UK Payroll SME

Tata Consultancy Services; Nechells; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary packages

Pension

Health care

Life assurance

Laptop

Phone

Access to extensive training resources

Discounts within the Tata network

Health & wellness initiatives

Sports events

Proud sponsor of the London Marathon

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services is hiring a UK Payroll SME in Birmingham, UK. This hybrid role focuses on end-to-end UK payroll processing, statutory compliance, and client relationship management for a marquee client.

The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of Workday payroll, pension/tax handling, and experience guiding a distributed team. The role covers year-end activities, reporting, and training for new joiners.

Qualifications

• SME or go-to person for UK Payroll queries.
• End-to-end knowledge from joiner to leaver in UK Payroll.
• Experience in Workday payroll processing.
• Handling pension, leaves and taxes requests.

Responsibilities

• Calculate tax, NI and pensions in UK payroll.
• Lead year start/year end activities and related UAT/UVT as required.
• Handle voice and email queries from clients/customers.
• Process salary changes and lifecycle events for employees.

Skills

Payroll SME

End-to-end Payroll

Workday Payroll

Pension & Taxes

Payroll Reports

Year End/UAT

New Hire Training

Auditing

Team Leadership

Policy Compliance

HRIS Coordination

SLA Management

Data Privacy

Distributed Teams

Tools

Workday

Job description

Role: UK Payroll SME

Location: Birmingham, UK

Contract: Permanent

Mode of Working: Hybrid

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We have a great opportunity for you - UK Payroll SME!

Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

The Role

A Payroll lead for a marquee customer of TCS. The role requires solid knowledge on UK Payroll, managing a good customer relationship and being agile working with the distributed team across locations.

Your responsibilities

• Sound knowledge of statutory compliances of UK payroll
• Should know how to calculate Tax, NI, Pensions in UK
• Should be familiar with year start/Year end activities of UK payroll
• Should have experience in handling voice and email query of client/Customer
• Should have end to end experience in processing salary changes and various life cycle of employee pay component.

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience

• SME or go to person for UK Payroll queries
• Should have end-to-end knowledge of Payroll i.e. graduate to employee and joiner to leaver
• Knowledge and experience in processing payroll in Workday
• Processing various requests in relation to pension, leaves and taxes.
• Producing various payroll reports for various stakeholders.
• Taking active role in year Start/End activities as well as UAT/UVT as per requirement
• Providing training to new joiners in UK Payroll
• Auditing cases processed by the team
• Guiding the team in resolving various complex queries
• Establishes standards and procedures for handling employee questions, transactions and administration of human resource programs
• Coordinates services with the human resource information systems, human resource program managers and technology specialists
• Decisions are typically related to schedule, plans and daily operations. Performs escalated or more complex work of a similar nature
• Supervises a group of support associates, coordinates and provides day-to-day oversight to associates
• Holds team members accountable for following established policies
• Ensure policies and procedures are followed and Zero noncompliance across the engagement
• Ensure the Service Levels are met consistently
• Ensure data privacy requirements are followed with upmost focus
• Maintains and improves quality results by adhering to standards and guidelines; recommending improved procedures
• Should have experience in working with a distributed located team or offshore team

Desirable skills/knowledge/experience

• Excellent communication skills
• Knowledge and experience in working tools such as Word, Excel and Powerpoint

Rewards & Benefits (Default)

• Competitive salary packages
• Pension
• Health care
• Life assurance
• Laptop
• Phone
• Access to extensive training resources
• Discounts within the larger Tata network
• Health & wellness initiatives
• Sports events
• Proud sponsor of the London Marathon

Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998.

We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer an interview to applicants with disabilities or long-term conditions who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please email us at if you would like to opt in.