Job title: Payroll Analyst
Location: Fareham (hybrid working model)
Contract length: 6 months (potential temp to perm opportunity)
Pay rate: £27,000 per annum
THE CLIENT
My client is one of the world's leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of outstanding luxury and prestige brands globally. The company's products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under numerous high profile brand names.
ROLE SUMMARY
As the Payroll analyst, you will partner with payroll vendors to facilitate end-to-end payroll processing for a specific group of countries in the region. You will work in a team focused on executing global payroll operations within the region. This role will be responsible for conducting payroll data inputs, reviewing data inputs prior to the processing of payroll and reconciling payroll outputs to ensure accurate and compliant payrolls across the assigned markets. In addition to collaborating with payroll vendors to deliver accurate and timely payroll for the assigned markets, additionally you will collaborate with the OneSource HR Services delivery teams to resolve escalated employee payroll inquiries. Finally, As a part of this responsibility, you will also be expected to meet defined standards of service and performance metrics to help deliver a seamless employee payroll experience.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborate with HR Service Delivery team, to resolve Tier 2 employee payroll inquiries and escalate Tier 3 inquiries to Payroll Vendor as necessary
- Partner cross-functionality to provide special handling of pay-impacting transactions including equity, global mobility and benefits
- Adhere to policies, procedures and standards across assigned markets and within the local regulatory context
- Support delivery of core payroll activities such as executing prior period adjustments, evaluating wage attachments, reviewing year-end filings, and reconciling payroll data
- Conduct manual data inputs to the payroll system and validate consolidated inputs including those entered manually or received automatically via integration prior to payroll processing for regular and off-cycle payrolls
- Liaise with payroll vendors to process payroll accurately and timely across multinational operations Partner with regional representatives from other functions (e.g., HR, Finance, Treasury, IT) to validate accuracy of inputs and outputs to/from payroll
- Review payroll output reports and distribute to key stakeholders as necessary (e.g., bank file, GL file, tax remittance)
- Perform regular controls evaluations to monitor risks across all assigned markets
- Monitor payroll compliance within local regulations and requirements across assigned markets
- Deliver payroll services in accordance with internal service standards for assigned markets to enable operational excellence
- Partner with other members of the Pay Services Team to identify operational payroll improvements opportunities with a focus on agrees SLA's and KPI's
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED
- Experience with payroll; multiple countries is a plus
- Technical experience with and knowledge of payroll processing
- Knowledge and experience with payroll systems and data flow. Experience of ADP Global View is desirable.
- Experience with regional multi-language operations and regulatory environments preferred
- Ability to think analytically and perform detail-oriented tasks
- Experience supporting shared services teams preferred
- Experience working with case management and/or other service management tools preferred
- Strong MS Office Excel skills
Randstad Business Support is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.