uk payroll AnalystReed Elsevier

Job Summary
The UK Payroll Specialist will be responsible for processing end-to-end payroll for the employees of RELX UK, including but not limited to regular pay cycle, off cycle, year end processing, third party remittance and reporting and employee inquiries.
Accountabilities
Works closely with Payroll SME's/Supervisor to ensure effective delivery of services to client
Ensures all inquiries (either internal or external stakeholders) are processed/answered through different channels (email, phones or case management system) in accordance with agreed procedure, company policy and legislative requirements
Analyses and solves client's questions, problems and / or requests efficiently and effectively
Responds to complex HR and labor legislation questions
Respond to all written queries from statutory bodies or 3rd parties
Produces and supplies regular and on-demand payroll reports and statistical information according to the agreed services
Executes all related payroll processing and controls (Personnel Admin, Time data, Payroll, Inbound & Outbound interfaces) in accordance with the client's standard operating procedures.
May assist with providing info for reports to HR vendor management services, client HR administration, and client managers.
Participate with management of change requests/problems analysis and testing
Participates in the functional analysis, escalates request to the Payroll Manager and performs the acceptance testing.
Take ownership for production and distribution pay slips, reports, interfaces and statutory information as required.
Validate master data, time data, data input and Payroll before payroll closing
Initiate and execute HR System related validations and consistency checks where they impact on payroll results
Run payroll (on and off cycle) and produce all outputs
Performs pre/post audits of hours transferred to the payroll system
Perform payroll reconciliations and BACS submission
Manage 3rd party payments
Perform backup role for colleagues during absences
Produce and maintain documentation for Payroll Operating Procedure manuals, Payroll Work Instructions and Business Rules in relation to the payroll services delivered
Contributes actively and regularly with ideas to continuous improvement of services and operations, and upon request participates in process and service improvement projects
Proactively initiates process improvements and closes knowledge gaps within assigned teams to improve performance
Qualifications
Minimum 1 year end-to-end UK payroll experience, preferably in BPO/Shared Services set-up
Bachelor's degree, preferably in business related courses.
Amenable to work in mid shift (UK hours)
With 1 year experience in processing end-to-end payroll, including but not limited to year end processing, statutory payments and reporting.
Knowledge in computer applications such as Word, Excel, Power Point etc. Experience with any Payroll System and Ticketing tool/system. Knowledge in (specific payroll/ticketing system) is a plus