**This is a 6 month full time contract**
Life’s Good at LG!
At LG, we deliver products and services that make lives better, easier and happier through increased functionality and fun. Put simply, we offer the latest innovations to make “Life Good” – from home appliances, consumer electronics and mobile communications to business innovations in digital signage, air conditioning and LED lighting. As a global leader, we strive for greatness in product leadership, market leadership and people leadership to realize our growth strategies.
We strongly believe that our people’s competitive spirit, proactive leadership, and expertise helps drive the company forward. As such, LG is the right place for you if:
You are a smart cookie. You like to dig into the data and find creative solutions.
You are motivated and driven. You thrive on a challenge and want to be No. 1.
You are a people person. You like helping people out and you want to understand where they’re coming from.
You’re honest and you will speak up (politely, of course!), but you do it because you care and because it’s the right thing to do.
The Opportunity
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced, efficient and organised Payroll professional to join our Human Resources team as Payroll and Benefits Specialist. You will work within our HR team – and your main responsibility will be to administer the monthly processing of the payrolls for UK and Ireland.
You will be responsible for managing the payroll schedule from data collection at the start of the cycle through to completion of post-commit reporting and responsibilities. You will work closely with finance teams at month end and during audits. Driving the administration of annual cycles of pay review and management of bonus and commission schemes. Your responsibilities will include the management of employee benefits including pension and health insurance schemes, liaising with third parties and employees. Working within the team you will support with some of the administration functions to ensure that data maintained is accurate across systems and that regular audits of data are undertaken.
Your Role & Responsibilities
* Payroll & Benefits Administration
* Accurate and timely maintenance of the payroll database including starters, leavers and amendments ensuring each payroll runs accurately and in line with the timetable – identify and correct errors ensuring payslips are checked against submissions
* Ensure that all paperwork and the monthly payroll spreadsheet is completed by the cut-off date each month and changes are processed within the payroll portal –verify all changes are appropriately approved
* Manage overtime, holiday and sickness records for payroll processing
* Ensure all court orders, statutory payments and benefit deductions are accurate
* Ensure all eligible employees are enrolled onto the company pension scheme and manage scheme payments
* Close liaison with the outsourced payroll & benefits providers (UK & Ireland) ensuring all regulatory submissions are produced to deadlines
* Provide support and solve staff payroll queries
* Liaison with Finance department and auditors with payroll related issues
* Assist with preparation of annual P11D reporting
* Support with bonus and commission calculation and preparation
* Manage monthly accrual process for bonus and commission budgets
* Monitor & maintain employee benefits services i.e. healthcare, pension, childcare vouchers etc.
* Upload monthly pension payments to provider
* Address general HR queries / administration / filing
Skills, Education & Experience
* Proven experience in payroll and benefits including end to end payroll and pension processing is essential.
* Experience with different payroll systems
* Experience of administering salary sacrifice schemes
* Highly proficient with Microsoft Excel
* High sensitivity to confidential employee information
* Ability to manage workload in a fast-changing environment
* Numerate with strong attention to detail
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Pro-active and confident liaising with both colleagues internally and externally
* Experience of working within a performance management environment – KPIs and Service Level Agreements
Your Benefits
* 9% Employer Contribution into your Pension
* Life Assurance
* Private Healthcare (including optical & dental) for you and your family
* 25 Days’ Annual Leave (+ Public Holidays)
* Staff Discount
* Subsidised Cafeteria
Our Equal Opportunities Statement
LG Electronics U.K. Ltd is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitable persons regardless of race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
Right to Work
Please note that any job offer made will be conditional on the individual holding a legal right to work in the United Kingdom by the time employment commences.