Payroll Specialist

Role Summary

We’re recruiting for a Payroll Specialist to deliver an accurate and compliant in‑house monthly payroll for the business, ensuring all elements relating to employees and employer are processed and calculated correctly in a timely and complete fashion.

• Accurate delivery of all payrolls within area of accountability to tight deadlines. (Headcount currently circa 2,100)
• Ensure delivery of a high quality, customer‑focused service to the wider business in accordance with agreed Service Level Agreements.
• Ensure that appropriate controls are adhered to in accordance with SOX and Audit requirements.
• Oversee the receipt and processing of day‑to‑day enquiries sent to the Payroll Enquiries email inbox, liaising with other colleagues in HR to resolve.
• Undertake payroll processes to ensure accurate inputting of overtime, on‑call, unpaid sickness, allowances, attachment of earnings, SMP and SPP etc.
• Production of financial reports for Finance teams to enable posting of payroll costs to GL.
• Maintenance of employee self‑service accounts for e‑payslips and password reset requests.
• Processing of termination payments.
• Year‑end process and production of P60’s.
• Liaising with internal teams:
  Benefits in relation to company cars and PMI and Global Reward in relation to the annual bonus cycle and APR.

• Minimum of 5 years’ payroll experience with solid knowledge of Payroll and HR legislation.
• Good decision‑making skills with the ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Thorough and meticulous with extreme attention to detail.
• Intermediate level experience using Microsoft Office packages.
• Ability to identify and resolve issues and identify process improvements.
• Excellent communication skills responding to queries from both internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience maintaining data with a high level of data accuracy.
• Experience working with payroll software packages. Dayforce experience preferable.
• Experience working with Time & Attendance software packages – UKG Dimensions knowledge useful.

• 1 day working from home.
• Funded membership of a professional body.
• Focused career development planning with opportunities to progress.
• Pension scheme with up to 10% matching company contribution.
• Income protection scheme.
• Life Assurance x4 basic salary.
• Share buying scheme.
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy and sell up to 5 days.
• Service‑related holiday (3 years = 1 day and increase up to max 5 days).
• Cash Plan or Private Medical Cover.
• Employee Assistance Program for Health & Wellbeing.
• Free on‑site car parking.
• Employee Referral Scheme.
• An on‑site restaurant and Starbucks offering subsidised food.
• Employee Perks – offering our employees discounts on a huge variety of goods and services.

Parker Hannifin EMEA Sàrl ("PHEMEA"), based in Etoy, Switzerland, is the Principal Operating Company for Parker in the EMEA region. It is supported by a network of Parker Manufacturing Divisions and Sales Company Entities. The Aerospace Group EMEA is a strategic business Group within PHEMEA. Hydraulic Systems Division EMEA (HSDE) is a key service provider to PHEMEA.

Parker is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on grounds of age, race, religion, ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation or disability in relation to recruitment and employment.