Payroll Analyst II

The UK Payroll Analyst 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

• Bachelor's Degree holder
• Minimum 1 year end-to-end UK payroll experience, preferably in BPO/Shared Services set-up
• 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

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