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As a Payroll Specialist 12 Months FTC for Irish payroll, you will ensure the accurate and timely delivery of payroll services in accordance with agreed processing timelines. You will complete and sign off on payroll controls and checks, adhering to governance routines. You will handle customer complaints, investigate root causes, and implement remediation actions. You will raise Risk Events promptly, investigate their causes, and establish remediation plans.

You will support HR Operations teams, ensuring day-to-day tasks are completed within SLA and systems are effectively administered. You will maintain relationships with key stakeholders, providing service updates and insights. You will manage the quality, accuracy, and delivery of the Payroll Service, ensuring compliance with local legislative requirements and Barclays Policy. You will handle statutory and business-requested changes to payroll systems, validate changes to employees’ pay, and manage the monthly payroll process, including reconciliation and payment.

To be successful as a **Payroll Specialist **you should have experience with
- Payroll Experience.
- Customer Service experience - ability to handle difficult callers and explain complex queries clearly.
- Ability to work under pressure, coordinate and prioritise activities, self-discipline and motivation.
- Communication skills, with the ability to communicate to people at all levels both written and verbal.
- Close attention to detail and accuracy while working under pressure.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

Northampton

12 Months FTC

**Purpose of the role**

To manage payroll functions, including calculating employee pay, withholding taxes, and any other deductions, as well as maintaining accurate payroll records for the business.

**Accountabilities**
- Processing of payroll for hourly, salaried, and commissioned employees, calculating tax and other contributions, withholding, and paying out as appropriate.
- Employee payroll record administration and troubleshooting.
- Guidance and support to employees on all payroll matters, including queries related to calculations of salaries and wages, overtime, bonuses, and commissions.
- Compliance related statutory filings including the management of the reply to Government institution notices related to all Statutory obligations.
- Payroll statutory reporting and filing including liaison with relevant local tax authorities.

**Analyst Expectations**
- Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
- Partner with other functions and business areas.
- Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
- Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
- Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
- Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
- Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
- Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
- Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
- Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
- Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
- Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.