Payroll & Benefits Specialist

Job Description

We have a new opportunity to join our growing People team based in London. We are looking for an experienced Payroll & Benefit Specialist to manage two of our European payrolls and assist with the UK payrolls across various business entities.

You will bring your experience of managing international, and implementing effective payroll policies, processes, and working practices to ensure a first-class approach to compensation and benefits at CFC.

About the Role

This role will manage the Spanish and Netherlands payroll and benefit processes whilst assisting with the UK. You will collaborate with third party providers and work closely alongside our coordinator to be the first point of contact for any payroll/benefits queries whilst handling any complex payroll and benefit issues with service vendors to help us optimise our approach to payroll and benefits. You will also be responsible for:

• Ensure we continue to meet our statutory obligations, build and maintain a good working knowledge of any legislative changes across multiple payrolls.
• Inputting of joiners, leavers, salary changes, pension contributions/allowances, sick pay, maternity and paternity leave/pay and variable pay changes (such as sign-on bonuses, ex-gratia payments etc.);
• Regularly review payroll processing practices, policies and procedures and look for new ways to ensure that we maintain a robust and compliant approach to payroll processing and management for all regions;
• Working closely with HR and Finance teams for any payroll related tasks, reconciliation and approvals.
• Working with and managing our vendor relationships for ADP Celegro, ensuring that the vendor deliver against agreed fully managed SLAs;
• Responsible for administration of employee benefit plans for employees in our London, and International offices and work closely with our benefit plan insurers and providers to update employees on changes to plans;
• Work alongside our co-ordinator and be the first point of contact in HR for employee queries on benefit plans (income protection, life insurance, pension, medical insurance, family friendly policies – maternity/paternity pay and voluntary benefits);
• Complete frequent reconciliations between HR and Payroll systems for Employee Details, Benefit Deductions, absences, pension contributions
• Assist with start and end of year tasks for all European and UK entities

About You

• This Payroll & Benefit Specialist position will suit a candidate who has at least 5 years’ experience of processing European payrolls and experience within a UK payroll process, along with a benefit plan administration.
• You will most likely have strong experience of major payroll systems such as ADP Celergo, as well as strong knowledge of statutory requirements relating to UK payroll and preferably a broad understanding of other international payrolls.
• Highly competent in all areas of Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Excel.
• Most importantly you will be a team player with good planning and priorisiation skills but confident working alone on projects.