Senior Payroll Specialist

BSI
London
10 months ago
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Job Title: Senior Payroll Specialist

Location: Chiswick, London (hybrid)

About the role:

Are you ready to elevate your passion for payroll? Do you excel in an environment that promotes growth and offers exciting career opportunities? Look no further!

We are seeking an experienced Senior Payroll Specialist to ensure BSI’s payroll process is flawlessly executed and scales with our business growth. This is an incredible opportunity to be a key contributor to our payroll team, leading the charge in ensuring seamless and accurate payroll processing for our diverse workforce.

You will be part of a close-knit, collaborative payroll team, reporting to the UK Payroll Manager within a lively and friendly Shared Service Centre. This position will work closely with internal and external business partners, as well as the HR Operations team, to develop and implement global payroll best practices, ensuring compliance and accuracy.

Your responsibilities will include ensuring accurate and timely outsourced payroll production in accordance with statutory regulations, focusing on excellent customer service while handling day-to-day payroll queries. You will continuously adapt to changing landscapes, supported by a brilliant infrastructure of specialists, training, and technology, becoming a go-to expert in payroll.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing team during an exciting phase of the BSI Finance Transformation journey. You’ll have ample opportunities to broaden your horizons and discover a culture that nurtures individuality and celebrates fresh thinking.

This is a full-time position with a hybrid working pattern of 2 days in the office.

Responsibilities include:

Using ResourceLink for various tasks such as: running Workday payroll reports and uploading all payroll data into ResourceLink, manual uploads/entry of overtime and statutory payments, and reviewing all payroll and pension data processed on ResourceLink and ensure that any errors identified are corrected. Raising of BACs files for the FD’s to approve and transmission of BACs files. Act as a first point of contact for all payroll or pension administration queries and answering all queries via the telephone and written correspondence; management of payroll inbox. Administration of BSI’s defined benefits plan, including providing monthly reports to the external pension providers giving details of relevant changes and reconciliation of contributions deducted from payroll each month. Monthly RTI Reporting to HMRC via FPS and EPS, and annual benefits reporting to HMRC via P11D’s and PSAs. Ensure that the Company Car information is accurately recorded on the Payroll system and produce P46 Car Forms as required each quarter and submit forms to HMRC via EDI.

To be successful in the role, you will have:

Previous experience of end-to-end payroll in a similar senior position Leadership experience in mentoring and developing junior members of a team Emotional maturity when liaising with various stakeholders to build trusted and engaging relationships within the business Understanding of processes and change, promoting best practice The ability to work under pressure towards strict deadlines and procedures CIPP qualification would be highly desirable Solid knowledge of ResourceLink and Workday highly advantageous

BSI offers a competitive total reward package, an independent and varied job in an international environment, flexible working hours, and ongoing training and development.

*Please note: BSI are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this vacancy

Do you believe the world deserves excellence?

We are proud to be the business improvement company for other organisations to become more sustainable and resilient and finally to inspire trust in their products, systems, services, and the world we live in.

Headquartered in London, BSI is the world's first national standards organization with more than 100 years of experience. We are a global partner for 86,000 companies and organizations in over 193 countries, offering development, auditing, certification, and training services, including innovative software solutions and cyber security expertise for all industries: from aerospace and automotive to food, construction, energy, healthcare, IT and trade sectors. Incorporated by Royal Charter, we’re truly impartial, and home to the ultimate mark of trust, the Kitemark.

Through our unique combination of consulting, training, assurance and regulatory services we bring solid and broad knowledge to every company.

If you want to contribute to this inspiring challenge, bring your open and enthusiastic mindset to our dynamic team, apply now and become part of the BSI family!

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BSI is committed to ensuring the diversity of our workforce reflects that of our clients and the communities in which we operate. Our goal is to create a sense of belonging for all employees by providing opportunities to develop, grow, and engage with our global organization all while having fun doing great work. BSI is a community where everyone can thrive.

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