Title: Payroll Specialist (Short-Term Contract)
Location: London, hybrid working available
Rate: Competitive day rate
Our client, a leading EV Charging Infrastructure group headquartered in London with nationwide operations, is seeking a Payroll Specialist to support the finance and HR functions on a short-term contract. This is a pivotal role, focused on enhancing payroll reporting, automation, and compliance processes.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement a complete HR payroll reporting structure, from base pay through to full company cost (monthly and cumulative), including month-on-month comparative and gap analysis.
- Incorporate additional costs into reporting, such as pensions, benefits, company car schemes, and salary sacrifice arrangements.
- Produce payroll journals for accounting and ensure seamless integration with reporting outputs.
- Develop models in Excel/Power BI to automate monthly reporting and payroll journals.
- Work with existing payroll data to deliver accurate monthly and year-to-date reports, as well as supporting payroll journals.
- Identify and implement process improvements arising from payroll analysis and reporting.
- Deliver training and documentation (SOPs) to ensure business users are confident in using the finalised reporting structure and tools.
Role Requirements:
- Proven experience as a UK payroll specialist, with strong technical knowledge of PAYE, NI, pensions, and employer contributions.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, with the ability to model payroll from base pay to net pay and total employer cost.
- Experience using HR payroll systems in the UK market (ideally Payfit).
- Skilled in producing payroll journals for accounting purposes.
- Familiarity with HR payroll system implementation is an advantage.
- Strong working knowledge of Power BI for automation and reporting.
- Professional accreditation such as CIPP or advanced payroll/accounting certification is highly desirable.