We are looking for a driven and ambitious Payroll Professional looking to develop a challenging and stimulating career. The role is to provide subject matter expertise, project leadership, and direction to Global Payroll Implementation teams to ensure our Payroll service is fit for purpose. The role also supports the initiatives of the Global Managed Payroll Teams.

How you will make a difference:

· Ensuring that the payrolls are processed each pay period in a timely and accurate manner

· Developing and advising bespoke financial reports such as general ledger reports

· Undertaking in-depth reviews of the work carried out by the implementation team prior to client delivery

· Understanding of and complying with Quality and Risk requirements for professional service firm

· Project Management: Lead and manage the end-to-end implementation of a global payroll system, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery

· Dealing with the global team to coordinate payroll offerings and proposals

· Set up and attending client meetings when required and developing KPI’s

· Developing additional services for payroll clients

· Define standards, processes and controls that ensure Operations and Client deliverables are accurate, timely and in line with agreed fees

· Transition of new payroll clients and project plans

· Dealing with client and employee queries in relation to payroll implementations and ensuring that escalation procedures are in place

· Managing team workloads and allocations

· Counselling of staff including annual and midyear reviews

· Ensuring that the team are achieving targets for internal finance purposes

· Work with internal teams to ensure effective procedures are established for setup of internal and external systems, tools, and processes as part of the client transition process.

What will make you stand out:

· Strong stakeholder management skills

· Demonstrable good project management and time management skills – balance multiple priorities by considering importance, level of urgency and other dependencies

· A desire to take on responsibility

· A real desire to develop your technical skills

· Assertive and proactive approach to the delivery / implementation of client engagements

· Ability to network effectively within large organisations and build relationships with individuals and clients

· Ability to utilise research effectively and explain complex subjects in a clear manner

· Ability to build strong client relationships and committed to delivery of exceptional client service

Requirements:

· Extensive hands-on experience in Payroll

· Payroll qualifications e.g., Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP)

· End-to-end Payroll knowledge and experience is a must within a high-volume payroll business

· Expertise in understanding payroll compliance, rules, and legislations in a multi-country environment and with up-to-date knowledge

· Knowledge and hands on experience in Statutory payments/deductions and Pension contributions and their management

· Thorough understanding of upstream and downstream processes that impact Payroll

· Familiar with payroll software

· Good IT skills including experience of working with excel documents

· A high level of accuracy and attention to detail

· Good workload management skills and an ability to work to deadlines

· Experience of managing a team

· Experience of multiple and large client payroll processing

· Payroll project experience

· Preferably have exposure to managed multi-country Payroll cycle in a client service environment.

What we look for:

· Flexibility and good team working skills

· Strong in both written and verbal communications

· Highly organised with excellent customer service skills and comfortable in a client facing environment

· Strong IT skills and can adapt quickly to working with new technologies

· Proven capability to define, document and rollout procedures and processes across multiple departments and/or groups

· Ability to effectively engage with prospects or clients to properly position the value and scope of services provided by the team

· Ability to work with internal/external customers globally and/or virtual basis

· Ability to develop standard methodology, tools, and templates.

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At Safeguard Global, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and Guardians.