Global Process Owner - Time and Absence

Introduction to the Job

Now is the time to join ASML Business Services, People Operations. As our business continues to grow and evolve, People Operations is transforming its services to deliver a consistent, compliant and high-quality experience for employees and managers worldwide.

As Global Process Owner Time and Absence, you will own the global process framework for work schedules, time registration, leave and absence administration, and time-to-payroll interfaces. You will create global consistency while providing clear governance for legitimate legal and regional differences.

Role and Responsibilities

You are accountable for the design, performance and continuous improvement of the global Time and Absence processes owned and executed by People Operations.

You will:

• Own the global framework for work schedules, time registration and corrections, overtime, leave and absence registration, leave balances and time-to-payroll interfaces.
• Define global standards and minimum process requirements, while governing differences arising from legislation, collective labor agreements and local working arrangements.
• Translate policy, legal and business requirements into scalable Level 4 processes and Level 5 work instructions.
• Maintain clear process documentation, controls, ownership, decision rights and handovers.
• Define the global Time and Absence roadmap and prioritize improvements based on employee impact, risk, compliance, and business value.
• Establish and monitor KPIs for data accuracy, payroll readiness, timeliness, correction volumes, employee experience, and efficiency.
• Use process data, recurring cases, and employee feedback to identify root causes and deliver structural improvements.
• Reduce manual corrections, rework and avoidable employee and manager inquiries.
• Lead standardization, simplification, automation and self-service initiatives.
• Partner with Payroll to ensure reliable time-to-payroll interfaces, data quality and clear cut-off management.
• Partner with IT to translate process requirements into system capabilities, integrations and configuration principles.
• Ensure processes are compliant by design and aligned with internal control, privacy, security and audit requirements.
• Assess the impact of legislative, policy and technology changes and coordinate implementation across regions.
• Provide process leadership during implementations and transformation programs.
• Act as the escalation point for structural and cross-regional process issues.
• Build an effective global Time and Absence process community.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in HR, Business Administration, Operations Management, Information Management or a related field.
• At least 7 years of relevant experience in Time and Absence, workforce management, payroll, HR operations or global process ownership.
• Strong understanding of work schedules, time registration, leave administration and time-to-payroll dependencies.
• Experience working across countries with different legal and operational requirements.
• Experience designing and improving processes in a shared-services or global business-services environment.
• Experience with HR or workforce-management platforms such as Workday and service-management platforms such as ServiceNow.
• Experience leading process or technology changes involving HR, Payroll, IT, employees and managers.
• Knowledge of Lean or comparable continuous-improvement methodologies is an advantage.

Skills

• Strong end-to-end process, governance and analytical capabilities.
• Ability to balance global standards with legitimate local requirements.
• Strong stakeholder-management and influencing skills.
• Ability to translate complex policy, legal and system requirements into practical processes.
• Strong control and data-quality mindset.
• Clear communication and facilitation skills, with fluency in English.
• Structured, pragmatic and confident challenging legacy practices.
• Collaborative mindset aligned with ASML’s values of Challenge, Collaborate and Care.

Other Information

The role is part of the Global Operational Excellence team within People Operations, ASML Business Services. It provides the opportunity to improve processes employees and managers use every day, while directly influencing payroll accuracy, compliance and employee experience.

Interested? Please apply with your English CV and cover letter, outlining your relevant experience and motivation.

Inclusion and diversity

ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that inclusion and diversity is a driving force in the success of our company.

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