People Services Consultant

2 weeks ago

Swindon, United Kingdom Zurich Insurance Full time

**People Services Consultant (Payroll Reconciliations/Controls & Pay Run Specialist) -**
**Part-time, job-share or full-time**

**Location**:Flexible (must be within a commutable distance to Swindon)

**The opportunity**:
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our People Team as a People Services Consultant, specialising in
**Payroll, Reconciliations and Controls area**. The role sits within the People Services team and is a fundamental role to support all People Services activity for Zurich UK.

You will be responsible for processing and managing all elements of payroll cycle, with strong focus on post payroll reconciliations and balancing, invoicing and controls as well as dealing with day to day payroll related queries. We strongly promote agile and flexible working therefore in addition you may be supporting with wider activity across the People Services team.

This role is available part-time, job-share or full time. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren’t available full-time.

**Key Payroll & Controls Responsibilities**:

- Supporting and/or processing all aspects of in-house monthly Payroll cycles
- Preparation and completion of post payroll reconciliations
- Dealing with suppliers’ payments and invoices
- Processing third party payments.
- Assisting and/or completing post payroll balancing
- Assisting with any HMRC queries as well as dealing with HMRC directly
- Processing Expat Payrolls and dealing with international and national expat payroll providers
- Processing any organisational and structural changes on SAP, directly impacting payroll
- Collaborating with UK Tax team as well as assisting with any audit requirements.
- Providing payroll support and advice of highest standard to our customers - Zurich employees

**In addition the role also involves..**
- Playing a key role in a multi-functional People Services team which, apart from Payroll processing, also includes governance delivery, 3rd party contract management, sickness and absence reporting, immigration, fleet administration, onboarding operations, retirement and exit operations, benefit administration.
- Supporting the People Services team with the day to day activities across the team to ensure efficient and effective delivery of all work.
- Responding to and resolving enquiries to provide an effective customer service and clear advice to colleagues and customers.
- Ensuring data integrity for respective areas of data entry and troubleshoot as needed.
- Being an ambassador for Continuous Improvement highlighting improvements and enhancements to existing processes to the Payroll & People Services Manager and implementing improvements where agreed.
- Working closely with the wider People teams to ensure a seamless experience for colleagues and customers.
- Dealing directly with colleagues across the UK to resolve general and complex enquiries.

**Your experience**:

- In house Payroll processing/Finance experience of 3 years + is essential.
- Previous experience of working in a large organisation with fast paced environment and culture is desirable.
- Experience of working in a Shared Services function within an HR/People team would be beneficial.
- Knowledge of SAP desirable, but not essential.
- Previous experience of working within a Finance team as well as previous exposure to Reward would be desirable, although not essential.

**Your skills**:

- Confident and comfortable in examining and analysing financial information
- Good listener, problem solver, methodical in approach and an "eye for detail"
- You will be a confident communicator, comfortable with liaising with internal and external customer at varying levels
- Ability to focus on detail and accuracy, as well as understanding the bigger picture
- Flexible and ready to adapt to changing priorities
- Good PC literacy (word, excel and preferably SAP)
- Mindset for looking at opportunities to improve existing processes to make them more efficient
- You will be a pro-active individual and a logical thinker, with the ability to make decisions, while working within a supportive and close knit team
- You will have great organisational skills with the ability to thrive in a demanding environment whilst juggling multiple priorities
- A highly motivated self-starter with a can-do attitude, even in the face of demanding deadlines whilst maintaining attention to detail
- Discretion with an understanding and awareness of confidentiality

**The reward**:
As well as a competitive salary we also offer an excellent lifestyle benefits package which includes:

- 12% Non Contributory pension scheme
- Annual company bonuses
- 25 days holiday plus an additional 3 volunteering days
- Private medical cover
- Income Protection
- Life Cover
- Discounted gym membership,
- Discounted gadget insurance
- Discounted technology offers
- Virtual GP appointments
- Plus much more

At Zurich we will consider requests for flexible wo

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