Business Process / Payroll Outsourcing (BPO) Operations Team Lead

Highlights

Country

Remote

Employment

full-time

Salary

Negotiable

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Job Description

Supervises a team of consultants and manages the BPO department. Supports key accounts and acts as the key point-of-contact (POC) with the channel partners on operational matters.

Responsibilities

• Managerial/Supervisory:
  • Manages/Supervises the team of BPO consultants and supports them in their day-to-day activities.
  • Monitors the workload of the department/team and assigns accounts to the consultants.
  • Makes recommendation to the management for improving the efficiency and quality of the service delivery.
  • Provides and/or organizes internal training sessions to the consultants to improve their qualifications and skills.
  • Supports the management in identifying consultant with high performance potential, as well as
    consultants who are under-performing.
  • Prepares periodic reports to the management with respect to the operational and managerial issues encountered and identifies issues that require management actions.
  • Ensures that the clients are invoiced in accordance to the service agreements and on a timely basis.
• Key Account Management:
  • Personally, manages and supervises service delivery for the Key Accounts (KAs).
  • Acts as the central POC for the KAs for any operational or service delivery issues.
  • Ensures that KAs service delivery issues are addressed promptly, while maintaining high levels of KAs satisfaction.
  • Constantly monitors the KAs satisfaction rate through personal contact and annual KA satisfaction surveys.
  • Makes recommendations to the management for the improvement of KAs retention rate and service delivery quality.
• Service Delivery Quality:
  • Is responsible for implementing new accounts that have been assigned to her/him in accordance with the new account implementation guidelines.
  • Makes sure that the new accounts are implemented within the provided implementation timeframe and in accordance with the implementation schedules agreed upon with the clients.
  • Ensures that all service delivery issues, and customization requirements are addressed during the implementation and that any errors or issues uncovered during the test payroll run(s) are investigated thoroughly and addressed properly.
  • Documents all account implementation and/or payroll processing related processes in an accountspecific Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
  • Monitors that payrolls are processed accurately and in a timely manner by the consultants.
  • Ensures that client and statutory reports are delivered on time.
  • Identifies any service delivery issues that need to be elevated with the management, client and/or channel partners.
  • Monitors the compliance with Mercans’ internal and channel partners’ (when applicable) Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
  • Performs quality assurance checks during the implementation of new accounts and on an ongoing basis for active clients.
  • Ensures service delivery compliance with the ISO and SOC2 requirements.
  • Ensures compliance with applicable payroll tax and labor law requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions.
  • Ensures that internal SOPs and statutory regulations summaries are continuously updated and reflect the latest regulations.
  • Answers consultants’ procedural questions by researching and interpreting SOPs and statutory regulations.
  • Maintains customer confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
  • Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.

Qualifications / Skills

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Accounting or Human Resources Administrations.
• Masters’ degree; e.g. MBA, M.Sc., etc.
• Minimum of 10 years of BPO or professional services experience with a global accounting or outsourcing services provider.
• At least 5 years of experience in the Dutch or EU payrolls.
• At least 3 years of experience with the implementation of global payroll outsourcing projects.
• Holder of a project management or equivalent certification; e.g. PMP, PRINCE2, CAPM, etc.