Senior Payroll & Benefits Specialist

PGIM; Letterkenny; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Annual Leave 23 days

Pension Scheme

Annual Bonus Program & Shop LK Vouches

Life Assurance

Education Assistance

Job summary

PGIM Ireland is seeking an experienced Manager, Payroll and Benefits to lead and optimise payroll and benefits across EMEA. Based in Letterkenny with hybrid work, you will oversee daily, monthly and annual payroll tasks, ensure compliance, and partner with global HR to streamline processes.

You will bring 5–7 years of EMEA payroll experience, strong Irish payroll knowledge, and a track record of improving efficiency in a regulated financial services setting.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years in an EMEA payroll processing role.
• Advanced Irish payroll and benefits knowledge.
• Experience with cross-border payroll and benefits in a regulated financial services company.
• Strong IT skills with Excel and data reporting.
• Ability to manage sensitive information with discretion.
• Process-oriented with a drive to standardize practices.

Responsibilities

• Administer and validate EMEA payroll and benefits schemes.
• Lead process improvements for payroll and benefits processing.
• Serve as escalation point for payroll and benefits concerns.
• Escalate urgent issues to the Manager, Payroll and Benefits.
• Identify risks to payroll/benefits operations and mitigate them.
• Stay updated on Ireland/EMEA payroll regulations and best practices.
• Manage shadow payrolls for cross-border and remote workers.
• Assist in onboarding new PGIM EMEA entities and country setups.
• Coordinate country benefit setups and year-end tasks.

Skills

EMEA payroll

Payroll processing

Benefit administration

Excel proficiency

Data analysis

Regulated financial services

Education

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Tools

Workday

ADP (Celergo/Global View)

Job description

A GLOBAL LEADING ASSET MANAGER WITH A DIVERSE & INCLUSIVE CULTURE

As the Global Asset Management business of Prudential, we’re always looking for ways to improve financial services. We’re passionate about making a meaningful impact - touching the lives of millions and solving financial challenges in an ever-changing world.

We also believe talent is key to achieving our vision and are intentional about building a culture with respect and collaboration. When you join PGIM, you’ll unlock a motivating and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading global asset managers!

If you’re not afraid to think differently and challenge the status quo, come and be a part of a dedicated team that’s investing in your future by shaping tomorrow today.

At PGIM, You Can!

What you will do:

The Global People Service & Solutions team is looking for a highly organized Manager, Payroll and Benefits with strong processing, problem solving and collaborative skills to join a motivated, energetic, and resourceful People Team. Initially reporting to the one of the other Payroll and Benefits Managers in the team, this role will be responsible for the Management, oversight, collation, processing, validating of daily, weekly, monthly, and annual payroll and benefit tasks to ensure accurate, scalable, compliant, and consistent operations and procedures.
The ideal candidate will have a very strong understanding of Ireland and other EMEA countries People Team, payroll, benefits administration, monthly and annual statutory returns, payroll systems, different comp programs, different payroll and benefits legislation, standard operating procedures and their collective impact on employee experience and employee data.

This role is primarily based at our Letterkenny location and currently the office is operating with hybrid working arrangements.

What you can expect:

• Administration, processing, and validation of different EMEA payroll and benefits schemes

• Optimizing operational excellence by implementing process improvement within the payroll and benefits processing space would include identifying problems/inefficiencies, researching, reviewing, vetting, and implementing, centralization and standardization of best practices and documentation for cyclical process improvements.

• Act as an escalation point of contact for payroll and benefit processing concerns or changes that need addressing.

• Escalate any important or urgent issues to the Manager, Payroll and Benefits.

• Identify, manage, and mitigate risks to the business in relation to payroll and benefits processing.

• Stay up to date with regulatory developments and best practices with regards to Ireland and other EMEA country payroll and benefits.

• Manage and administer shadow payrolls in relation to EMEA cross border and remote working requirements.

• Assist in coordinating new PGIM EMEA entity, branch and country set-ups where required.

• Assist in coordination of new country benefit set-ups.

• Manage EMEA-related payroll year end tasks, assist in managing EMEA country annual benefit renewals.

• Benefit invoice allocation across country business groups.

What you will bring:

• At least 5-7 years in an EMEA payroll processing role.

• Advanced Irish payroll and benefit knowledge and processing experience.

• Excellent working knowledge of processing payroll, comp and benefits cyclical processes, e.g., Year End Compensation, Long Term Incentive programs, terminations.

• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency.

• Experience with dealing with global/multi-national payroll and benefit schemes ideally in a regulated financial services Company.

• Process oriented, driving improvements to make things as efficient and standard as possible.

• Excellent judgment and discretion required in handling highly sensitive, privileged, confidential and/or non-public information in an appropriate manner.

• Strong IT Skills, including good proficiency in Excel. Able to manipulate data, generate reports and provide analysis.

• Strong critical thinking and logic skills.

What will set you apart?

• Foreign language skills (especially Western European languages).

• Workday proficient.

• ADP payroll platform (Celergo/Global View) proficient.

• Experience working in a regional or global payroll team.

*PGIM welcomes all applicants, even if you don't meet every requirement. If your skills align with the role, we encourage you to apply.

What we offer you:

• Health Insurance: PGIM Ireland partner with Laya and BUPA to provide health insurance schemes that cover eligible employee’s day to day medical and hospital expenses.

• Annual Leave of 23 days at full pay.

• Pension Scheme: Members of the scheme can contribute up to 8% of salary per annum and PGIM Ireland matches contributions up to 8% of salary. Members can also make voluntary contributions to the scheme.

• Annual Bonus Program & Shop LK Vouchers: Along with an annual bonus employees are rewarded with Shop LK vouchers which are paid tax free.

• Life Assurance: fully paid by PGIM Ireland, employees are covered from their start date and beneficiaries are provided with a lump sum of four times an employee’s salary.

• Education Assistance: PGIM Ireland have an Education Assistance Program that reimburses eligible employees for furthering their education.

About Prudential/PGIM Global Services Delivery Team

About the Global People Service & Solutions Team: led by Louise Talijan, the team provides comprehensive, end-to-end support across both centralized and regional teams