Payroll Analyst
A prestigious client in the Insurance sector is presently seeking a skilled Payroll Analyst to join their dynamic Finance department. This is a permanent position based in their head office. The client is a well-established entity, recognized for its committed approach to enabling clients manage risk effectively and grow sustainably.
Role and Responsibilities
- Comprehensive management and processing of the payroll system to ensure accuracy and timeliness in payments.
- Ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local payroll, wage, and hour laws and best practices.
- Facilitating audits by providing records and documentation to auditors.
- Identifying and recommending updates to payroll processing software, systems, and procedures.
- Perform reconciliations of payroll data and resolving any discrepancies.
- Serving as a liaison to employees and external vendors to ensure payroll processing accurately reflects company specific pay policies.
Person Specification:
- MUST BE CIPP qualified with a minimum two + years' PQ experience within Financial Services, Insurance or multi-national business.
- End to end in-house payroll experience.
- Strong understanding of payroll, payroll tax laws and payroll software.
- Confident interrogating and analysing high volumes of data with an attention to detail, advanced excel skills
- Excellent Stakeholder Management and Communication Skills.
- Ability to use own initiative and ability to work both alone and as part of a team
- Strong control mindset and experience
- Advanced excel skills
Reporting Relationships/Interactions:
- Reports to Corporate Centre Financial Controller
- Maintain constructive and supportive professional relationships with both internal and external stakeholders including Business Unit finance teams, and external auditors.
