EMEA Payroll Manager (Interim)

Buck ,
London, Greater London
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Description Interim - EMEA Payroll Manager The role: We are looking for a knowledgeable Payroll Specialist (Manager) to process and manage our company's monthly payrolls along with all related duties. The Payroll Specialist will be responsible for ensuring all payroll payments, expenses, deductions and statutory taxes are paid correctly and on time. A big part of the payroll specialist job will be to manage multi-payroll across the EMEA region, working alongside our payroll vendor and the relevant In Country Providers (ICP's). The ideal candidate will be highly numerate, analytical and methodical, with experience in payroll administration across multiple global regions and deep knowledge of payroll regulations particularly for the UK. It is essential that the candidate has experience with payroll vendor management. Your goal will be to ensure our payroll procedures are compliant, efficient and current. As the payroll specialist, you must be familiar with and able to use payroll software with a high level of accuracy and efficiency. We are looking for someone with strong organisation and the communication skills to interact with colleagues at all levels across the organisation. Key responsibilities: + Manage and process monthly payrolls across our EMEA offices consisting of; the UK including Guernsey, Germany and Romania (e.g. salaries, variable payments and deductions, employee leaves, benefits, statutory taxes and third-party payments); + Providing guidance and support to the India payroll specialist as necessary; + Liaise with Country HR leads to retrieve monthly payroll data by the diarised payroll deadlines, per country; + Raising and re-checking payroll data received from respective HR as necessary; + Preparing monthly payroll data sheet file to upload on the payroll vendor portal as per deadlines, including all relevant payroll documentation (i.e. P45's, Starter Declarations and so on); + Processing monthly flex benefit data for UK and Guernsey; + Processing monthly pension changes and enrolling employees in to the workplace pension - UK only; + Checking and validation of payroll output for all countries using various reports (gross to net, variance, pdf reports); + Raising requests to the payroll vendor for any corrections required from the payroll output; + Committing and approving the payroll register and carrying out other relevant approval processes on the payroll vendor management dashboard; + Raising payroll funding from the finance department, ensuring that it is done in a timely manner to meet relevant country pay dates; + Month end reporting to the finance department, ensuring that month end reports are submitted to the finance department - all countries; + Month end reporting to the pension provider - UK only; + Quarterly tax returns - Guernsey only; + Year End reporting preparation - all countries, will be guided to you by the payroll vendor; + Ensuring compliance with relevant laws and internal policies; + Liaising with the finance department to assist with payroll audit work; + Managing the payroll mailbox and answering of payroll queries received in the mailbox; + Raising any ad-hoc payments "out of payroll cycle" to finance; + Coding and raising payroll vendor monthly invoices for payment; + Ad-hoc payroll reporting request from the HQ - US, Head of Global HR, Finance or HR departments. Essential experience: + Proven experience as Payroll specialist or Payroll manager, in a stand-alone role; + Experience of multi-regional payroll processing; ideally for one or more of the following countries; Romania, India or Germany; + Solid understanding of accounting fundamentals and payroll best practices; + Good understanding of multi-location payrolls and tax related issues; + Strong knowledge of legislation and regulations of the payroll management, pensions and benefits, NI contribution, SSP etc; + Outstanding organisational skills and a high level of attention to detail; + Outstanding communication skills (written and oral); + An analytical mind and good math skills; + Systems experience in ADP/Celergo and HR System Ultipro is advantageous; + Previous experience of HMRC Government Gateway is a plus; + CIPP qualified is a plus or BSc/BA in Business Administration, Accounting, Human Resources or related field; professional certification (e.g. CPP, CPM). Why join Buck: + Our Pedigree - we are an industry leading mid-tier Consultancy with a history dating back over 104 years. + Diversity of Clients - we work with leading UK and International corporations, across a variety of sectors and industries, where no two are the same! + We are Client focused - unlike some of our competitors, we offer bespoke and tailored solutions to our clients, not a one size fits all solution. + Your Career is our motivation - working as part of a small but highly collaborative team, you get the level of responsibility and client exposure rarely experienced working for some of our larger competitors. At Buck, we pride o

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