Emea Payroll Governance and Vendor Management Lead

2 weeks ago


Glasgow, United Kingdom Lusona Consultancy Full time

We are recruiting for an EMEA Payroll Governance and Vendor Management Lead to join a global organisation in their Glasgow Headquarters where the payroll operations team services payroll for 20 different locations.

The role:

- Ownership and governance of the Glasgow based payroll operations function incorporating ownership and responsibility of all compliance and controls
- Ensuring all controls and legislation is adhered to before approving each payroll run for all payroll cycles
- Control and governance of additional payrolls throughout the year including executive compensation, bonus and severance events
- Maintain a strong partnership with all payroll vendors across EMEA including the UK
- Maintaining an open dialogue with senior leadership raising awareness of all potential or actual issues as you become aware
- Maintaining and enhancing the payroll control framework around all payroll responsibilities
- Maintaining a detailed understanding of current payroll legislation, with a proactive approach to plan for future changes
- Responsible for the management update of key metrics to optimize resource usage and identify improvements
- Governance and oversight responsibility for the timely and accurate disbursement of all payroll related payments through BACS and the multi-currency accounts managed through online banking tools
- Partnering a variety of groups and individuals in agreeing payroll policy, changes in processes, discussing payroll related issues and rollout of changes to payroll systems
- Liaison with internal and external auditors to assist with understanding the key processes, giving access to systems for sample testing and providing evidence of key controls
- Ensure effective documentation is in place and regularly updated to account for changes in process and legislation
- Monitoring of controls to ensure that all employee queries are managed effectively and within the agreed SLA through a web based query tool
- Play a key role for your team during mid-year and year end evaluation process
- Assess training requirements for the team, encouraging individuals to take ownership of their careers and development



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