About Decathlon Switzerland

Since 1976, Decathlon has been on a mission: "Moving People through the Wonders of Sport." Our global family includes 105,000 teammates, 2,000 stores in 70 countries, and 85 product brands. Our Swiss project started in 2016 and has rapidly grown to nearly 1,000 employees across 30 stores, supported by 5 key divisions (Logistics, E-commerce, Finance, HR, etc.).

We are currently looking for a Payroll & HR Administration specialist to join our HR team in Bussigny as a replacement. The HR department is composed of 20 teammates, with 7 dedicated to administration and payroll.

You will manage the payroll and HR administration for approximately 300 internal employees. This role requires a highly structured and dynamic professional who can manage both deep technical payroll expertise and hands-on administrative HR management.

1. HR administration management

• Manage the full employee lifecycle administration, including the drafting and editing of contracts, amendments, processing resignations, and issuing Employer Certificates
• Ensure accurate and timely administrative follow-up on source tax, family allowances, LPP, AVS, APG requests, and accident/sickness declarations

2. Payroll execution and compliance

• Execute the monthly payroll cycle for approximately 300 employees using Workday and Abacus
• Process and input payroll variables, managing employee data updates (new entries, amendments, terminations)
• Ensure full compliance with Swiss regulations concerning tax authorities and social insurances (LPP, AVS, etc.)

3. HR projects

• Actively contribute to key HR system projects such as Workday and e-planning improvements, or the Digital paryroll slip
• Oversee and manage the company car fleet 

Your profile

• You ideally have acquired knowledge in Swiss payroll and personal administration through your education or similar professional experience (a similar role is a significant plus).
• You are comfortable with numbers, at ease with IT tools, and ideally have experience with Workday and Abacus.
• You are extremely structured, reliable, rigorous, and discreet. You must be able to work autonomously and take initiative quickly.
• Fluent French and English are mandatory (our two working languages) and a good level of German (B1) is required. 
• Naturally, you are a practicing and passionate sportsperson!

Our recruitment process 

We believe in looking beyond the CV to assess potential and cultural fit. Our process is designed to be comprehensive and transparent:

• AssessFirst potential Assessment: We start with an online personality and potential test. This is an essential step to understand your natural motivators and behavioral traits, allowing us to look beyond the CV and ensure the role is truly a great fit for your potential.
• Interview 1 : With Louise  (Talent Acquisition Manager).
• Interview 2 : With Marine (Payroll Leader)
• Interview 3 : With Lionel (HR Director)
• Final decision for the recruitment process : mid-january at the latest 
• Start date : idealy early february, no later than the end of March 

If you are looking for a new challenge within a young, dynamic, and sports-oriented company with a great team, don't hesitate -> join us!