Deputy Payroll Operations Manager, EMEA

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At Informa, no two days and no two people are the same, and you'll find the freedom, opportunity and support of a fantastic community to make a real impact.

We’re an international business that connects specialists with knowledge, helping them to learn more, know more and do more through live and on demand events, digital and data-driven services and academic research.

We are home to over 10,000 colleagues across 30 countries and are a member of the UK’s FTSE 100 group of leading public companies.

In Global Support, we provide expert guidance and hands-on support to the Informa Group and Informa’s many business teams. Across tech, finance, legal, corporate development, HR, communications, operations and many other areas, we work collaboratively and flexibly to help our brands serve their customers and help the company succeed.

At Informa, no two days and no two people are the same, and you'll find the freedom, opportunity and support of a fantastic community to make a real impact.

We’re an international business that connects specialists with knowledge, helping them to learn more, know more and do more through live and on demand events, digital and data-driven services and academic research.

We are home to over 10,000 colleagues across 30 countries and are a member of the UK’s FTSE 100 group of leading public companies.

In Global Support, we provide expert guidance and hands-on support to the Informa Group and Informa’s many business teams. Across tech, finance, legal, corporate development, HR, communications, operations and many other areas, we work collaboratively and flexibly to help our brands serve their customers and help the company succeed.

Reporting to the EMEA Payroll Operations Manager, you will help manage the effective delivery of Informa payroll services, working with multiple external payroll providers for the EMEA region, which currently covers approximately 34 separate payrolls, across more than 12 countries.

Working within a team of seven, this position must review and maintain payroll controls, compliance and governance. Informa takes the security and privacy of company, colleague and customer data seriously; the role is responsible for ensuring that payroll activities are fully compliant with all data privacy laws and policies.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the EMEA payroll Bureaus ensuring all payrolls are processed accurately and on time.
• Work with HR and the benefits team to facilitate the smooth submission of people data to the relevant payroll bureau and be the main contact for any payroll related issues.
• Carry out Monthly payroll checks ensuring the payrolls are accurate, compliant and ready for approval
• Prepare the monthly payroll analysis reports and payroll approval documentation to present to senior management for payroll approval
• Ensure the payment of salaries and third party payments through the relevant on-line banking platforms are done accurately and on time, whilst also ensuring the accounts are sufficiently funded.
• Responsibility for month end payroll reporting; to include:
  • Running and reconciling the payroll journals and accurately uploading them into the finance system for reporting purposes
  • Reconciling the HMRC payments made against the HMRC Government Gateway
  • Prepare the pension and benefit reports for review and audit by the benefits team
  • Providing ad hoc reports to Finance, HR, and Managers regarding payroll costs
  • Produce the monthly payroll KPI reports
• Work with the finance team to help reconcile the payroll control accounts monthly.
• Oversee the year end payroll obligations regarding P11D and Class1A submission to the HMRC
• Regularly review the company car data to ensure the Benefit in Kind (BIK) values are maintained on the payroll system for “payrolling of benefits”.
• Maintain and develop accurate and up to date payroll procedures ensuring all tasks and processes are fully documented
• Promote the requirement for continuous process improvement and proactively encourage the team to review and improve process
• Monitor the payroll bureau’s performance to ensure compliance with the terms of service agreement, taking…