Our client is seeking a Senior Payroll Specialist to join their dynamic team. This full-time hybrid role offers the flexibility of working from home two days a week, with three days based in their Hertfordshire office. As the Senior Payroll Specialist, you will be the key point of contact for multiple entity payrolls across EMEA countries. Your expertise in payroll processing and your ability to work closely with payroll vendors will ensure seamless operations.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to collaborate with HR, finance, and tax teams, ensuring accurate employee data management and compliance with all regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
* Ensure payrolls are processed accurately, on time and in accordance with all federal, state/canton, local and regulatory requirements.
* Act as the first point of contact for all payroll related matters, responding to complex employee payroll queries escalated from the Service Centre.
* Interpret policies and regulations regarding leaves, disability, allowances, one-time payments, garnishments etc.
* Work closely with payroll vendors to ensure they are applied through payroll and settled correctly.
* Review payroll calculations for gross pay considering hours worked, bonus and commission payments, pension, absence (including sickness), holiday and leave (including redundancy, PILON).
* Collaborate with HR, finance, and tax teams to ensure accurate employee data management and seamless payroll integration.
* Review salary calculations to ensure compliance with national minimum wage level.
* Work closely with the People Systems team to ensure a smooth end to end cycle from the HR System to the payroll system.
* Responsible for the BIK calculations through monthly payroll.
* Support the Global Payroll Manager to implement process improvement within assigned payrolls.
What you bring:
* Bachelor's degree in HR/Payroll or Diploma in Payroll is preferred.
* Solid experience in Payroll processing end-to-end payroll for multiple EMEA countries with more than 1500 employees total for at least 4 years.
* Exposure to taxation, audit and compliance requirements in various jurisdictions.
* Strong payroll management, stakeholder management and communication skills.
* High level analytical and problem-solving capability.
* Strong process management and business process analysis competencies.
* Demonstrated ability to support complex HR/Payroll models involving multiple stakeholders.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with internal teams.
What's next:
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Contract Type: FULL_TIME
Location: Hatfield
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Experience Level: Associate
Job Reference: U45FPE-4722CA5B
Date posted: 23 February 2025
Consultant: Ashely Koven
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