HRS Payroll Specialist

INVISTA; Hempstalls; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A global chemical company seeks an HRS Payroll Specialist to join their Koch EMEA Payroll team in Hempstalls, UK. This role involves processing payrolls, ensuring compliance with UK tax laws, and providing excellent customer service to various Koch businesses. Candidates should have extensive UK payroll experience, strong analytical skills, and fluency in English. This opportunity offers a dynamic environment with the chance to improve payroll processes across multiple locations.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in UK payroll with strong understanding of calculations and auto enrolment.
• Broad knowledge of employment tax and UK legislation.
• Strong analytical aptitude with data analysis skills.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
• Fluent in English with excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver customer service working with payroll team and external vendors.
• Process payrolls ensuring accuracy and compliance with UK tax laws.
• Interact with government agencies regarding payroll and HR requests.
• Advise on payroll, benefits, and tax compliance.
• Deliver regular HR reports and participate in payroll projects.

Skills

UK payroll experience

Analytical aptitude

Attention to detail

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

ADP iHCM

Megapay

SD Worx

Job description

Your Job

We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our Koch EMEA Payroll team as HRS Payroll Specialist, you will be supporting multiple Koch Businesses across the UK and Ireland.

The Koch Global Services Payroll capability is responsible for delivering excellent consumer and customer services to multiple Koch Companies across the globe.

In this role you will be working as part of our dynamic payroll team and as part of our European HR Solutions capability. Here you will have the primary responsibility for payroll processing for multiple KOCH companies in the UK. You will have the chance to partner with different capabilities across HR and Finance as well as with our external payroll providers.

What You Will Do

• Deliver excellent Customer Service working with the EMEA payroll team, payroll vendors, Finance and HR teams across multiple companies
• Processing of payrolls, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of payroll calculations and pensions contributions in accordance with UK employment tax compliance
• Interact with government agencies and submit legal requests for payroll and human resources
• Advise and consult employees, supervisors and HR on payroll, benefits, and tax compliance issues
• Delivery of regular and ad hoc HR reports and analyses
• Participation in global / local projects around payroll according to business requirements
• Continuously improve payroll and employment compliance processes
• Support other team members, including potential opportunities to work with other Koch companies in UK and Europe

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Extensive experience in UK payroll with a strong practical understanding of payroll calculations and auto enrolment
• Broad knowledge of employment tax, UK legislation
• Strong analytical aptitude with system and data analysis skills
• Independent and self‑driven way of working
• Strong attention to detail and a methodical approach to problem solving
• Very good working knowledge of Microsoft Office products
• Lifelong learner with intellectual curiosity
• Excellent communication skills in English (fluent oral and written)

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience of financial processes and General Ledger mapping
• Experience of ADP iHCM / Megapay / SD Worx
• Experience of working in a shared service environment
• CIPP accreditation or other similar qualifications

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.