Payroll Administrator

Deutsche Bank is a global banking business with strong roots in Germany and operations in over 70 countries. Their large but focused footprint gives an established position in Europe plus a significant presence in the Americas and Asia Pacific. There are four business divisions: the Corporate Bank, the Investment Bank, the Private Bank and the Asset Manager DWS.

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies. We partner with Deutsche Bank to support their contingent recruitment processes.

On behalf of Deutsche Bank, we are looking for a Payroll Administrator for an initial 6 month contract based in Birmingham. It will be a hybrid model.

Purpose of the role: To support the accurate and timely delivery of payroll operations across the UK, Ireland, and Sweden, ensuring all employee payments, tax reporting, and payroll transactions are processed in compliance with legislation and company policies. The role also provides payroll expertise and support to employees, HR teams, and key stakeholders while contributing to payroll audits, testing, and continuous process improvements.

What you'll do:

• Performing payroll tasks based on the payroll checklist and calendar accurately on time for UK, Ireland and Sweden payrolls.
• Assist with the processing together with end-to-end control of each payroll run, and of annual pay rounds and vesting share awards.
• Entering employee amendments including starters, leavers, bank detail changes, personal data, ad hoc payments/deductions, tax record amendments on the payroll system.
• Second level support for HR Direct, responding to payroll queries from UK and Ireland employees accurately on time.
• Provide accurate responses to the payroll queries to other HR sub functions.
• Perform payroll tax reporting to respective tax authorities accurately and on time.
• Producing tax information on a monthly and annual basis (P45 & P60).
• Support payroll team leader on year-end and other system change testing.
• Provide internal and external audit support to payroll team leader and payroll manager.

The skills you'll need:

• Experience in processing UK and / or Ireland payroll with the ability to perform manual payroll calculations.
• Strong administrative and interpersonal skills, as role liaises with internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent multi-tasking, organisational and follow-up skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong analytic and Microsoft Excel skills.
• SAP Payroll experience (desired).
• Experience in processing payroll for modified PAYE schemes (desired).

We promote good working relationships and encourage high standards of conduct and work performance. We welcome applications from talented people from all cultures, countries, races, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, beliefs, and generations and are committed to providing a working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation.