What You’ll Do as a Payroll Specialist - ROI at Primark

• Support the payroll team in the production of the company’s payrolls.
• Monitor work against deadlines and alert payroll manager to any risks.
• Work with the team to ensure that company and team procedures and policies are followed so that payrolls are delivered accurately.
• Provide cover for other specialists and manager tasks on payroll sign off and other high priority tasks.
• Demonstrate high quality outputs with attention to detail.
• Prepare and upload system files.
• Assist with software fixes and improvements including direct liaison with the supplier and payroll specialists on the team.
• Demonstrate knowledge of processes and Primark rules across the team including year-end, pension rules and obligations, statutory returns and reporting.
• Keep up to date on legislative changes and assist with implementation on the team.
• Help allocate resources to ensure that period and year-end tasks are completed accurately and on time including pension and statutory returns.
• Establish and maintain positive working relationships across the team.
• Work cross functionally with other teams where required.
• Help to identify and implement improvements and efficiencies.
• Check and sign complex correspondence and draft replies to external bodies.
• Exercise awareness of team, company and customer priorities.
• Lead by example in holding down a key workload on the team to a high level of accuracy.
• Process payments and work to deadlines.
• Payroll/Finance reconciliations.
• Other duties as may be required.

• 5+ years payroll experience (or 2+ in payroll with minimum 3 in other industries) is required.
• A detail-orientated individual.
• Ability to lead by example and has detailed knowledge of the payrolls on the team and the rest of the payroll landscape.
• Detailed knowledge of tax regulations including knowledge of statutory, and pension returns and year end processes.
• Demonstrable experience of working to deadlines and performing duties under pressure.
• Microsoft Excel knowledge to Intermediate level.
• Ability to see through tasks fully with minimal support ensuring team lead is kept fully informed.