In short
As a UK Payroll Specialist in Reading, you will manage the end-to-end monthly payroll cycle for approximately 1,900 employees, ensuring accuracy and compliance with UK statutory requirements. You will also act as a point of contact for payroll-related queries and contribute to process improvements.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the monthly payroll lifecycle for approximately 1900 UK employees, ensuring accurate and timely processing.
- Prepare and validate payroll inputs including new starters, leavers, salary changes, statutory payments, and pension changes.
- Process end-to-end payroll calculations, data checks, reconciliations, and statutory payments using SAP SuccessFactors and ADP GlobalView.
- Process international mobility payroll activities, coordinating with HR and external tax advisors.
- Ensure compliance with PAYE, National Insurance, National Minimum Wage, PSA Agreements, pensions, benefits, statutory returns, and HMRC requirements.
- Administer auto-enrolment, pension contributions, salary sacrifice, and benefit-related payroll processes.
- Prepare payroll reports, journals, reconciliations, variance analysis, and post-payroll reviews in collaboration with Finance.
- Respond promptly to employee queries relating to pay, deductions, pensions, tax codes, and benefits.
- Collaborate with HR, Finance, external providers, and advisors to ensure data accuracy and timely processing.
- Support payroll transformation, system improvements, compliance initiatives, and process improvements.
- Maintain strong controls and governance, follow payroll procedures, and ensure accuracy, confidentiality, and compliance.
Requirements
- Proven UK payroll expertise, ideally with 10+ years’ hands-on payroll experience.
- Experience supporting end-to-end payroll processing.
- Strong understanding of UK payroll legislation, HMRC guidance, PAYE, National Insurance, National Minimum Wage, PSA, Payrolling, pensions, benefits, statutory returns, statutory payments, year-end payroll processes, and payroll compliance activities.
- Hands-on knowledge of SAP payroll processing.
- Experience with ADP Payroll using GlobalView is preferred.
- Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
- Confident use of Microsoft Word, Outlook, Teams, and other payroll or HR systems.
- Experience supporting payroll reconciliations, controls, governance frameworks, HMRC reviews, audits, and compliance risk management.
- Strong analytical capability, high attention to detail, financial awareness, and sound problem-solving skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively.
- Highly organised, resilient, self-motivated, and able to manage multiple priorities and work to tight deadlines.
- High levels of integrity, professionalism, accountability, confidentiality, and commitment to company values.
Desired Qualifications
- CIPP qualification preferred, or equivalent knowledge gained through relevant payroll experience.
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably within Business Studies/Accounting/Human Resources or relevant experience within required area.
Benefits
- Outstanding opportunity to use your skills and imagination to push boundaries.
- Be challenged in a team of diverse innovators.
- Opportunity to craft what comes next.
- Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values.
- Championing diversity in everything we do.
- Belief that collaborating with people with different experiences drives innovation.
- Encouragement for people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential.
- Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Skills
SAPADP GlobalViewMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft Teams
#Payroll#UK Payroll#SAP#ADP#HMRC#Pensions#Benefits#Compliance
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Company
EricssonJob Posted
3 days ago
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
Reading, United Kingdom
Qualification
Bachelor
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