Payroll & Benefits Advisor - London, United Kingdom - Framestore

Framestore
Framestore
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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Framestore is an Oscar, Bafta, and Emmy award-winning global creative company working in film, advertising, AR/MR/VR, theme park dark rides, and pre/post visualisation work among many other creative endeavours.


The central London-based HR team is looking for a Payroll & Benefits Advisor that will see you oversee and manage all aspects of payroll and its processing for approximately 1200 UK-based employees, ensuring monthly payroll reports are produced, circulated and then authorised and returned to HR by Heads of Department.


You will play a lead role in evaluating processes and recommending areas for improvement, and act as the first point of contact for all employees and answering all queries relating to tax, pay anomalies, benefits payments, and ad-hoc payments.

As well; In partnership with the Head of HR and other members of the HR team, ensure the company offers comprehensive, relevant and creative benefits provisions, which fit well with our business and employees.

For a more detailed breakdown of the responsibilities of this role, please see below.


Payroll

  • Work with an outsourced payroll company (ADP) to administer monthly payroll within the specified deadlines.
  • Checking the accuracy of payroll output precommit each month, liaising with ADP as needed to ensure that payroll is processed correctly.
  • Liaise with the other HR team members to ensure all monthly variables are input correctly and on time, seeking necessary authorisations as appropriate.
  • Produce reports as necessary for the HR team and Finance.
  • Processing and issuing of P46s (in the absence of P45s) and P60s.
  • Assisting International employees to set up UK bank accounts and NI numbers

Benefits

  • Regular liaison with our external benefits consultants and benefit providers.
  • Administration of any monthly changes to benefits (starters, leavers, lifestyle changes etc) adjusting payroll as necessary and notifying consultants and/or providers.
  • Maintaining records of all employees signed up to the company benefit schemes, updating the system as necessary to ensure benefits are logged and correct
  • Provide advice and guidance on company benefit schemes to employees and, where necessary, refer to and/or liaise with Benefit Consultants.
  • Manage the marketing & administration of the annual voluntary benefits scheme including playing a lead role in presenting the company benefit schemes to employees during the annual renewal period.
  • Play a lead role in evaluating benefits processes, requesting areas for improvement and new opportunities.

General HR

  • Provide advice and guidance to employees and managers on company policies.
  • Produce monthly Time Off In Lieu (TOIL) reports for different business divisions
  • Manage the leaver process.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential:

  • Previous experience in managing and administering payroll.
  • Payroll systems knowledge and experience, ideally ADP Freedom.
  • Intermediate knowledge and experience in excel incl. VLookup

Desirable:

  • Payrollrelated qualification.

Competencies, Skills & Attributes

Essential:

  • Strong level of interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Team player and strong team ethic. Works well with other members of the HR team, sharing information and working collaboratively to achieve team objectives.
  • Flexible and adaptable and able to manage changing priorities.
  • Adapts approach and style to suit different situations and people.
  • Highly organised and methodical.

Desirable:

  • Passion and interest in the visual effects industry.
  • Desire to grow within the company.
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