legacy payroll (ADP, SAP legacy) to cloud-first platforms (Workday, Dayforce) requires architects who've managed 10,000+ employee migrations, parallel runs, and cutover weekends where every penny is watched.
You're coordinating with HRIS platforms, benefits administrators, tax compliance services, and financial reporting tools. The best payroll leaders build scalable integrations, not spreadsheet workarounds.
GDPR for employee data, right-to-work verification, automated tax filing, real-time information requirements—the regulatory landscape shifts monthly. Your payroll team must anticipate changes before they hit your payroll calendar.
P&L ownership for payroll operations across multiple territories.
System migrations, cutover management, parallel run coordination.
Multi-country regulatory expertise, tax strategy, audit readiness.
System consolidation, workflow redesign, end-to-end integration.
Processing expertise, reconciliation mastery, anomaly detection.
Operational excellence across regions, vendor management.
An FTSE 250 manufacturer faced urgent compliance risk: they were consolidating payroll operations from 20 fragmented legacy systems into a single Workday instance. They needed experienced payroll professionals in each geography—simultaneously—to validate data migration, manage cutover, and support regulatory sign-off.
Olympus sourced, vetted, and placed 20 candidates across France, Germany, UK, Spain, Netherlands, Scandinavia, Poland, and other regions. Each hire had proven experience in multi-country payroll, system implementation, and compliance. Deployment happened inside 14 days. The migration succeeded on schedule. Zero compliance failures.
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Our average time-to-hire for payroll leadership is 11 days from brief to offer acceptance. Multi-country roles take slightly longer due to regulatory verification and vendor reference checks, typically 15-18 days.
Experience in 3+ countries, proficiency with enterprise payroll platforms (Workday, SAP, Dayforce), demonstrated compliance expertise, and ability to manage stakeholders across HR, Finance, and IT. Cultural fit and system thinking matter as much as technical knowledge.
We assess prior migration experience, their approach to parallel runs and cutover planning, how they've handled regulatory signoff, and their ability to build internal training programs. We speak to CFOs and IT leads who've worked with them during transformation.
98% year-one retention. Payroll is a mission-critical function—candidates we place are typically energized by the scope and impact. We also ensure clear role expectations, growth pathways, and executive alignment before placement.
Let's discuss your payroll hiring challenges. Whether you're scaling, migrating, or building compliance-first, we have the right specialists.
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