Payroll & Benefits Specialist

2 months ago


Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Goodyear Full time

Goodyear. More Driven.

Payroll and Benefits Specialist

Goodyear Tyres UK have an exciting opportunity for a Payroll and Benefits Specialist. The successful candidate will be the main point of contact for all payroll and benefit related queries and will work closely with the local HR and the Regional HR Shared Services team to ensure an efficient service for circa 400 multi-site employees.

This is a hybrid position with a mixture of home working and reporting to our head office in Birmingham. Therefore, the successful candidate needs to be in commutable distance from the office, which is located on the Birmingham Business Park (near Birmingham airport).

Primary Purpose of the Position
  • Responsible for the UK payroll. Ensuring all payroll related actions are carried out accurately, meets all deadlines and is compliant (in line with the company's strict audit requirements and legal obligations).
  • Be the first point of contact for managers and associates for payroll related enquiries (advice, guidance and resolution).
  • Manage the relationship and service of all payrolls related service providers such as payroll bureau, childcare vouchers provider, pension administration provider, HMRC etc.
  • Ensure adequate payroll cover at all times (providing training, arranging access to systems and keeping the payroll manual up to date etc).
  • Proactively review and improve current payroll processes and procedures to continually develop and improve the payroll service, including any overlaps/involvement with other areas such as finance and HR support team.
  • Responsible for all monthly changes to meeting UK & Ireland payroll deadlines. Take a key role in leading the HR & Payroll team through Payroll Transformation project and manage Global Mobility UK/Payroll interface.
  • Providing administrative support for UK & Ireland Employee Benefits (PMI, Life Assurance, Company Cars, Pensions, Reward & Recognition Programmes etc). This includes processing changes, renewals, analysing data and payments.
Role and Responsibilities:
  • Manage the UK payroll to include processing attendance sheets, holidays, sickness, allowances, overtime, expat allowances, merit/bonus payments.
  • Responsible for P11D's, P60's, P45's and all other appropriate payroll related returns. Including Ireland Payroll.
  • Ensure payroll compliance with SOX audit requirements, GDPR, HMRC and other legal requirements (including keeping excellent records with appropriate access levels).
  • Responsible for providing accurate various payroll and comp & bens related reports (Gender Pay Gap, insurance data, finance reports etc) and carry out a number of appropriate compensation and benefits tasks such as inpats/expats queries/returns (EY/Regional requests), bonus calculations and updating summary sheets.
  • Responsible for accurately executing the monthly payroll interface 'mappers', which includes working closely with the Shared Service Centre to ensure payroll data changes are processed in line with strict deadlines.
  • Provide benefits information for payroll and produce overpayment letters. Lead interface & outer face to the payroll provider including payroll budget planning and forecasting.
  • Deliver on various project work and tasks including new payroll related initiatives such as a new time and attendance system and payroll provider review/change.
  • Day to day administration of UK benefits, acting as the main point of contact for employee and manager enquiries.
To join our team, you will need:

Education

  • GCSE (or equivalent level) in English & Maths is required.
  • Advanced level of Excel knowledge is required.
  • CIPP qualified (or comparable) is advantageous.
  • Advanced Payroll qualification/training is desirable.
  • Experience and knowledge of employee benefits administration is desirable.

Experience

  • Minimum of 5 years' payroll experience/knowledge.
  • Proven experience of running all aspects of payroll systems, including dealing with all returns (P11D, P60, P45 etc).
  • Experience of outsourced payroll bureau and expat/inpat payroll.

Knowledge & Skills

  • Ability to work to a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Works to the highest level of discretion and confidentiality.
  • Flexible and able to meet deadlines.
  • Proactive with a continuous improvement mindset.
  • Self-motivated and takes responsibility for area of responsibility.
  • Strong interpersonal (verbal and written) communication skills across all levels.
  • Good problem solving and analytical skills.
Benefits:
  • Competitive salary and bonus scheme.
  • Hybrid working and flexible working options available.
  • 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) + Option to buy and sell 5 days holiday.
  • Enhanced defined contribution pension scheme and life assurance scheme.
  • Up to 4 free tyres annually after 12 months service.
  • Discounted MOT and Service Scheme.
  • Private medical cover after qualifying period.
  • Enhanced family friendly polices after qualifying period.
  • Staff discount scheme on High Street and leisure activities.
  • Free car parking at head office which is congestion charge free.
  • Free eye test and flu vouchers.
  • Dell Discount Scheme.

Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 71,000 people and manufactures its products in 55 facilities in 22 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to


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