Payroll Coordinator - Career Legal : Job Details

This international law firm has a history going back to the 1930s. It is now a leading and award-winning firm with a client base encompassing some of the best names in retail, banking, real estate, sports and utilities.

The firm is based in the city, ideally placed for commuters. They offer a generous benefits package that includes a flexible element with an option of choice.

They are now looking to hire a Payroll Coordinator on a contract basis. The role is to process start to finish payrolls for the clients (UK, UAE and Australia) and assist the Payroll Manager EMEAA with ad-hoc projects and tasks.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of UK, UAE and Australia payrolls (start to finish, in house and outsourced)

• Providing accurate payroll data to the client payroll vendors within set deadlines

• Expert matter with calculating various payments / deductions / pro rations

• Manage UK and Australia payroll providers queries & assist them with payroll processing

• Check all payroll input in the software

• Prepare sign off analysis for Payroll Manager EMEAA for UK, UAE and Australia payrolls

• Good administration of payroll inbox on daily basis (response time maximum 24 hours)

• Prepare & send monthly UK Pension contributions to 3rd party

• Prepare any ad-hoc payments for sign off and payment (advances, cheques, etc)

• Prepare 3rd party payments (HMRC, GAYE, etc..) for sign off and payment

• Prepare reconciliations for reducing balance benefits (Season ticket, Loans, Ride2Work, etc)

• Prepare various payroll analysis as requested by Payroll Manager

Candidate Profile

• Excellent UK PAYE knowledge (statutory rules)

• Able to manually perform various gross to net calculations and excellent understanding of taxation of various pay elements and benefits.

• Excellent knowledge around parental leave statutory rules and manual calculations

• Excellent Microsoft Office skills (mainly excel) - you will be managing a high volume of data to perform various and complex payroll analysis and reconciliations

• Experience with coordinating outsourced and in-house payrolls (highly manual payroll processes).

• Good understanding of benefits and pensions and their management via payroll

• Used to operate independently and self-check work before submitting for review / sign off

• Able to come in and hit the ground running - this role is very busy and only suitable for a very focused and experienced Payroll coordinator

• Excellent analytical and logical skills

• Manual payroll journals preparation

• International payroll experience

Important Notice

It is Career Legal’s policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted, you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful, and your details have not been retained. Please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you.

Career Legal is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.