Payroll Specialist
The opportunity
As an EMEA Payroll Specialist at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.
In this role you will:
- Take ownership of collating and accurately recording all payroll change data for various global payrolls
- Prepare payroll changes submissions monthly for various global entities, in this role primarily EMEA
- Engage with various external entities such as local and international payroll processors, Revenue, and international tax authorities
- Support the wider payroll team by administering Bike to Work/Tax Saver Schemes, distributing payslips, managing the application of special tax arrangements
- Manage the internal Payroll Mailbox and respond to all payroll-related queries including assisting with new hire onboarding and offboarding queries
- Be the lead point of contact for the company pension scheme and other third-party Benefit Providers relating to the set of countries assigned to you
- Track all statutory leave and apply associated payroll adjustments in line with local laws
- Partner with senior members of the payroll team and assist with payroll setup in new jurisdictions, review of general ledger codings, employee cost centre allocations
- Ensure timely payment of statutory payroll taxes and other related costs across each region
- Prepare detailed payroll gross to net reviews and reconciliations and provide first level review and approval on payroll reports for each of your assigned countries
- Assist the Financial reporting team with payroll related queries in a timely manner
- Provide compelling reporting on key payroll metrics to the wider team
- Assist in driving the global Payroll Change project, identifying opportunities for ongoing improvements, automation and streamlining processes gaining efficiency
- Provide support to the payroll manager on current and future projects as they arise
We would love to hear from you if you:
- Have a payroll qualification such as IPASS or CIPP or are on the path to completing one
- Have previous experience working in a payroll environment over the last 2 years and have an understanding of core payroll concepts
- Have knowledge of payroll regulations within either Europe, USA, Asia Pacific or the Middle East
- Are experienced in using Excel V-Lookups and Pivot Tables
- Are detail oriented and quality focused with an analytical and problem-solving mindset
- Love a dynamic environment with the opportunity to manage your own priorities and deadlines
About us
Since 1974, we’ve been providing a construction consultancy service that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. It takes a special kind of togetherness to create our thriving, authentic culture. We overcome challenges together, delivering better projects and leveraging innovation. We see the potential in our people and we empower them. We’re a business on a journey – an agile business that is proud
to be different.
We are Linesight. Dynamic. Driven. Different.
About Corporate Services
An extensive range of corporate services expertise is required for an organisation of our scale and reach to be successful, and we have fantastic teams of professionals across a range of functions such as tax and finance, marketing, operations, and people and organisational development. Whether at the earliest stages of your career, or an experienced professional, we are committed to nurturing, supporting, mentoring, and stretching our people, so that you can maximise your potential and meet your career aspirations in your field of expertise.
Our approach to DE&I
At Linesight, we believe that our success is tied to the success of our employees, and we are committed to creating a workplace that is fair, equitable, and inclusive for everyone. We understand that creating an environment where all employees have an equal opportunity to thrive requires a concerted effort across every stage of their time with us, from hiring and onboarding to promotion, career growth, and development.
As part of this commitment, we have implemented a range of policies and initiatives to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). This starts with our attraction pipeline and accessible job descriptions, designed to attract a broad range of candidates, and continuing throughout the employee life cycle with DE&I checks built in at every stage. Fairness, consistency, and transparency are the core principles for all our hiring, salary increase, and promotion decisions with built-in gender pay gap checks. Employee and family-friendly policies also enhance inclusion and equity in our teams.
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