Payroll Finance Specialist

Schneider Electric Norge AS; Telford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Payroll Finance Specialist, where you will play a critical role in delivering efficient payroll services for the UK and Ireland. This position offers the chance to manage key payroll finance tasks, collaborate on exciting projects, and ensure compliance with legislative updates. With a focus on continuous improvement, you will enhance customer satisfaction while working in a dynamic team environment. Embrace the opportunity to make a significant impact in a company that values diversity and innovation.

Benefits

Competitive salary & Bonus Scheme

28 Days Annual Leave + Public Holidays

Holiday Buy & Sell programme

Pension Scheme

Employee Share Ownership Programme

Open Talent Market

Learning Portal

Qualifications

• Significant payroll finance experience and exposure to complex topics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage payroll finance tasks for UK and Ireland, including reconciliations.
• Collaborate on payroll-related projects and ensure compliance.

Skills

Payroll Process Delivery

Communication Skills

Customer Service Skills

Compliance Knowledge

Education

Degree level or recognized payroll/finance qualification

Job description

Role Overview

The Payroll Finance Specialist is a key role within the HR Services UK and Ireland Team, reporting directly to the Payroll Manager. This position involves working closely with the Payroll and HR Services Team and other key stakeholders, providing specialist advice and guidance. The role offers exposure to a wide range of payroll finance specialist areas and the opportunity to take ownership of these tasks while adopting a proactive and efficient approach. The key objective is to deliver efficient and timely end-to-end payroll services, ensuring alignment with business needs and applying a continuous improvement ethos to ultimately increase customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities

1. Service Delivery Management:

Manage the specialist payroll finance tasks for both UK and Ireland Payrolls, including reconciliations, pension reporting, control accounts, recharges, and end-of-year reporting including ERR Ireland.

2. PSA settlement agreements UK & I

3. Shares Schemes Management:

Joint responsibility for the UK Shares Schemes as LTI Correspondent for the UK & Ireland.

4. Project Participation:

Collaborate with the Payroll Manager and Project Lead on payroll-related projects, such as integrations and acquisitions.

5. Compliance and Legislative Support:

Support Payroll Manager and Payroll Compliance Lead to ensure compliance and legislative updates are cascaded to the payroll team via training and informative sessions.

6. Audit Support:

Assist the Payroll team with payroll audits, including National Minimum Wage, annual audits, and HMRC audits.

7. Operational Support:

Provide hands-on operational support across payroll as appropriate.

8. Query Response:

Respond to all queries in a timely manner as per the Service Level Agreement.

9. System Implementation:

Play a pivotal role in the implementation of global and local systems, specifically understanding requirements from a payroll, compensation, and benefits perspective.

10. Audit Actions:

Responsible for audit actions and proactively work with finance on these. Act as the single point of contact for finance regarding specialist areas.

11. SOPs and process flows of all tasks

Document all tasks completed by way of SOPs and process flows working with Payroll Project and Compliance Lead

Education:

Degree level or a recognized payroll/finance qualification.

Language:

Fluent in English.

Experience:

Knowledge of payroll process delivery within a shared services organization.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Experience operating within a fast-paced, results-oriented shared services environment.

Significant payroll finance experience, exposure to complex specialist topics, and working within payroll teams.

Excellent customer service skills.

Ability to communicate effectively across the organization.

At Schneider Electric, Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of our organisation, it's an integral part of our history, culture, and identity. We recognise that embracing diversity unlocks innovation and creativity and fosters collaboration. We want our employees to reflect the diversity of our communities and the customers we serve. As a result, our teams are stronger to drive the company's future.

“We are proudly participating in the Disability Confident Program offering support to people in the workplace who consider themselves living with a disability.”

What we offer you:

Competitive salary & Bonus Scheme, 28 Days Annual Leave + Public Holidays, Holiday Buy & Sell programme, Pension Scheme, Employee Share Ownership Programme, Open Talent Market (internal mobility opportunities + access to mentors & projects globally), Learning Portal and much more.

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You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.

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