Senior Payroll Specialist

Senior Payroll Specialist

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

Role

Key Responsibilities

The candidates’ duties will include, but are not limited to:

· 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