Payroll Specialist| 12 Month Contract | (Inside IR35) | Hybrid (Glasgow, 3 days PW) | Starting ASAP
Day Rate: £193
About the Role:
The successful candidate will perform a key role within the UK Payroll team, reporting to the Uk Payroll manager.
Ongoing responsibilities will incorporate a combination of project work, ownership of key monthly/annual processes, people management, statutory accounting, Payroll controls, risk and governance ownership.
Main Duties:
- Ensuring all controls and legislation is adhered for each UK payroll run for all payroll cycles.
- Maintain a strong partnership with the UK payroll vendor.
- Maintaining an open dialogue with senior leadership raising awareness of all potential or actual issues as you become aware.
- Maintaining and enhancing the Payroll control framework around all payroll responsibilities. This includes SOX and internal controls.
- Maintaining a detailed understanding of current payroll legislation, with a proactive approach to plan for future changes.
- Responsible for the management update of key metrics to optimise resource usage and identify improvements.
- Governance an oversight responsibility for the timely and accurate disbursement of all payroll related payments through BACS.
- Liaison with internal and external auditors to assist with understanding the key processes, giving access to systems for sample testing and providing evidence of key controls.
- Ensure effective documentation is in place and regularly updated to account for changes in process and legislation.
- Monitoring of controls to ensure that all employee queries are managed effectively and within the agreed SLA through a web based query tool.
Essential Skills & Experience:
- CIPP qualified desirable
- SAP Global View experience highly desired.
- Strong Excel skills is mandatory for the role
- Minimum 5 years UK payroll experience at a mid-senior level
- Deferred compensation and share award experience is desirable
- Proven track record in a professional organization
- Proven track record of Payroll Controls, risk and Governance ownership
- Proven stakeholder and vendor management experience
- Ability to analyse and improve processes
- Strong knowledge of employment law and PAYE legislation
- System implementation, housekeeping, and software update governance experience required
- Expatriate knowledge an advantage
- PSA/P11d knowledge an advantage
This role has been deemed Inside IR35 by the client. Applicants must hold, or be happy to apply for, a valid Basic Disclosure Scotland. Please click the link to apply.
