Payroll & Benefits Advisor
Control Risks
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Responsible for the effective, timely and accurate management of the UK & Europe payroll and benefits.
- Managing the monthly payroll process through accurate and timely processing for all employees in line with best practice.
- To be the first point of contact for pay and tax queries.
- Responsibility for the management of the relationship with the payroll providers.
- Collation of monthly UK payroll spreadsheets and uploading the changes to ADP, checking the inputting of the data and ensuring the changes are accurate.
- Collation of monthly European payroll spreadsheets to send to the Finance Manager.
- Primary contact for resolving staff, internal and third-party queries and recommend solutions to payroll issues.
- Prepare and submit monthly and annual year end forms and returns to HMRC in line with RTI requirements and to employees (P11ds and P60s).
- Ensure excellent relationship with the HR generalist team so that there is accurate data/information exchange.
- To be main point of contact for UK benefits including those processed through payroll, the UK Group Pension Plan and the AXA Private Medical Insurance.
- Responding to employee queries regarding all UK benefits.
- Effectively process the cyclical activities in an accurate and timely manner.
- Ensure that employees have easy access to relevant and up to date information and that they are well informed, producing policies and guidelines where necessary.
- To be main point of contact for European benefits and liaising with relevant external payroll providers and instructing them to action benefits such as health insurance and travel expenses.
- Own and deliver assigned projects and priorities in line with deadlines as agreed with the team. Provide pro-active support with ad-hoc tasks where necessary.
Requirements
- Strong experience in running and managing a payroll system for 500+ employees, with excellent organisation and planning skills.
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of all aspects of payroll along with previous experience in managing outsourced payroll suppliers (ADP experience desirable but not essential).
- Working knowledge of payroll best practices and payroll legislation.
- Proven ability to contribute in a fast-paced environment with the ability to prioritise tasks and handle time efficiently.
- High degree of professionalism with ability to deal sensitively with confidential material.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate with various levels of employees.
- Able to prioritise in a fast moving, high pressure, constantly changing environment.
- Excellent attention to detail with a dedication to accuracy, quality and integrity.
- Good teammate with a strong client service mentality, as well as a willingness to participate and help others.
- Qualified to foundation degree in Payroll Management or similar.
- Possess a minimum of intermediate level of competency with Excel, ideally working with pivot and look up tables.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
payroll managementADPpayroll legislationExcelpivot tableslookup tablesdata accuracyyear-end formsRTI requirementsbenefits administration
Soft Skills
organizationplanningcommunicationattention to detailclient service mentalityconfidentialityprioritizationteamworkproblem-solvingadaptability
Certifications
foundation degree in Payroll Management