Total Rewards & Payroll Specialist

Our Corporate Functions workforce is the lifeblood of the company and helps Accenture run like clockwork. As an organization, we embrace change and collaborate to help clients accelerate their digital journeys and create lasting, 360-degree value for all stakeholders across their enterprises—as well as our own. Accenture Corporate functions, spanning across seven functional areas – Human Resources, Finance, Geographic Services, Marketing & Communications, Legal, Information Security and CIO Organization - powers Accenture’s ability to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity. Join the heart and soul of Accenture, partnering with our extraordinary people to bring innovation into every organization. What You’ll Do We are currently seeking an experienced Total Rewards & Payroll who is looking for an exciting project with Accenture. Key Responsibilities: -Translate the enterprise Total Rewards strategy into local execution plans for Portugal, driving continuous improvement and market competitiveness. -Own the end-to-end compensation and payroll cycles, including salary reviews, promotions, adjustments, payroll processing, accounting, reconciliation, and system integration. -Lead benefits administration and optimization (medical, life, disability, retirement, flexible benefits, wellbeing), ensuring service quality and strong employee experience. -Provide market intelligence and analytics (benchmarks, surveys, scenario modeling, cost and impact analysis) to inform compensation structures, incentives, and budget planning. -Ensure full compliance with labor law, payroll regulations, tax and social security requirements, maintaining governance controls and audit readiness. -Draft, maintain, and operationalize Total Rewards and Payroll policies, frameworks, and guidelines, including salary ranges, job architecture, and eligibility rules. -Act as the primary Total Rewards & Payroll point of contact, managing escalations, exception handling, and partnering closely with HR, Talent, Finance, Legal, and external vendors. -Deliver clear reporting, dashboards, communications, and enablement materials to support informed decision-making by HR, managers, and business leaders. -Drive process standardization, automation, and continuous improvement through SOPs, quality controls, and simplification initiatives. What You Bring –Minimum 5 years of experience in Total Rewards, Compensation & Benefits, and Payroll. -Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Psychology, Business, Finance, or a related field. -Strong knowledge of compensation structures, incentives, benefits administration, payroll processes, and regional labor law. -Experience with pay equity diagnostics, recognition, and wellbeing programs. -Advanced Excel skills (formulas, pivot tables, data validation); strong numerical and analytical capabilities. -High attention to detail, ability to meet strict deadlines, and strong issue resolution and root-cause analysis skills. -Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex payroll and compensation topics to non-experts. - Fluent in Portuguese and English. Legal: Must own a valid work permit or EU/Schengen Space Nationality to legally work in Portugal What We Offer Health insurance Life Insurance and Pension Plan Programs Free medical services at the office (Physician, Nutritionist, Psychologist) Wellness programs Flexben Program (Support for Education, Kindergarden, Training, Technology, Health) Employee Share Purchase Plan Personalized training paths and access to Udemy and Plurisight Plataforms Flex-ability program (financial and flexible support for people with disabilities) Special banking conditions About Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at About Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at Declaração de Igualdade de Oportunidades de Emprego Acreditamos que ninguém deve ser discriminado por suas diferenças. Todas as decisões de contratação devem ser tomadas sem distinção de idade, raça, credo, cor, religião, sexo, nacionalidade, ascendência, deficiência, condição de veterano militar, orientação sexual, identidade ou expressão de gênero, informação genética, estado civil, cidadania ou qualquer outra condição protegida pela legislação aplicável. 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