Payroll Specialist (EMEA)

Grade Level (for internal use):

The Role:The Payroll Specialist is part of a global payroll team and is responsible for the EMEA payroll working with various providers, for example, CloudPay and ADP. We operate in an outsourced environment.

The Impact: The role is responsible for providing support for the outsourced vendor concerning all payroll activities including payroll processing, tax requirements/filings, issue resolution, monthly, quarterly, and annual processes, systems requirements, verifications and controls, internal and external audits, and employee support. The role encompasses supporting colleagues in all off the Purpose team (i.e., People Partners, Equity, Benefits, Total Rewards, Compensation and People Services), Finance and Accounting, Tax and Audit.
The Career Opportunity:This dynamic and challenging role provides an opportunity to learn the processing and calculation of new payrolls and the payroll requirements for our EMEA countries. There will also be an opportunity to gain experience in regional payroll implementations as part of the merger between SPGI and IHSM.

This is a hybrid role . This is to allow our staff to meet in person and to connect with their colleagues in the wider S&P Global community.

Responsibilities:

The payrolls are processed for the following EMEA countries Belgium, Kazakhstan Dubai, UK, Ireland, Israel, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Sweden, and Switzerland. EMEA payroll processing experience will be an advantage.

• Administer and support EMEA payroll operations, ensuring that all data has been processed accurately by the payroll provider.
• Provide support to People Partners, People Service Centre, Compensation, and all other Purpose functions to ensure employees are paid accurately and on time.
• Ensure payroll processing is by payroll accounting requirements. Participate in GL account maintenance. Reconcile payroll accounts in collaboration with the Finance and business unit teams.
• Maintain reconciliations of each of the payrolls ensuring that the payroll data is verified and checked against previous monthly data.
• Provide support for all payroll tax reporting and filing requirements with the statutory authorities in the appropriate countries.
• Ensures data integrity in all payroll systems.
• Provide support for timely and accurate reporting of all equity income in compliance with regional-specific laws.
• Support both Internal and External Audit with any audits and queries.
• Ensure that all payrolls are compliant with audit procedures.
• Any other duties as necessary to the performance of the role.
• Candidate should have experience in payroll process improvement, implementing AI to improve the employee experience.

Requirements:

• 2+ Years of Payroll Experience.
• Knowledge of CloudPay and ADP a plus
• Workday exposure is a plus.
• Extensive direct payroll experience in a large corporate environment
• Experience operating in an outsourced payroll environment.
• Ability to work and deliver within tight timelines.
• Strong knowledge of compliance and tax practices and requirements is a plus.
• Strong working knowledge of computer applications including Microsoft Office (Excel,Word, PowerPoint)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills