Emea Payroll Liaison Officer
7 months ago
**Company Description**
At **Informa**, no two days and no two people are the same, and you'll find the freedom, opportunity, and support of a fantastic community to make a real impact.
We’re an international business that connects specialists with knowledge, helping them to learn more, know more and do more through live and on demand events, digital and data-driven services, and academic research.
We are home to over 10,000 colleagues across 30 countries and are a member of the UK’s FTSE 100 group of leading public companies.
In **Global Support**, we provide expert guidance and hands-on support to the Informa Group and Informa’s many business teams. Across tech, finance, legal, corporate development, HR, communications, operations, and many other areas, we work collaboratively and flexibly to help our brands serve their customers and help the company succeed.
**Job Description** Role Profile**
Reporting to the **Head of Payroll - EMEA**, you will help manage the effective delivery of Informa payroll services, working with multiple external payroll providers for the EMEA region, which currently covers approximately 35 separate payrolls, across more than 12 countries, working within a team of five. This position must review and maintain payroll controls, compliance, and governance.
Informa takes the security and privacy of company, colleague, and customer data seriously; the role is responsible for ensuring that payroll activities are fully compliant with all data privacy laws and policies.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Work with the EMEA payroll Bureaus ensuring all payrolls are processed accurately and on time.
- Work with HR and the Benefits team to facilitate the smooth submission of people data to the relevant payroll bureau and be the main contact for any payroll related issues.
- Carry out Monthly payroll checks ensuring the payrolls are accurate, compliant and ready for approval.
- Prepare the monthly payroll analysis reports and payroll approval documentation to present to senior management for payroll approval.
- Ensure the payment of salaries and third-party payments through the relevant on-line banking platforms are processed accurately and on time, whilst also ensuring the accounts are sufficiently funded.
- Responsibility for month end payroll reporting; to include:
- Running and reconciling the payroll journals and accurately uploading them into the finance system for reporting purposes.
- Reconciling the HMRC payments made against the HMRC Government Gateway.
- Prepare the pension and benefit reports for review and audit by the Benefits team.
- Providing ad hoc reports to Finance, HR, and Managers regarding payroll costs.
- Produce the monthly payroll KPI reports.
- Work with the finance team to help reconcile the payroll control accounts monthly.
- Oversee the year end payroll obligations regarding P11D and Class1A submission to the HMRC.
- Regularly review the company car data to ensure the Benefit in Kind (BIK) values are maintained on the payroll system for “payrolling of benefits”.
- Maintain and develop accurate and up to date payroll procedures ensuring all tasks and processes are fully documented.
- Take the initiative for continuous process improvement, proactively reviewing and looking to improve processes.
- Support employees with issues relating to pay, tax, national insurance, pensions and benefits processed through the payroll.
- Carry out regular audits to ensure the integrity of the payroll data is maintained.
- To provide system administration support e.g. resetting passwords as required.
- Promptly reply to all payroll enquires within the agreed timelines.
- Keep up to date with all current payroll statutory legislation and provide advice to the business on HMRC payroll related enquires.
- Ensure compliance with the General Data Processing Requirements (GDPR) when dealing with payroll data and records.
**Qualifications** Skills and Abilities**
- 5 years Payroll experience in a complex organisation
- Experience of working on EMEA payrolls (desirable but not essential)
- Proven ability to work to stringent deadlines
- Highly organised, diligent, with attention to detail and the ability to maintain these skills whilst working under pressure
- Excellent relationship management skills
- Strong communication and negotiation skills
- Flexible and adaptable
- Excellent excel skills essential - VLOOKUP/data analysis
- Self starter, self motivated and ‘can do’ attitude
**Knowledge and Qualifications**
- IPPM Qualified (desirable)
- A sound knowledge of payroll statutory regulations, financial control principles and accounting practices
- Knowledge of pension schemes and AE
- Experience of administering flex benefits and salary sacrifice arrangements through payroll
- Experience with working with ADP using IHCM (preferable)
**Additional Information**
**Our benefits include**:
- Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they r
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