Payroll Specialist - 12 month FTC maternity cover
Marlow based - 3 days in the office, 2 working from home
Salary Guide: £32,000 - £34,000 (depending on experience)
Benefits: 25 days holiday, pension, health-care
This truly is a unique role to join one the worlds most impressive pharmaceutical companies, who are very proud of their achievements to date. Assisting the Payroll team of 6, you will be joining, initially on a 1 year FTC basis, to support the Payroll Manager (and also the HR team) with a c8,000 employee payroll. Ideally you will have previous UK experience of Payroll, ideally gained from working in a Corporate business, with large payrollers and be up to date with all recent payroll legislation changes.
The team are a very close, supportive and friendly team, and the Payroll and HR teams work very closely together, to support the UK&I multi-site business.
The successful Payroll Specialist will have a varied role - and your duties will include:
- Ensuring that all Payroll information (for new starters and existing employees) is correct and accurate
- Serve as one of the points of contact for any payroll queries from any employees or managers
- Ensuring that all Payroll data and salaries are correct and complete at all times, adhering to all the relevant contractual obligations
- Interact closely with colleagues within HR and Finance to provide quality services to staff internally
- Calculate any pay changes (pay rises etc), and any bonuses, ensuring HMRC guidelines are adhered to at all times
- Liaise with auditors, both internal and external whenever needed
- Ensure that all statutory payments are made correctly and on time, and any benefit in kind is declared and processed correctly
- Assist in the completion of payroll annual returns including P11Ds etc
- Respond professionally to employee payroll queries, providing excellent customer service to a diverse and demanding customer base
- Understand current payroll legislation changes and apply them to the payroll process
- Assist with any continuous improvement initiatives within the payroll systems and be a pro-active member of the Payroll team to adapt to any changes and updates
- Ad-hoc project and systems work
Desired Qualities:
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills
* Well-developed oral and written communication style
* Assumes responsibility and accountability
* Works collaboratively to achieve a desired outcome
* Process minded working approach
* Acts with integrity, is driven and proactive, driving high quality outputs
* Flexible attitude and ability to remain professional under pressure
Please do get in touch for more details. It is essential that you have recent UK Payroll experience and are currently a UK resident, for this Marlow based Payroll Specialist role, and ideally you will be available at short notice to commence this 12 month FTC. Long term permanent opportunities are also available, subject to sign off and performance.
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