Payroll Accountant

Overview

Would you like to join our excellent, high-performing team?

About Sygna

Sygna is a fully independent, international leader in commissioning and technical project management. We specialise in delivering high-performance building solutions for data centres, commercial offices, gigafactories, pharmaceutical laboratories, and historic buildings. From project inception and commissioning to post-occupancy evaluation, we certify building services and technology systems, ensuring your design is delivered accurately, efficiently, and reliably.

December 2023 marked a significant milestone with the EMEA senior management team successfully completing a management buy-out (MBO) of Sygna (EMEA). Following the MBO, Sygna is experiencing record-breaking growth. Under the full ownership of our senior leadership team, we are committed to expanding our client relationships, delivering best-in-class commissioning services, and driving innovation in technical project management across global markets.

Why join Sygna?

Are you someone who takes pride in delivering outstanding results, possesses excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and has an exceptional eye for detail? If so, we want YOU to be a part of our team.

Key Responsibilities

• Payroll Management

• Collaborate to validate employee changes with the HR department.
• Check employees have agreed to changes and contract variations, completed onboarding per local country requirements, or offboarding processes and are confirmed as compliant.
• Co-ordinate the monthly payroll process across the EMEA entities and branches.
• Work collaboratively with our external payroll providers to deliver the monthly payroll and optimise solutions to deliver the best outcome for the business.
• Ensure adherence to tax laws, regulations, and company policies related to payroll.
• Highlight where taxable benefits are applicable to costs.
• Mobilise (and if required close) country payrolls in conjunction with the Finance Manager and Finance Director.
• Maintain accurate payroll records, KPI’s and financial documentation.
• Translate employee and employer costs to journals for finance.
• Oversee and conclude employee changes required in the time and attendance and finance system.
• Work with finance and the business analyst to update PowerBI reports as needed.
• Prepare payroll reports for management and assist with audits and regulatory reporting.
• To reconcile monthly within the ERP system, the payroll accounting entries to payments of net pay, taxes, social security and pensions along with recovery of loans and advances and salary sacrifice schemes.
• Be the subject matter expert for payroll, maintaining knowledge of internal and external developments.
• To identify and complete training required.

• Address employee inquiries regarding pay, deductions, and benefits professionally and efficiently.

• Working with key stakeholders across the business, identify opportunities to optimise payroll processes.
• Support the Commercial and Finance Directors to maintain policies relevant to payroll.
• Support the Finance Director and Digital Innovation team to maximise the use of AI tools to streamline payroll processes whilst adhering to the EU AI act and other statutory requirements.

• Support the finance department to deliver the payment of employee expenses, including adherence to country regulations for example per diem allowances.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance, or a related field.
• Professional certification (e.g. CIPP or AAT/ early stage ACCA or equivalent) preferred.
• Proven experience in payroll accounting and working with EU payroll providers.
• Proficiency with ERP software such as Microsoft Dynamics.
• Knowledge of labour laws, tax regulations, and accounting principles.
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Effective communication and interpersonal abilities.

Benefits

• Competitive Salaries
• Pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Regular employee socials
• Business travel insurance
• 25 days annual leave each calendar year (pro-rated from start date) plus bank holidays. After 5 years of service this will increase to 30 days.
• Buy or Sell Annual Leave Scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• Exclusive discounts on a wide range of products and services, including gift cards from brands like Argos, B&Q, Costa, M&S, and Sainsbury's.
• Referral Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Interest Free Travel Loan

Our clients trust us to ensure the highest standards are delivered and we are looking for people who have a can-do attitude and share our enthusiasm for exceeding customer expectations. If that sounds like you then let's talk. If this job is not quite right for you but you like Sygna as much as we do, then reach out to us too; We have ambitious plans, and you may be the perfect fit for the next stage of our adventure.

We offer a competitive remuneration package commensurate with qualifications and experience to the right candidate.

Note: The general responsibilities listed herein above are not exhaustive and as such additional duties, which are related to this position in the Company, may be added to the above list at the discretion of the EMEA Managing Director as and when it is deemed necessary. Similarly, as the company grows, there should be an expectation that job roles will be refined over time, to accommodate collaboration with new and existing colleagues. The schedule of delegated authority (SODA) applies to this role and shall always be adhered to without exception.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. The information provided will be treated in strict confidence. Personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only.