Payroll Specialist

Payroll Specialist – UK, EMEA & ACE

Looking for a role where your payroll expertise spans continents and your impact is felt across multiple countries? This Payroll Specialist position is your chance to own the delivery of accurate, timely, and compliant payrolls for the UK, EMEA, and ACE regions. You’ll be at the heart of a team that’s constantly improving systems and processes, with the opportunity to work on payroll projects, system upgrades, and data validation.

Hybrid working is standard, so you can balance office and home life while handling high volumes and complex payroll cycles. If you thrive on precision, collaboration, and making payroll run smoothly for thousands, this is your next step.

Reporting to the EMEA Payroll Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Delivering accurate, timely, and compliant payrolls for UK, EMEA, and ACE countries, liaising with HR and country teams
• Managing payrolls against agreed country schedules
• Processing payrolls for multiple countries including Czech, Denmark, Dubai, Finland, India, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey, with potential for further expansion
• Improving systems, processes, and payroll delivery environment to maximise efficiency and accuracy
• Owning or contributing to projects such as system upgrades and process changes
• Managing and resolving client escalations, raising issue tickets with payroll vendors, and ensuring timely resolution
• Implementing and testing changes in payroll applications
• Ensuring compliance through self-audit and SOX tests
• Preparing monthly/quarterly payroll journals and assisting with accounting functions
• Filing year-end returns with relevant authorities
• Daily interaction with HR, line managers, accountants, and other staff to resolve payroll queries

What you will need:

• Previous experience in a payroll function within an organisation of similar scale and complexity (Payroll Specialist, Payroll Administrator, Payroll Officer, Payroll Accountant
• Proven experience of processing UK, Europe, and ACE payrolls
• Experience of payroll accounting
• Demonstrate experience of using word processing and spreadsheet applications (Word and Excel)
• Strong experience in customer support

What you will get:

• Hybrid working options
• 10% bonus
• Private medical bonus
• Study support for ACCA or CIMA
• Enhanced 5% pension if employee pays 5%
• Life assurance
• Free Parking
• Discounted contact lenses

*CIPP Desired but not Essential

If you would like to find out more about this role, please apply with your CV or LinkedIn PDF. We look forward to hearing from you!

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