Payroll Specialist
Location: Leicester
Competitive salary, Holidays, Pension & Benefits
Hours: This is a hybrid role that requires the successful candidate to be in our Leicester HQ office 2 days per week, 9:00am – 5:15pm.
What We’re Looking For
The successful candidate will be detail oriented, highly organised, and confident working in a fast paced environment. You will have a strong focus on accuracy, compliance, and delivering a high quality payroll service, alongside a passion for improving systems and processes.
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Payroll Specialist for the UK and Ireland to join Europcar at our Leicester office.
This role will take ownership of payroll operations and maintenance of our payroll systems and interfaces, internal and external reporting and payroll compliance activities across the business.
The successful candidate will play a key role in overseeing payroll activities for both UK and Ireland and will play a key role in supporting two payroll administrators, as well as the wider Compensation & Benefits function
This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive payroll professional who enjoys process improvement, systems development, accurate data management and working within a fast paced environment.
What we can offer you:
* Competitive Basic Salary
* Starting on 6 weeks holiday (including bank holidays), increasing with length of service
* Free on site car parking (subject to availability)
* Pension and a life insurance scheme
* Enhanced Maternity and Adoption Leave (subject to service and earning qualifications)
* Discounted car hire rates across our network
* 20% discount on EE mobile phone contracts*
* Discounted hotel rates through the Accor Group after 12 months service*
* Cycle2Work*
* Free annual eye tests
* Confidential legal and support service through BUPA
* Career progression and development
*forms part of current non contractual benefit offering
Key Responsibilities
* Support the Payroll Administration team on a day to day basis
* Oversee monthly payroll processing activities for UK & Ireland
* Ensure payroll activities are completed accurately and in line with Revenue requirements
* Support payroll year-end activities including P11D reporting, PAYE Settlement and statutory year end reporting
* Assist with payroll related projects, upgrades, testing, and implementations
* Support the development and maintenance of the interface between our HR & Payroll systems
* Work closely with the payroll system providers to manage upgrades, enhancements, and issue resolution
* Produce and distribute payroll and HR reports to support business requirements
* Identify opportunities for process improvement and operational efficiency
* Ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations
* Calculation of bonus payments
Skills & Experience Required
* Strong understanding of UK payroll processes and payroll legislation
* Experience working within a payroll function managing end to end payroll activities
* Excellent organisational and analytical skills
* Strong IT and systems capability, including the use of Excel or Google Sheets
* Ability to prioritise workloads and work independently
* Proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement
* Experience supporting or coordinating payroll teams or activities
Desirable
* Experience using the ResourceLink payroll system
* Experience using reporting tools such as Cognos or Business Objects
* Experience of operating Ireland payroll
Why Join Europcar?
At Europcar, we are committed to creating a supportive and collaborative environment where employees can develop and grow their careers. You’ll join a busy and evolving team where your expertise and ideas will make a real impact.
If you believe you have the skills and experience to succeed in this role, we would love to hear from you.
Apply today to join the Europcar team.