payroll specialist Bournemouth, England
Job description
Payroll Administrator - Bournemouth - initial 6 months contract - Hybrid working
We are seeking a hard working individual with strong administrative skills, good MS Office skills including MS Excel and good numerical skills to join JP Morgan in Bournemouth on an initial 6 months contract. You will assist in the production of Payroll related services for JPMC. We are open to candidates with administrative experience if no payroll experience.
The main, day to day responsibilities within this role is the collection, formatting and input of payroll information to the payroll system, checking and analysis of payroll outputs, and query resolution.
Purpose:
- To take responsibility for an assigned section of the EMEA Regional payrolls providing end to end Payroll related services for JPMC in conjunction with outsourced service providers.
- The main day to day responsibility of this role is the liaison with the payroll vendors to facilitate the production of the monthly EMEA Regional payrolls. This includes the processing and transfer of payroll information to the payroll vendor, checking of payroll outputs, vendor feedback and query resolution.
Additional responsibilities include:
- Working with the Payroll Accounting team to resolve issue and substantiate balances.
- Assisting the other payroll teams when required
- Identification of and provide assistance in developing system enhancements.
- Providing support to the Payroll Team Lead and wider team; assisting with all ad-hoc/annual activities such as year-end processing.
Priorities
- Develop a full understanding of insourced payroll software and outsourced payroll procedures
- Establish working relationship with internal stakeholders and provide support to other Payroll team members
Key outputs:
- Ensuring accuracy and timeliness of complete end to end payroll process through execution of appropriate review, audit and checks
- Resolution of payroll queries within SLA.
- Establish and build relationships raising awareness of payroll processes and issues with both internal and external partners.
- Timely clearance of outstanding items on the various GL accounts.
- Timely and thorough follow up and resolution on employee queries.
- Completion of set piece special payroll activities.
- Active role in payroll projects and process improvements and enhancements
Experience:
- Payroll experience, preferably with some experience of EMEA payrolls and of an outsourced payroll environment is highly desirable but not essential.
- Intermediate level user of Microsoft office suite
- Experience in operating to strict deadlines in a controls focused environment
Competencies:
- Payroll knowledge
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
- Excellent attention to detail
- Good investigative and query handling skills
- Good time-management skills
- A positive and proactive approach to tackling issues and escalates where required.
- Ability to prioritise workload and work on own initiative
- Strong customer service skills
- Team supervisory or mentoring abilities
*Please note that you will be working on a rotational hybrid model of 2-3 days per week in the office but can offer more days. You will need your own pc/laptop when working from home as these are not provided.*
Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 6 months
Salary: £140.00-£160.00 per day
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Bournemouth: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Microsoft Excel: 2 years (required)
- Payroll: 1 year (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bournemouth
Reference ID: 295418.2/NJ
