Payroll & Reward Specialist - Permanent - London - Hybrid - up to £65,000 per annum
Oakleaf Partnership are delighted to be partnered with a luxury FMCG business, who are looking for a Payroll & Reward Specialist to join their team. The role will be challenging yet exciting and offer new opportunities for growth. The Payroll & Reward Specialist will be a trusted expert, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll delivery across the UK and Ireland circa 600 employees. While providing high-quality insights to support their global reward and benefits strategy.
The Payroll & Reward Specialist will be assisting/overseeing duties such as:
* Lead the end to end payroll process for all UK and Ireland employees circa 600, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with HMRC, ROI revenue authorities, and other statutory requirements.
* Oversee the strategic relationship with outsourced payroll providers, managing SLAs, challenging inefficiencies, and creating new ways of working to overcome any issues.
* Lead payroll related change projects, including potential HRIS/payroll system transformation, vendor tender processing selection, and implementation.
* Conduct regular payroll audits and risk reviews, implementing robust controls to ensure accuracy, compliance, and GDPR data security.
* Oversee statutory payments such as SSP, SMP, SPP, and all HMRC/Revenue submissions including RTI, P11D, and year-end activities.
* Provide market research, benchmarking data, and operational recommendations to inform strategic decision-making.
* Ensure all reward initiatives are accurately implemented and reflected in payroll and benefits systems.
* Support the strategic review of pension schemes by providing data, market comparisons, and operational insights
Key Skills:
* Minimum of 5 years proven experience managing payroll
* Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation, tax codes, NI, and pension administration; familiarity with Ireland payroll regulations desirable.
* Experience supporting HRIS/payroll transformation projects
* Practical understanding of reward, benefits, and compensation processes, with experience in salary benchmarking.
* Excellent attention to detail
If you are interested in discussing this position in greater detail, please apply now.
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