EMEA Senior Payroll Advisor

This role sits within our clients the Payroll & Benefits team, which is made up of 5 specialists and 2 administrators across the function.

Key Responsibilities

• Day-to-day administration of UK payroll (iHCM2) including collating inputs, monitoring the processing cycle and ensuring sign off in a timely manner.
• Ensuring monthly pension/benefits enrolment data is correctly loaded onto payroll.
• Managing monthly Flex benefit changes in payroll.
• Sole responsibility for processing of 6 of the 12 European location payrolls on a rolling basis.
• Ownership of processes, risk controls and output for those dedicated countries.
• Active participation in and working towards becoming the SME for dedicated regions.
• Collating Inputs and working closely with other team members to cover payroll for Europe (France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Dubai, Sweden, Holland, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Israel, Cyprus using ADP Streamline).
• Liaising with payroll providers on country specific payroll requirements and queries.
• Preparing and ensuring payroll funding is administered for each region within specified timeframes.
• Working with financial controllers to ensure international payments are correctly allocated.
• Post payroll reporting.
• Supporting in the set up of new branch payrolls as the business continues to grow in headcount and expansion across Europe.
• Maintaining high level of customer service, responding to, and resolving employee queries in a concise and timely manner.
• Responsibility for UK annual filing compliance (P11D, Form 42, PSA, STBV).
• Responsibility for German annual filing compliance.
• Review and propose additional filing requirements and measures for all locations.
• Calculating tax due on stock vesting’s across UK and EMEA region, processing confirmation statements in HR System and ensuring correct taxes are withheld from employees.
• Creating manuals and procedures for stock vesting activities.
• Manual calculations, checks and submission of employee payments, as required.
• Liaising with the HR team and the wider business and serving as point of contact for employee payroll queries and requests.
• Maintaining and updating employment records (maternity, paternity, absences).
• Running periodical and adhoc reports from the HR system.
• Project management on various ongoing and future cross divisional projects.

Person Specification

The following skills and experience are required for this role:

Ideal Experience

• Strong Knowledge of UK payroll and legislation.
• Prior experience of European payrolls and processes.
• Knowledge of Tax Year End procedures for UK and Europe.
• Proven track record of owning regional payrolls & processes.
• Basic accounting knowledge as it relates to payroll.
• Project Management experience and proven project lead capabilities.
• Familiarity with SOX IPE Requirements.

Qualifications & Preferred Background

• You will have ideally worked at a large Financial Services firm.
• Knowledge of ADP payroll systems, PeopleSoft or Oracle Fusion an advantage.

Personal Attributes

• Time management.
• Deadline driven and able to manage multiple conflicting priorities.
• Excellent communication skills.
• High standard of integrity.
• High levels of energy, drive and an ethos of hard work.
• Good team player.
• Capability to work autonomously.