People Experience

No Relocation Assistance Offered

Job Number #176501 - Anzio, Lazio, Italy

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specialising in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets, and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under globally recognized brands. We are celebrated for our leadership in sustainability, community wellbeing, and our unwavering commitment to living our core values.

Global People professionals are consistently drawn to Colgate-Palmolive by the exceptional opportunities for career advancement and a strong alignment with our purpose-driven company Values: We are Caring, We are Inclusive, We are Courageous . Within our Global People function, we foster a culture of high trust and autonomy, ensuring you feel empowered to make impactful decisions and directly influence our broader strategic priorities while building a fulfilling, long-term career.

Title: People Experience – Payroll Partner Italy

Location: Anzio (RM) Italy

Role Summary

As the Payroll Partner Italy, you will serve as the dedicated subject matter expert and operational lead for end-to-end payroll management across all Colgate-Palmolive legal entities in Italy. Operating across both manufacturing and commercial/shared services environments, you will guarantee 100% operational precision, regulatory compliance, and seamless execution of payroll operations across distinct national collective agreements and employee groups.

In this role, you will act as the key partner for an effective payroll execution partnering with the People (Human Resources) and Finance function teams. You will maintain rigorous adherence to Italian labor legislation, statutory social security frameworks (INPS, INAIL), local tax structures, and diverse National Collective Bargaining Agreements (CCNLs). Additionally, you will play a central role in optimizing payroll accounting and supporting the organization in budgeting processes.

The role reports to the Sr. Manager, People Experience (Human Resources) – Western & Southern Europe Countries.

Responsibilities

1. End-to-End Italian Payroll Operations & Audit

• Lead the accurate and timely monthly payroll execution, entry, and validation for the approx. 600 employees within the assigned legal entities.
• Validate complex payroll inputs across commercial and plant populations, including variable pay, fringe benefit, shift indemnities, overtime allowances, leave accruals, expatriate payroll topics, internships, etc
• conduct rigorous auditing and reconciliation with external payroll service providers to ensure zero-defect processing and strict compliance with global SOX standards.

2. Statutory Compliance, CCNL & Regulatory Management

• Serve as the primary payroll topics expert driven by Italian National Collective Bargaining Agreements (CCNLs), mainly Chemical and Commerce.
• Play an active role in paperwork preparation on employee life cycle processes, ie hiring/termination, transfers etc
• Grant compliance on statutory leaves (parental leave, sick leave, injury) and ensure proper management of government with relevant authorities (INPS, INAIL).
• Grant compliance on mandated government reporting (ie ISTAT)

3. Third Party Management

• Oversee day-to-day operations and SLA accountability of external payroll providers, driving smooth communication flows, high service quality, and strict data accuracy as well as grant compliance on mandatory labor law communications
• Serve as the primary point of contact for employee’s payroll topics onboarding and inquiries regarding payslips, tax deductions, leave balances, and benefits calculations.
• Partner closely with the People team (HR) to ensure accurate implementation of local union agreements, shopfloor tariffs, collective bonus and local policies.
• Support labor inspections, internal/external compliance audits, and any third parties request related to payroll data.

4. Systems Optimization & Financial Reporting

• Ensure accurate maintenance and upda