Payroll Associate - Belfast, United Kingdom - EY

Verified Company

Belfast, United Kingdom

8 hours ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

The Opportunity:

Duties & Responsibilities:

Processing the payroll data each pay period accurately and to an agreed payroll schedule
Setting up new joiners on the payroll software
Terminating employee on the payroll software
Importing pay data into the payroll software
Manual calculation of prorated salary for joiners/leavers per payrun
Manual retrospective calculations
Processing statutory payments
Setting up new pay components within the payroll software and ensuring the correct legislative processes are followed
Manual gross to net and net to gross calculations on payslips each payrun
Set up and administration of pensions information
Calculating PAYE, NI and Apprenticeship levy amounts payable
Completing payroll reports and send to clients, ie General Ledger
Sending of regulatory compliance, FPS, EPS, Auto enrolment and Apprenticeship Levy
Creating BACS files for payment of employees; and where necessary set up calendar invites per annum
Issuing online Payslips, P60s and P45s to employees.
Keeping up to date payroll schedules/calendars
Keeping up to date client service definitions
Preparing reports and monitoring on EY key performance metrics
Maintaining a good working relationship with clients and other EY employees/teams
Review of Billing Reconciliation Template with hires, leavers, number of employees and any additional agreed fees
Review of prepared bills in mercury
Checking previous bills have been paid and are up to date
Sending Billing to clients each month
Participation in ISAE certification process
Participation and understanding of payroll system updates and testing process.
Escalation of payroll issues to Sr. Associates and Payroll Leadership as required.
End to end payroll knowledge
High IT skills including experience of working with Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
High attention to detail, accuracy and checking own work
Being able to manage own workload and planning around annual leave to ensure all work is covered in their absence.
Having experience in working towards deadlines and multitasking
A Team player with excellent communication skills but also able to work on their own initiative
Knowledge of SharePoint

Preferred Attributes & Qualifications

2 to 3 years end to end payroll processing experience, good knowledge and understanding of payroll compliance and best practice.
Experience with IRIS Payroll Software
CIPP or other payroll Qualification
Ability to handle increasingly high volume of work in a fast paced, deadline driven environment in a calm manner
Good workload management skills and an ability to work to deadlines
High understanding of payroll compliance including AE, RTI, Apprenticeship Levy, Employment Allowance
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Understanding of financial service regulatory processes such as know your client and antimoney laundering.
Critical thinking ability to work under own initiative to solve problems either by research or by sign posting how problem can be solved
Flexibility to meet demands of position (i.e. quick turnarounds)