Business Analyst / Process Manager

Syensqo is all about chemistry. We’re not just referring to chemical reactions here, but also to the magic that occurs when the brightest minds get to work together. This is where our true strength lies. In you. In your future colleagues and in all your differences. And of course, in your ideas to improve lives while preserving our planet’s beauty for the generations to come.

Syensqo’s Global Business Services (GBS) is an integral part of our organization, delivering Finance, Procurement, Human Resources, Credit Management, Payroll, Time Management, and Transformation services worldwide. As we continue to evolve and expand our impact, we invite you to join a dynamic, collaborative, and forward-thinking environment—where your expertise will directly shape the future of our GBS organization.

We’re looking for:

We are looking for a high-impact Business Analyst / Process Manager to join a strategic, enterprise-wide Payroll & Time Transformation program.

This is not a BA support role — it is a transformation role at the heart of simplifying, standardizing, and modernizing payroll and time processes across multiple countries.

You will work cross-functionally with HR, Payroll, IT, Finance, GBS, and external vendors to redesign processes, reduce complexity, and enable automation at scale.

Reporting to the Payroll Transformation Project Lead, you will act as the expert across all transformation streams, driving end-to-end process redesign, supporting data harmonization, and ensuring alignment between business, systems, and vendor execution to deliver simplified, standardized, and scalable Payroll & Time solutions.

This is an opportunity to shape the global payroll and time landscape of a large organization and drive measurable business impact.

We’ll count on you to:

• Lead end-to-end process mapping (As-Is & To-Be) across payroll and time streams
• Identify structural simplification and automation opportunities
• Drive data harmonization (leave, bonus, basic pay, work schedules)
• Strengthen and implement controls to enable first-time-right payroll
• Support wave-based implementation and stabilization
• Contribute to vendor governance and performance improvement

You Will Bring:

• 5+ years’ experience in Payroll, HRIS, or Process Transformation
• Strong understanding of end-to-end payroll lifecycle (multi-country preferred)
• Experience with process modelling tools (Signavio preferred)
• Structured thinker who can challenge legacy complexity
• Comfortable operating in transformation environments
• Fluency in English (written and spoken); additional languages are a plus.

You Will Get:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• The Portuguese annual base salary reasonably expected to be paid for this new hire is €35,600 to €50,700.  Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as skills, experience, qualification and internal equity and can ultimately be more or less than the posted salary range. Total compensation for this role also include bonus and/or other incentives. 
• 16 weeks of maternity, paternity, or co-parenting leave, according to the local regulations
• Leadership development, well-being, and professional growth programs.

Additional Information:

• Location: Lisbon
• Working model: Hybrid

About us

• Syensqo is a science company developing groundbreaking solutions that enhance the way we live, work, travel and play. Inspired by the scientific councils which Ernest Solvay initiated in 1911, we bring great minds together to push the limits of science and innovation for the benefit of our customers, with a diverse, global team of more than 13,000 associates. Our solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices and health care applications. Our innovation power enables us to deliver on the ambition of a circular economy and explore breakthrough technologies that advance humanity.
• At Syensqo, we seek to promote unity and not uniformity. We value the diversity that individuals bring and we invite you to consider a future with us, regardless of background, age, gender, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, ability or identity. We encourage individuals who may require any assistance or accommodations to let us know to ensure a seamless application experience. We are here to support you throughout the application journey and want to ensure all candidates are treated equally. If you are unsure whether you meet all the criteria or qualifications listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply.