Payroll Specialist

Salary: £42,000 per year

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

* Processing of payroll for UK sites, ensuring all fixed and variable data is correct, changes are actioned in the agreed time periods, calculations are actioned following appropriate checks and employees are paid correctly and on time.

* Ensure all payroll deductions, including taxes are processed accurately and paid over to the relevant third parties according to meet legal deadlines.

* Support relevant year end activities including issuing of P60 forms to employees.

* Maintenance of pension schemes within the UK to ensure all payments are calculated correctly and are paid on time each month to the relevant pension scheme providers.

* Compliance with Auto Enrolment legislation, ensuring that employees have been assessed correctly and in line with the Pension Regulators rules. Audit all UK employees each month for auto-enrolment compliance, check opt-outs are processed correctly within payroll and generate worker status reports each month.

* Support Payroll Specialist in PSA and P11D processes.

* Respond to payroll-related queries from employees, the business, Finance and third parties including HMRC, the CSA and pension scheme providers.

* Maintain holiday pay module in payroll system, produce monthly reporting and import holiday data each month to generate payments.

* Respond to internal and external audits on all payroll matters, providing data, process information and answering queries as required.

* Processing of payroll for UK sites, ensuring all fixed and variable data is correct, changes are actioned in the agreed time periods, calculations are actioned following appropriate checks and employees are paid correctly and on time.

* For EMEA countries with outsourced payroll vendors in place, perform a check on data submissions, arrange bank file uploads and ensure appropriate approvals are maintained. Liaise with external vendors to address queries and corrections as required. (Current countries in-scope include Switzerland, Netherlands, France, CEE countries and Turkey)

Education/Experience:

* High school diploma or equivalent – college degree preferred

* Ability to understand payroll rules, tax legislation, pension legislation., ability to resolve any queries or issues that occur in these areas

* Ability to manage end to end payroll processes.

* 3-5 years of previous payroll accounting, payroll and tax legislation experience

* System knowledge including SAP, Excel

* Attention to detail and accuracy

* Ability to work to multiple critical and high impact deadlines throughout the month

* Additional language skill could be beneficial