Senior Accountant - Payroll (UK & USA)
Darlington
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Accountant to join a global business in Darlington. The role will be responsible for managing end-to-end payroll processing for employees across the UK and the USA entities, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant payroll delivery, including financial posting, month-end accounting support and analysis.
You will be responsible for:
* Administering end-to-end payroll cycles for UK, and USA including gross-to-net calculations, statutory deductions, benefit, and reporting.
* Ensuring payroll compliance with HMRC (UK), IRS/State Agencies (USA)
* Managing onboarding payroll setup for new hires in consultation with HR including tax codes, pensions, social security setup and regional equivalencies.
* Reconcile payroll outputs monthly including variance checks, internal audits, and correcting discrepancies.
* Coordinating with third-party payroll vendors and ensure SLA's and data accuracy standards are met in all regions.
* Maintaining payroll KPI's and performance dashboards for management.
You will/have:
* Deep understanding of UK PAYE/NIC, pension auto-enrolment, statutory leave pay, HMRC processes.
* Knowledge of US federal and state payroll law including FICA, FUTA, W-4, state-specific tax variations.
* Proficiency with multi-country payroll systems (e.g. Sage) & ERP accounting systems (e.g. Microsoft Dynamics).
* Advanced Excel capabilities including Pivot tables, Vlookups and payroll reconciliation formulas.
* Experience completing payroll audits and preparing documentation for internal/external auditors