Payroll Analyst - Frazer Jones : Job Details

Payroll Analyst - £45,000 - £47,500 + Bonus - Canary Wharf

Frazer Jones are delighted to be supporting a leading name within financial services on the recruitment of a Payroll Analyst to join on a permanent basis.

Our client is requiring you to be in the office 4 days per week.

• Serve as the primary contact for payroll and benefits-related inquiries and manage the coordination of the European payroll inbox.
• Assist in the daily processing of designated European payrolls, including tasks such as collecting and uploading payroll adjustments for each region into the payroll system.
• Support the monthly payroll onboarding process by promptly adding new employees to the relevant country's payroll.
• Assist with the monthly payroll offboarding process by processing departing employees from the relevant country's payroll in the month their employment ends.
• Facilitate the processing of non-standard payroll tasks across the region.
• Handle payroll administration for maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave.
• Assist in the preparation and submission of statutory reporting documentation in each European country where centralised payroll is managed (e.g., P60s, P11Ds, ERS reporting).
• Collaborate with the global team on payroll-related projects, including payroll system implementation and transitions.
• Periodically review and update payroll standard operating procedures (SOPs) in line with internal processes.

• Ensure new employees are enrolled in and departing employees are removed from relevant benefit schemes, with updates reflected in payroll.
• Gather benefit data for the annual compensation cycle.
• Manage the list of benefit providers and ensure contact information is current.

• Respond to payroll reporting requests, such as salary data, sickness absence records, holiday records, and bonus information.
• Assist the Finance department with month-end and year-end payroll reporting, including the collection and analysis of relevant payroll data.
• Support the global equities team with audits and reconciliations.
• Aid in the annual payroll audit process.

Skills and experience needed:

• Over 2 years of payroll experience.
• Proficient in using "Workday" with a solid understanding of payroll processes.
• Workday payroll experience is essential.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
• Excellent administrative skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage priorities effectively.

The SR Group (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.