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EMEA Payroll Specialist
Permanent
London – x1 day a week in office
c.£65,000 - £75,000 DOE + Bonus

Middlemore are delighted to be working on a retained basis, on behalf of a high-touch global financial services firm to support with a brand-new hire of an EMEA Payroll Specialist, to join their high performing HR team based in central London. The EMEA Payroll Specialist is a crucial member of the team, playing an integral role in the payroll centre of excellence responsible for delivering payrolls across the EMEA region. This position focuses on providing multi-country payroll solutions through a centralised expertise hub.

The EMEA payroll specialist will work closely with Shared Services to ensure accurate and timely data collation across the region for outsourced payroll providers, guaranteeing high standards and legislative compliance. This position is pivotal in delivering cross-functional payroll services and maintaining the integrity of payroll operations across multiple countries in the EMEA region.
Other responsibilities will include:

End to end payroll processing for multiple countries within the EMEA region, ensuring compliance with local laws, tax regulations and company policies
Liaise with outsourced providers to ensure payrolls are delivered accurately, efficiently and on time.
To collaborate with the HRIS team to ensure all integrations between Workday and the outsourced payroll providers are delivering on time, comprehensive accurate data
Prepare and review monthly payroll reports to enable sign off of payrolls across the EMEA region monthly.
Collaborate with Finance to ensure payments are made to colleagues on time and accurately as well as to manage the monthly GL postings.
Manage year end payroll activities, such as issuing tax forms and performing compliance checks.
Supporting In country payroll specialists in the larger countries when required to support the delivery of payroll.

What you will need:

Significant experience delivering payroll across EMEA region for multiple countries including Netherlands, Nordics & Middle East
Thorough knowledge of payroll systems including ADP, multi-country regulations related to payroll.
Strong communication skills.
Strong attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.
Exceptional Excel skills
Knowledge and expertise of Workday is highly desirable
Experience and ability to operate in a matrix reporting environment as part of a Centre of Expertise

If you feel that this opportunity is of interest or would like to find out more, then please share an updated cv with (url removed) or apply following the link