Senior Payroll Manager

Robert Walters UK; London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Payroll Manager to lead payroll operations across the UK, Europe, and Asia. This role involves managing a team, ensuring compliance with payroll regulations, and overseeing vendor relationships. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in multi-country payroll and a strong understanding of payroll taxation. Join a dynamic team that values creativity and problem-solving, offering a vibrant culture and opportunities for career progression. If you're ready to make an impact in a global environment, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Accelerated career progression

Dynamic culture

Expert training

Qualifications

• Experience in managing payroll operations across multiple countries.
• Strong knowledge of payroll taxation and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee payroll operations for the UK, Europe, and Asia, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Manage vendor relationships and payroll system implementations.

Skills

Multi country payroll knowledge

Payroll taxation expertise

Vendor management

Compliance and reporting

Tools

Payroll systems

Job description

The Senior Payroll Manager will manage payroll operations for the UK, Europe, and Asia regions, overseeing a growing team and ensuring compliance with all local payroll related regulations. The successful candidate will manage vendor relationships, payroll systems, and liaise with HR, benefits, US Payroll and other internal departments to ensure seamless payroll operations. Candidates coming from large global companies with complex payrolls are encouraged to apply.

Key Responsibilities:

Payroll Operations:

• Ensures that payrolls for the UK, Europe, and Asia are processed accurately and timely. This includes special payrolls such as bonuses, year-end payrolls, and beginning-of-year payrolls.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge in areas of payroll taxation including international assignments and cross-border relocations and effectively leverages external resources to determine appropriate tax treatment for complex scenarios.
• Ensures accurate calculation and filing of payroll taxes, including cross-jurisdiction application and adjustments for international assignments and transfers.
• Coordinates with HR and Benefits to ensure accurate calculation and application of pension and other benefits, ensuring appropriate deductions and tax application wherever required.
• Plans for and manages payroll system implementations and upgrades, ensuring that the Payroll department's requirements are communicated to Human Resources, Information Technology, and other key stakeholders.
• Evaluates upstream and downstream impacts of proposed implementations and upgrades to determine feasibility and modify project plans, scope, and resources accordingly.
• Effectively manages all payroll related internal and external payroll reporting and compliance requirements including tax filings, statistical reporting, and year-end reporting, among others.

Payroll Vendor Relationships:

• Conducts ongoing vendor performance analysis.
• Proposes contract renewal and pricing recommendations.
• Seeks to harmonize and reduce vendor relationships and expand footprint of primary payroll vendors to streamline and enhance payroll processes.

Payroll System Controls and Compliance:

• Ensures appropriate and consistent internal control and review processes are in place for all relevant payroll related activities.
• Monitors system security controls and establishes appropriate segregation of duties and control processes for internal and external compliance.
• Evaluates business continuity plans and available resources to safeguard against disruptions to payroll operations.

Requirements:

• Multi country payroll knowledge.
• Financial services background advantageous.
• Asia payroll experience advantageous.

About the job

Contract Type: FULL_TIME

Specialism: Human Resources

Industry: Human Resources and Personnel

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Experience Level: Senior Management

Location: London

Salary: £120,000 - £155,000 per annum

Job Reference: I4VX41

Date posted: 29 January 2025

Consultant: Niamh Leahy

Come join our global team of creative thinkers, problem solvers and game changers. We offer accelerated career progression, a dynamic culture and expert training.