Lead Payroll Specialist

Global Payments Inc.; Leicester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Payments Inc. is seeking an experienced Lead Payroll Specialist to join our payroll team and help shape the future of global commerce. This role handles high-volume payroll across location and subsidiaries, ensuring accurate earnings, deductions, and tax compliance.

You will mentor junior staff, optimize processes, and work with HRIS/timekeeping systems to deliver timely payroll data and reports for management and audits.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• Typically 6+ Years Relevant Exp.
• Payroll and HRIS knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Administers payroll with understanding of hours, accruals, taxes, garnishments.
• Provides reports for earnings, taxes, deductions, and leaves for funding, GL entry, audit purposes.
• Uses HRIS and timekeeping systems to update information and generate reports.
• Keeps up-to-date with state/federal payroll tax laws and resolves discrepancies.
• Oversees training of junior payroll administrators.

Skills

Payroll

HRIS

Time & Attendance

Leadership

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High School Diploma

Finance/Accounting

Tools

HRIS Systems

Timekeeping Systems

Payroll Software

Microsoft Office

Job description

Ready to take your career global? Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for an experienced Lead Payroll Specialist to join our ever evolving payroll team and help shape the future of global commerce.

Summary of This Role

Processes high-volume payroll for corporate location and multiple subsidiaries on a semi-monthly, biweekly and/or monthly basis. Maintains, processes, and verifies employee time and attendance detail, manually processes miscellaneous payroll adjusting entries, processes garnishment, child support, and tax levy payments. Prepares, processes, and maintains various other payroll-related matters and employee benefits such as 401(k) and flexible spending accounts.

What You’ll Own

• Administers payroll with a thorough understanding of hours worked, accruals, taxes, garnishments, etc. Ensures accuracy of each pay to employees by calculating earnings and deductions in accordance with established practices and guidelines; reviewing and validating the work of junior payroll administrator(s). Compiles data to process payroll by polling electronic time clocks, preparing computer input forms, and reviewing downloads for completeness and accuracy. Analyzes timekeeping reports for trends and follows up with management to ensure accurate account of hours to be paid.
• Provides information and prepares reports for various areas of the organization and managers, by compiling summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability, and nontaxable wages, for funding, general ledger entry, trend analysis, tax reporting, and audit purposes. Performs data quality reviews in support of internal control requirements.
• Employs a comprehensive knowledge of State and Federal payroll tax laws, wage regulations, labor laws, and withholding order administration to provide assistance to team members with payroll and timekeeping related questions. Investigates and corrects payroll discrepancies and errors. Actively works to implement best practices and continuous improvement efforts to current processes.
• Utilizes Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) and timekeeping systems to update team member information, process payroll, gather data, and generate reports. Administers timekeeping system to remain compliant with time labor laws and company policies (I.e., different state overtime rules).
• Assists and oversees the training/activities of junior payroll administrators to ensure compliance with company and governmental policies and regulations for successful payroll processing.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Typically Minimum 6+ Years Relevant Exp
• Payroll and HRIS knowledge

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance/Accounting
• Typically Minimum 8+ Years Relevant Exp
• 12 years relevant payroll experience
• Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC), or Certified Payroll Professional (CPP), or other relevant certification

What Are Our Desired Skills and Capabilities?

• Skills / Knowledge - As a highly skilled specialist, contributes to the development of concepts and techniques. Completes complex tasks in creative and effective ways. Ensures tasks of team are competed in a timely manner.
• Job Complexity - Consistently works on complex assignments requiring some independent action and a high degree of initiative to resolve issues. Makes recommendations for new procedures. Oversees a team and coordinates daily work covering multiple assignments.
• Supervision - Determine methods and procedures on new assignments with some independence. Often acts as a facilitator for group. Is formal team leader.
• Oral and Written skills - Excellent communication skills
• Technical ability - Microsoft Office; Human Resource Information Systems (Payroll, Time & Attendance)
• Organizational skills - Ability to stay focused and organized with large amounts of data

About The Team

Our inclusive and global teams win together every day. We’re proud to have the best minds in the industry, who you can learn from as you grow your career. The people, the energy, the connections – it’s unmatched. Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.

What makes a Globalpayer?

Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We’re curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it’s our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.