Payroll Specialist

Michael Page; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Central London is seeking a Payroll Specialist to centralize payroll responsibilities across its expanding group. This permanent role offers hybrid working and requires an experienced professional to implement processes, manage payroll providers, and ensure compliance across jurisdictions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of payroll experience.
• Previous multi-country payroll experience.

Responsibilities

• Compilation of payrolls for all countries.
• Ensuring accuracy of variable pay components.
• Managing relationships with payroll providers.

Skills

Attention to detail

Passion for processes and controls

Ability to work in a fast paced environment

Education

Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) qualification

Job description

• Working for a Technology Company
• Permanent Position

About Our Client

My client is a well-established company based in Central London. Due to recent rapid growth, they are now looking to hire a Payroll Specialist to join their diverse Team.

This is a permanent role with hybrid working 2-3 days in the office / working from home.

Their offices are based in London, close to Kings cross Tube Station.

Sector: Technology, IT

Job Description

Payroll Specialist:

This is a newly created role where the responsibilities for Payroll across the group will be centralised to an experienced payroll professional. The group is expanding geographically, working with new payroll providers, and significantly growing its number of employees. All these changes mean that the payroll area is at the right time in its development to be shaped by the person in this role



Key responsibilities:
● Compilation of the payrolls for all countries in which they operates (mainly experience in US)
● Responsible for ensuring the accuracy of all variable pay components (Master Data is the responsibility of the People Team)
● Implementing and maintaining processes and controls to ensure the payroll is accurate
● Managing the relationship with the payroll providers
● Ensure we meet the payroll reporting requirements in each of our payroll jurisdictions
● Reconciliations of pensions and health care contributions monthly between our payroll records and the service providers
● Analytical review of payroll spend on a monthly basis for inclusion in management reporting

The Successful Applicant

In order to set you up for success as a Senior Payroll Specialist , we're looking for the following skills and experience.



Essential:


● 5+ years of payroll experience
● Previous multi-country payroll experience
● Attention to detail
● Passion for processes and controls
● Ability to work in a fast paced, changeable environment

Desirable:


● Experience with starting a payroll in a new geography from scratch
● Experience with analytical review of the Payroll outputs
● Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) qualification
This is a full-time role based in our office in London.

What's on Offer

The successful candidate will be paid between 60,000 to 70,000 per annum based on experience