Payroll Controller

**WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW**
- £38,000 - £40,000
- 10% Bonus
- Uxbridge / Hybrid role

**ROLE DETAILS**
- Deliver excellent payroll services for a prestigious client
- Ensure accuracy and compliance in accordance with statutory requirements, policy, procedures and governance.
- Ensure delivery of accurate monthly payrolls (CUK, Former Oce, IP Division & CEL) within deadlines, working closely with outsourced provider, ADP.
- Drive excellent customer service across all payroll processes and interactions.
- Work closely with Finance to ensure effective and appropriate SOX controls are in place and payroll processes and actions are compliant to these controls. Respond to relevant queries from internal and external auditors.
- Ensure accurate record keeping for journals and reconciliations and work with Finance to ensure accurate account balances.
- Full ownership and understanding of all financial aspects of payroll. How payroll interacts with the P&L and Balance Sheet. What items should be accounted for in the P&L on a monthly basis.
- Ensure services are effectively operating within agreed SLA’s. Manage relationship with payroll 3rd parties and be accountable for escalation/resolution of issues.
- Enhance, document and embed processes and procedures ensuring services provide maximum efficiencies and continuous improvements and systems are being utilised to full effect, including automation wherever possible.
- Support payroll aspects of any projects to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the operations service and liaise with relevant stakeholders.

**ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE**
- Payroll qualification preferred
- Excellent payroll knowledge & experience
- Competent IT skills, particularly proficient with payroll sotfware
- People management experience and ability to work in a team
- Strong organisational skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
- Good working knowledge of HR and related systems, ideally Oracle iHCM
- Process driven
- Accounting & finance skills
- Problem analysis and ability to problem solve
- Commitment to exceptional customer service
- Excellent communication skills and ability to build relationships at every level
- Comfortable dealing with high volume and highly sensitive/confidential matters
- Ability to remain calm in pressurised situations

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- Payroll qualification
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office particularly power point and excel