Senior Payroll Specialist

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Morningstar Full time

**About the role**:
The UK Senior Payroll Specialist is responsible for supporting the payroll processes for Morningstar’s UK payroll operations. The role will be based in London reporting to the EMEA Payroll Manager as part of a newly established payroll HUB in Madrid. The role will initially be focused on supporting the legacy payroll processes and providing support to additional markets but will transition to a dedicated UK spoke position once the new EMEA Payroll Shared Services organisation is created in 2023

Key tasks include preparing and validating regular payroll data, holiday and benefit calculation and other payroll employment related payments such as bonuses, commission and RSU. The person responsible will need to ensure accurate data is maintained within the payroll systems by partnering with the T&C (HR) operations team, also based and outsourced payroll provider. The UK Senior Payroll Specialist will also need to provide company mandatory support for taxes at year end and partnering with senior leaders involved in the UK payroll process

**Job responsibilities**:

- Oversee monthly data input for all assigned payrolls in coordination with Morningstar processing schedule requirements.
- Partner with the EMEA Payroll HUB operations in Madrid to ensure UK payroll submissions are accurate and timely
- Prepare compensation elements, holiday accrual and other benefit calculations monthly.
- Proactively manage any risks associated with the UK payroll operations and identify and improvement opportunities
- Maintain payroll processes in line with current GDPR and Sarbanes Oxley requirements
- Accurately maintain all pension and third-party payroll requirements across the UK region
- Prepare EMEA payroll review documents for payroll approvers.
- Partnership and continuous communication with HR to ensure all payroll activities are executed accordingly & employee query management through Zendesk.
- Assist with all yearly UK Payroll legislative submissions outside the monthly payroll cycles.
- Manage shared drive and record EMEA payroll reports in line with approved SOX control requirements
- Provide project related data entry for parallel Employee Upload Templates (EUT) inputs for each legal entity. Review elements and mapping table for each country entity.
- Supporting the wider EMEA Payroll HUB Team with administrative project related tasks for future and current payroll implementation activities
- General assistance with project work and administrative tasks, as and when required.

**Qualifications**:

- Minimum of 5 years’ UK payroll experience
- Fundamental expertise on UK payroll taxes and pensions is mandatory
- An exceptional eye for detail as well as a proactive and methodical approach to payroll operations.
- Ability to adapt to change and to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience with payroll software, like Safeguard, Unity & HRIS systems is desirable but not necessary.
- Knowledge of basic local payroll legislation requirements.
- Knowledge of payroll confidentiality & entry level GDPR requirements.
- Time management skills.
- Numeracy & intermediate excel skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.

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