Global Payroll Assistant

SmartStream Technologies; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the finance sector is seeking a Global Payroll Assistant for their Bristol location. The role involves supporting payroll administration across multiple countries and maintaining compliance in payroll processes. Candidates should have prior experience in payroll, strong Excel skills, and excellent communication capabilities. The position offers a hybrid work model and a competitive salary with great benefits including a company pension scheme and private medical insurance.

Benefits

Free onsite parking

25 days annual leave rising to 28

Company pension scheme

Group Life Assurance

Private Medical Insurance

Qualifications

• Previous payroll/benefit administration experience is essential.
• Good standard of formal education (A level preferred).
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.

Responsibilities

• Support global monthly payroll administration.
• Maintain global benefits portals and prepare payroll data.
• Respond to payroll queries and manage the payroll inbox.

Skills

Payroll knowledge

Excel

Communication

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Education

A level preferred

CIPP or equivalent qualification desirable

Tools

ADP systems

IRIS Staffology

Sage People

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Vacancy NameGlobal Payroll AssistantVacancy ReferenceVN2495Location CountryUnited KingdomLocation CityBristolDescriptionGlobal Payroll Assistant
Location: Bristol (Hybrid) - 2/3 days in office
Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits

The purpose of the Global Payroll Assistant is to join our global team and provide administration to payroll on a day to day basis and to support on payroll projects. This role will provide global payroll assistance for 13 countries, support in our global annual benefits renewal process, along with monthly benefits and payroll, employee lifecycle documentation for monthly payroll and working with the finance department to process payments.

This role will also support on all compliance actives in the Payroll team. Extracting and downloading benefit reports and manage the global payroll inbox, escalating queries when required. The role will offer excellent customer service standards to the global business.

The role will have a mixture of pro-active and re-active tasks, ranging from logging benefits requests and data, responding to employee queries, maintaining our Payroll databases and benefits portals, data tracking and document development.Job Responsibilities•Global monthly payroll administration support to include new starters, leavers, benefit changes, etc.
•Support with tracking of the global employee data and changes in relation to the annual and monthly benefits
•Update and maintain the global benefits portals
•Prepare monthly payroll data for submission
•Assisting with Year End transactions (P60’s, PBIK’s, etc)
•Adheres to payroll policies and procedures and complies with relevant law
•Updating the system on a daily basis, in line with GDPR
•Monitoring the payroll inbox and responding to queries, escalating when required
•Any other duties as requiredKey Skills•Good working knowledge and experience in payroll
•Strong Excel (V look Up & Pivot Tables)/Microsoft capabilities
•Able to work in a fast paced and constantly changing business environment
•Excellent communication and interpersonal skills essential
•Excellent accuracy with data input and attention to detail
•Experience in working effectively to meet deadlines
•Experience of UK pension administration within the payroll function
•Fluent in written and spoken English
•Excellent organisational skills
•Previous experience of PAYEDesirable Skills•Working knowledge of current legislation
•Working knowledge of ADP systems along with IRIS Staffology
•Working knowledge of Zest/Employee Navigator benefit portals
•Working knowledge of Sage PeopleQualifications•Good standard of formal education (A level preferred)
•Above average literacy and numeracy
•CIPP or equivalent qualification desirableExperience•Previous payroll/benefit administration experience (Essential)Employment TypePermanentBenefits•Free onsite parking
•25 days annual leave rising to 28 with length of service.
•Annual Holiday scheme also lets you `roll over' up to a maximum of 10 days into the next year helping you to take full advantage of your holiday entitlement.
•Company pension scheme matching up to 5% of salary - Additionally, you can choose to make your contributions via Salary Sacrifice.
•Group Life Assurance - As part of your core benefit package from SmartStream you are entitled to up to 9 times your annual basic salary
•Group Income Protection, up to 75% of salary
•Private Medical Insurance, up to family coverEquality StatementSmartStream is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and following practices which are free from unfair and unlawful discrimination.