Senior French payroll consultant · Silae · DSN · Collective agreements
I'm Maryam Dieng, a French payroll expert with 10+ years at accounting firms, at a payroll software vendor and for an international payroll platform. I help international companies get French payroll right: I take over at short notice, run it from the first cycle and hand it back stable and documented. In English.
First call free · Reply within 2 business days · Quote on request, no commitment
Who I work with
Collective agreements, monthly DSN filings, mandatory benefits, paid leave rules: French payroll has its own logic. I bridge the gap between French rules and international teams.
Typical situation: your first French hires, a subsidiary, and no one in-house who knows French payroll.
Typical situation: your French portfolio is growing, or your payroll lead just left.
Typical situation: your client needs an autonomous French payroll expert, now.
Services
Every assignment starts with a free 30-minute scoping call. Scope, duration and deliverables are agreed in writing before work begins.
Understaffed payroll teams · EOR providers
A multi-client French portfolio taken over and run without a learning curve. Variable pay, joiners and leavers, sick leave, DSN: payroll stays on schedule.
Deliverable: payroll produced and checked, issues flagged at each closing.
Request supportFrench entities · payroll providers
Fast takeover of a fragile payroll scope, anomalies identified, payroll stabilised. The goal: payroll you can trust, with full documentation.
Deliverable: a permanent file per client and an end-of-assignment report.
Stabilise a portfolioAfter errors · before or after a software migration
Review of payslips and settings on high-risk topics: paid leave, final settlements, mandatory benefits, sick leave and subrogation, corrections.
Deliverable: diagnosis, prioritised correction plan, hands-on support.
Request an auditAfter a departure · while building a French payroll function
Interim management: leading the team and the production, procedures, closing calendar, upskilling payroll officers.
Deliverable: an organised, documented payroll function, ready to hand over.
Discuss an interim roleExpertise
Production, management and tooling, practised at accounting firms, at a SaaS payroll vendor and for an international platform.
Syntec, construction, hospitality, retail and more. Daily multi-client, multi-agreement payroll.
Production, controls and volumes up to 600 payslips per month on Silae. Also Nibelis and Sage Paie.
3.5 years managing a payroll and HR team at an accounting firm: officers, assistants, production, quality.
Monthly DSN filings, DPAE, URSSAF compliance, regulatory watch applied to payroll.
Paid leave, final settlements, mandatory benefits, sick leave and employer subrogation, corrections.
Autonomous from the first days. 13 to 15 client portfolios taken over in a single assignment.
Clear explanations of French rules to English-speaking HR, finance and leadership teams.
Payroll consultant at a SaaS vendor: main client contact, product input, translating payroll rules into tool requirements.
Procedures, onboarding, closing calendar. Direct client relationship in French and English.
Method
A proven approach on portfolios of several hundred payslips per month.
30-minute call: scope, agreements, volumes, calendar, tool access. Written proposal on quote.
Autonomous takeover of the portfolio. The current cycle is delivered without a learning curve.
Controls, anomaly fixes, corrections. Every client gets an up-to-date permanent file.
Procedures, watch points and an end-of-assignment report: your team is ready to take it from here.
Recent assignment
Freelance Payroll Expert France for an international payroll and HR platform (EOR), through a global recruitment firm. September 2025 to March 2026.
Client and intermediary not named, out of respect for contractual confidentiality.
Background
Sept. 2025 · March 2026
Freelance · international payroll and HR platform
Took over 13 to 15 client portfolios, around 600 payslips per month on Silae, English-speaking environment.
2018 · 2023
NL & Associés, accounting firm
Managed payroll officers and assistants, multi-client and multi-agreement payroll (250 to 400 payslips per month), audits, corrections, process improvement.
2017 · 2018
Batt et Associés, accounting firm, Paris
Multi-agreement portfolio: variable pay, sick leave, social declarations.
2014 · 2017
Nibelis, SaaS payroll software vendor
300+ payslips per month, main client contact, product input.
2007 · 2015
Accounting firm and companies
A solid accounting base for payroll: reconciliations, trial balance review, VAT.
FAQ
Both. On site in the Paris area, remotely anywhere in France, or a mix depending on your setup.
Silae at expert level, as well as Nibelis and Sage Paie. The takeover method stays the same whatever the tool.
Yes. I work in English with HR, finance and leadership teams, and explain French payroll rules in plain terms. Payroll itself is produced in French, as required in France.
On quote, based on scope, payslip volume, collective agreements and duration. The first 30-minute call is free and without commitment.
As an independent consultant (French sole proprietorship). I can contract directly or through a recruitment firm or an intermediary.
I work inside your tools and under your access rules. No employee data goes through this website: please do not attach payslips or personal employee information to the form.
No. I apply French social regulations in payroll and inform you about payroll-related obligations. For legal advice, I will point you to a lawyer or your accountant.
Contact
Tell me about your situation in a few lines. You will get a reply within 2 business days to set up a free 30-minute call.