Senior Payroll Specialist

Specific Job Description

• Processing the day-to-day UK payrolls, ensuring appropriate liaison and coverage with the team.
• Operate the timely delivery of all payrolls for the insourced payrolls for relevant portfolio assigned and provide back-up to other Payroll Specialist.
• Manage both the advanced and arrears payrolls per the calendars each month.
• Checking and maintaining accuracy of employee records where appropriate for:
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    Verify all payment & deduction changes as appropriate
    Maintenance of Tax & NI records
    Maintenance of pension records
• Calculations of all statutory payments to include but not limited to: SMP, SAP, SSP, SHPP and SPP
• Manual calculations of gross to NET over payments.
• Tackles the process adjustments such as reversals, returned over payments and ad hoc payments ensuring HMRC receive the correct data by the applicable deadline.
• Process Settlement payments understanding the importance of ITEPA.
• Carry out detailed reconciliations such as ensuring the FPS balances to payroll results.
• Validate and action payment requests via the Payroll Sharepoint Workflow Tool.
• Achieve post payroll activities:
  • Payslip printing as and when required
    Submission of Pension Reports to 3rd party providers
  • Embraces working with the other Payroll Specialists to perform year end duties:

• HMRC End of Year FPS, P60, P11d's & PAYE Settlement Agreements (PSA).

  • Deal / lead with more complex anomalies and enquiries relating to pay.
  • Resolve queries from the HMRC.
  • Comply with filing and record retention requirements - maintain data for internal and external audits.
  • Liaise with Total Rewards and various Finance function POC's.
  • Maintain and review of payroll procedures.
  • Support the Payroll Manager on UK Payroll Scorecard activities to drive service delivery of the payroll in collaboration with the HR business units.
  • Steer and carry out the stock vesting activity.
  • Sound support with upcoming projects such as the HCM transition, tax year end.
  • Support with the PAYE Settlement Agreement and P60 reconciliations.
  • Aid with payroll training.
  • Other work and ad hoc tasks as directed by the Payroll Manager.

Required Skills / Experience for the Role:

• Experience with insourced end to end payroll.
• Ability to do manual payroll calculations to support validations.
• Data collation, organisation and analytical skills.
• Possesses a high level of accuracy with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines.
• Interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Attention to detail
• Quick learner, inspired
• Proficiency with MS Office applications, particularly Excel and ability to carry out lookups / pivot table activities for analysis.