Payroll Specialist (Hybrid)

Walton-On-Thames Permanent £40,000 - £45,000 per year View Job Description
In the role of Payroll Specialist (Hybrid), you shall ensure timely and correct deliveries (SLA`s or service level agreements) to clients located in UK and Ireland, providing quality in payroll service delivery, and taking pride in contributing to high customer satisfaction.
  • A client focused role suitable for someone with strong communication skills
  • HYBRID: Monday & Friday from home

About Our Client

Our client is a prominent player in the business services sector with an extensive global reach. Having a large workforce, they are committed to providing top-tier services. Operating from their Walton-On-Thames location, they have free parking on site and are based just s short walk from Walton-On-Thames train station.

Job Description

Payroll Specialist (Hybrid) role involves:

Managing Customer Service and continuous improvements:

  • Has a proactive and consultative role in solving payroll related issues in customer service, driving continuous improvement of customer processes and adding value to customer
  • Monitors, follows up, reports and analyses operational KPI's around service excellence and customer satisfaction for own clients and takes immediate corrective actions whenever there is a risk of operational KPI's or SLA's not being met
  • Proactively drives offshoring and nearshoring transition activities for own customers
  • Ensures that customer documentation and control framework is always up to date
  • Approves system or process changes and different type of authorization requests to customer systems

Customer Service and relationship management:

  • Acts as the operational single point of contact/escalation for named customers
  • Has a solid understanding of payroll processes end-to-end, the agreed delivery scope and responsibilities and ensures compliance with these tasks and processes
  • Prepares monthly service reports to named customers and organizes service meetings according to agreed governance model
  • Has always a good overview of what is going on with the customer and addresses critical customer issues without delays.

Financial management:

  • Monitors, follows up, reports and analyses customer specific financial KPI's such as actual client margins vs. targets and takes corrective actions together with delivery teams in case of negative margin gaps
  • Has good understanding of the customer agreement, billing principles, SLA's and related service credit schemes. Ensures that all services are accurately billed on timely manner.
  • Manages and follows up on change orders for own customer

The Successful Applicant

A successful Payroll Specialist (Hybrid) should have:

  • Experience from working with and in-depth understanding of UK payroll and personnel administration, payroll accounting and payroll processes end-to-end
  • SAP HCM experience (NOT ESSENTIAL)
  • Knowledge on labour laws and other relevant payroll related regulation
  • Minimum of 2 years' experience in managing customer relationships

What's on Offer

The Payroll Specialist (Hybrid) role offers:

  • Competitive salary within the range of £40-45,000 per annum
  • Flexible working hours/environment (Monday and Friday from home, and core hours to allow for later starts or
  • Interesting growth opportunities
  • Training opportunities (incl. certifications etc.)
  • Team building events
  • Coffee, tea, fruits and other supplies in the office
  • Internal job transfer opportunities
Contact
Chris Royce
Quote job ref
JN-072024-6490234
Phone number
+44 193 226 4264

Job summary

Job function
Accounting
Subsector
Payroll
Sector
Business Services
Location
Walton-On-Thames
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Chris Royce
Consultant phone
+44 193 226 4264
Job reference
JN-072024-6490234