Macmillan Davies is excited to be supporting an international law firm in the search to hire a new Payroll Specialist in London or Hampshire.
The Payroll Specialist is responsible for the ownership of end-to-end payroll activities across all of our UK and International offices; processing monthly payrolls timely and accurately, analysing payroll results, management of payroll systems and resolving problems and issues. This position requires strong attention to detail and accuracy, ability to analyse, troubleshoot, and communicate key findings.
The client is looking for a strong team player with a great understanding of payroll who can work independently and partner with both HR and Finance.
Key responsibilities include:
* Ownership and responsibility of end-to-end monthly payroll processing across UK and International offices.
* Stakeholder management and collaboration with payroll providers for each respective country to ensure timely and accurate inputs to the processing.
* Manage and align local payroll calendars and deadlines with stakeholders and payroll providers.
* Liaise with internal stakeholders (HR, Finance, local Office Managers) to obtain and collate fixed and variable payroll-related data (from multiple data sources), including annual salary and bonus review data.
* Ensure submission of monthly payroll data (including employee data) is provided accurately, consistently and ahead of established deadlines in the required format (system interface, standard input templates) ensuring compliance documentation is provided.
* Review, approve and upload monthly payroll sign-off via third-party portal.
* Liaison with wider Finance and Tax team to ensure various extraordinary processes are accurately considered from a tax and payroll perspective.