Payroll Specialist | London, UK

CFC; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Payroll & Benefit Specialist to join their dynamic People team in London. This role offers a unique opportunity to manage payrolls across multiple European countries, including Spain and the Netherlands, while supporting the UK payroll. You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with payroll regulations, managing relationships with third-party vendors, and optimizing payroll processes. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in European payroll processing and a solid understanding of UK payroll systems. Join a vibrant team that values passion, innovation, and a fun work environment, making a significant impact on compensation and benefits management.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in processing European payrolls and UK payroll.
• Strong knowledge of statutory requirements related to UK payroll.

Responsibilities

• Manage payroll and benefit processes for Spain and Netherlands while assisting with UK payroll.
• Ensure compliance with statutory obligations and manage vendor relationships.

Skills

European Payroll Processing

UK Payroll Process

Benefit Plan Administration

ADP Celergo

Microsoft Office

Planning and Prioritisation

Tools

ADP Celergo

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Payroll Specialist

Department: HR & Payroll

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London

Reporting To: Emily Goold

Description

We have a new opportunity to join our growing People team based in London. We are looking for an experienced Payroll & Benefit Specialist to manage two of our European payrolls and assist with the UK payrolls across various business entities.

You will bring your experience of managing international, and implementing effective payroll policies, processes, and working practices to ensure a first-class approach to compensation and benefits at CFC.

About the role

This role will manage the Spanish and Netherlands payroll and benefit processes whilst assisting with the UK. You will collaborate with third party providers and work closely alongside our coordinator to be the first point of contact for any payroll/benefits queries whilst handling any complex payroll and benefit issues with service vendors to help us optimise our approach to payroll and benefits. You will also be responsible for:

• Ensure we continue to meet our statutory obligations, build and maintain a good working knowledge of any legislative changes across multiple payrolls.
• Inputting of joiners, leavers, salary changes, pension contributions/allowances, sick pay, maternity and paternity leave/pay and variable pay changes (such as sign-on bonuses, ex-gratia payments etc.);
• Regularly review payroll processing practices, policies and procedures and look for new ways to ensure that we maintain a robust and compliant approach to payroll processing and management for all regions;
• Working with and managing our vendor relationships for ADP Celegro, ensuring that the vendor deliver against agreed fully managed SLAs;
• Responsible for administration of employee benefit plans for employees in our London, and International offices and work closely with our benefit plan insurers and providers to update employees on changes to plans;
• Work alongside our co-ordinator and be the first point of contact in HR for employee queries on benefit plans (income protection, life insurance, pension, medical insurance, family friendly policies - maternity/paternity pay and voluntary benefits);
• Working closely with HR and Finance teams for any payroll related tasks, reconciliation and approvals.
• Complete frequent reconciliations between HR and Payroll systems for Employee Details, Benefit Deductions, absences, pension contributions
• Assist with start and end of year tasks for all European and UK entities

About you

• This Payroll & Benefit Specialist position will suit a candidate who has at least 5 years' experience of processing European payrolls and experience within a UK payroll process, along with a benefit plan administration.
• You will most likely have strong experience of major payroll systems such as ADP Celergo, as well as strong knowledge of statutory requirements relating to UK payroll and preferably a broad understanding of other international payrolls.
• Highly competent in all areas of Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Excel.
• Most importantly you will be a team player with good planning and prioritisation skills but confident working alone on projects.

Core Values

Love what you do:
We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and makes the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers and carriers.

Challenge everything:
We're never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to makes things better.

Have fun, be good:
Insurance is a serious business, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.