Payroll Reporting Specialist

Job Description:

Job Title Payroll Reporting Specialist Location Birmingham Corporate Title Associate You will join the UK Payroll team within Regional HR Operations, supporting the accurate and timely payment of Deutsche Bank employees across the UK, Ireland and Sweden. As a Payroll Reporting Specialist, you will play an important role in payroll reporting, reconciliations, balance sheet substantiation and employment duty related activity. You will work closely with internal stakeholders across Payroll, Compensation Finance and wider HR Operations, helping ensure payroll accounts and reporting outputs are accurate, controlled and delivered on time.

This is an opportunity to build specialist payroll, reporting and reconciliation experience in a collaborative team supporting a complex, high-volume environment.

What we’ll offer youA healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:

Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days

Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your familyA range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4

Work scheme and Gym benefits

The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

Prepare and support UK and Ireland regulatory and statutory payroll reporting, including PAYE Settlement Agreement, Gender Pay Gap Reporting and Director Remuneration reporting.

Complete UK and Ireland payroll reconciliations before expenses are booked into the finance system and shared with Compensation Finance.

Ensure payroll accounts accurately reflect the payroll payable position and that outstanding items are cleared within expected timelines.

Act as Primary Account Owner and substantiation preparer for UK, Ireland and Sweden compensation related balance sheet accounts.

Manage payroll and compensation finance related queries from internal and external stakeholders, building strong and trusted working relationships.

Monitor, authorise and record manual payroll bank account payments, including recording transactions into finance systems and the relevant general ledger accounts.

Your skills and experience

Experience in payroll reconciliations, ideally gained within a high-volume UK payroll environment.

Good understanding of payroll reporting, payroll accounting and employment tax return processes.

Strong planning, organisation and follow-up skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities accurately and on time.

Ability to work collaboratively with Payroll, Finance and HR stakeholders, providing clear and service-focused support.

A continuous learning mindset, with openness to innovation, change and process improvement.

Experience using SAP Payroll or similar payroll systems would be beneficial.

Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs

How we’ll support you Training and development to help you excel in your career

Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities

We value diversity and as an equal opportunities’ employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability…