European Payroll Specialist — Compliance & Insights

UNAVAILABLE; Bracknell; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Allegis Group is seeking a Payroll specialist to manage monthly payrolls across European countries with a focus on accuracy and compliance. You will work with third-party providers and internal teams to resolve queries and ensure timely, compliant payroll processing.

You will maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislative changes, participate in year-end activities, and support audits and reporting. A proactive, confidential, and detail-oriented professional is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of solid payroll experience.
• Strong knowledge of country legislations.
• Strong focus on risk management, ensuring payrolls are compliant with current legislation.
• A highly motivated individual who can apply their experience.
• High level of accuracy and efficiency.
• Excellent time management and administration skills.
• Good customer service skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Aptitude for continual learning with different systems and applications.
• Additional language is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Processing monthly payrolls across European countries with 3rd party providers.
• Priority will be given to specific countries based on experience including year-end activities.
• Responsible for own payroll accounts as well as working in a team environment building strong relationships with payroll providers.
• Independently auditing commission reports and answering related employee queries.
• Understanding the difference between benefits and expenses and processing through payroll where necessary.
• Liaising with Treasury to ensure sufficient funding available and investigate any queries.
• Partnering with internal departments to collate payroll variables.
• Responsible for monthly reporting.
• Reconcile monthly journal entries and taxes with Finance.
• Completing external audits at mid and end of year for finance and external authorities.
• Understand and apply current legislation changes to all payrolls.
• Cross train on all European payrolls within the team.
• Maintain up to date with internal policies.
• Complete project related work as it pertains to your countries.
• Carrying out ad-hoc tasks as required by the Payroll Manager

Skills

Payroll processing

Legislation knowledge

Compliance & risk management

Confidentiality

Time management

Customer service

Communication with stakeholders

Problem solving

Tools

MS Windows

Job description

Allegis Group is seeking a Payroll specialist to manage monthly payrolls across European countries with a focus on accuracy and compliance. You will work with third-party providers and internal teams to resolve queries and ensure timely, compliant payroll processing.

You will maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislative changes, participate in year-end activities, and support audits and reporting. A proactive, confidential, and detail-oriented professional is required.