Global Payroll & Benefits Specialist

Macrobond Financial; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Life insurance and income protection

Company pension scheme

Gym discounts

25 days holiday per annum

Macrobond days

Job summary

Macrobond Financial in London is seeking a Payroll and Benefits Specialist to join our HR Operations team. You will manage payroll across the UK, US, Hong Kong, Sweden, Portugal and Poland, including EOR arrangements, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.

You will also administer global benefits programmes, manage enrolments and renewals, and collaborate with brokers and providers to deliver a superior employee experience across time zones.

Qualifications

• Experience with payroll and/or benefits in a multi-country or international environment.
• Strong payroll knowledge and experience with external payroll providers.
• Experience administering employee benefits with brokers/providers.
• High attention to detail with payroll, benefits and employee data.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines and payroll calendars.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable owning processes and resolving issues independently.
• Continuous improvement mindset for HR operations.
• Experience with HRIS systems; ADP and BambooHR advantageous.
• Ability to collaborate with HR, Finance and partners across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Process payroll across UK, US, Hong Kong, Sweden, Portugal and Poland on bi-weekly, monthly and quarterly cycles.
• Manage payroll providers to ensure accurate salaries, commissions, bonuses, deductions, taxes and statutory payments.
• Review and reconcile payroll outputs, resolve discrepancies with providers and internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate payroll year-end activities, statutory reporting, audits and reconciliations.
• Support payroll compliance and reporting across relevant jurisdictions.
• Maintain payroll procedures, documentation and calendars.
• Administer global employee benefits including medical, dental, life insurance and retirement plans.
• Manage benefit enrolments, changes and leavers with brokers/providers.
• Coordinate annual benefit renewals and recommendations on offerings and costs.
• Support employee communications, enrolment activities and benefits documentation.
• Maintain accurate benefits records and compliance.
• Monitor market trends and identify improvement opportunities.
• Act as a key contact for payroll and benefits queries.
• Support onboarding, changes and offboarding activities.
• Maintain accurate employee, payroll and benefits records in BambooHR and other systems.
• Complete right-to-work checks and related documentation.
• Provide broader HR Operations support as required.
• Identify opportunities to improve payroll, benefits and HR processes.
• Lead or participate in projects involving new systems, providers and programmes.

Skills

Payroll & benefits mgmt

Multi-country experience

HRIS familiarity

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Process improvement

HR systems

Ownership & accountability

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

ADP

BambooHR

Job description

Macrobond Financial in London is seeking a Payroll and Benefits Specialist to join our HR Operations team. You will manage payroll across the UK, US, Hong Kong, Sweden, Portugal and Poland, including EOR arrangements, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.

You will also administer global benefits programmes, manage enrolments and renewals, and collaborate with brokers and providers to deliver a superior employee experience across time zones.