Payroll and Benefits Specialist

4 days ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Lockton Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Payroll and Benefits Advisor to join our People Team at Lockton. As a key member of our centralised Payroll & Benefits team, you will be responsible for assisting in the accurate and timely processing of 13 payrolls across Europe and APAC, including the calculation of Associate benefits.

Key Responsibilities

In-House Payroll

  • Collaborate effectively with the HR Administration team and Business Partners to ensure payroll data is received and systems are updated within set deadlines.
  • Ensure timely and accurate end-to-end processing of UK payroll, including starters, leavers, court orders, one-off payments, and deductions, as well as payrolled benefits.
  • Produce and reconcile monthly payroll reports to ensure salary and benefit changes have been reflected correctly in payroll.
  • Produce and reconcile monthly payroll reports to ensure accurate cost allocation is provided to Finance.
  • Resolve technical queries from Associates, HR, Finance, and external agencies, including HMRC.
  • Reconcile 3rd party payments to the monthly payroll reports and ensure payments are raised promptly.
  • Ensure invoices are reconciled, processed, and paid in a timely manner.
  • Monitor the Payroll email inbox to ensure queries are responded to in a timely manner.
  • Assist in Payroll End of Year, including P11d processing.
  • Assist in the creation and delivery of post-payroll reporting.
  • Support data preparation for audits and respond to queries from auditors.

Outsourced Payrolls

  • Liaise with 3rd party payroll providers to provide monthly input.
  • Conduct a complete check of the payroll output and resolve any issues where required.
  • Monitor the Payroll email inbox to ensure queries are responded to in a timely manner.
  • Work with providers to resolve technical queries from Associates, HR, Finance, and external agencies.
  • Reconcile monthly payroll reports received from providers to ensure salary and/or benefit changes have been reflected correctly in the payroll run.
  • Produce and reconcile monthly payroll reports for internal stakeholders (Finance) to ensure accurate allocation of costs.
  • Lead in the creation and delivery of post-payroll reporting.
  • Ensure timely payment to relevant 3rd parties.
  • Ensure invoices are reconciled and processed in a timely manner.
  • Support data gathering for audits and respond to queries from auditors.

Benefits

  • Support with benefits administration, including notifying benefit providers of starters, leavers, and changes to benefit selections. Provide benefits advisory support to the HR team.
  • Assist with monthly pension and benefit administration, including reconciliation of contributions.
  • Assist with continuous review of the Benefex platform to ensure payroll correctly reflects Associate and Partner selections.
  • Respond to benefits queries relating to benefits processed through the payroll (pension, healthcare, childcare vouchers, cars, etc.). Resolve technical queries from Associates, HR, Finance, and external agencies.
  • Ensure invoices are reconciled and processed in a timely manner.
  • Support data gathering for audits and respond to queries from auditors.

Other

  • Assist in ad-hoc duties as required by the Senior Manager, Payroll and Benefits.
  • Participate in Payroll & Benefits related projects and initiatives, including raising Associate/Partner awareness and embedding change.

Key Skills

  • Proficient Excel skills, including VLOOKUP and Pivot Table.
  • Organised and focused on helping the team provide a consistent level of output and accuracy.
  • Experience of payroll processing, data entry through to reconciliation and reporting.
  • Demonstrates strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines.
  • Focus on customer service.
  • Superb organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise effectively.
  • Approach payroll delivery with a continuous improvement mindset.

Pre-requisites

  • Experienced in-house Payroller having worked in a busy payroll environment using Resource Link.
  • Passionate about delivery and continuous improvement.

Other Information

  • Current Team Size: 1 x Senior Payroll & Benefits Manager, 1 x Senior Payroll Advisor, 1 x Payroll & Benefits Advisor, 1 x Payroll & Benefits Administrator.
  • The role is hybrid-based, and the individual must be prepared to attend the office 3 days per week.
  • Payroll System: Zellis Resource Link.
  • 1 x PAYE payroll circa 2,250, 2 x LLP (non-PAYE payrolls), 2 x Bermuda, Germany, India, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Malta, Sweden, and Switzerland payrolls via local bureau.
  • Benefits managed via Spectrum, a Benefex platform.


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