Payroll Consultant

Vacancy Name

Payroll Specialist / Consultant

Employment Type

Full-Time

Company overview

Tugela People have a core team of over 20 dedicated employees and associates with extensive international HR experience and in-depth technology expertise to audit, design and refine processes, as well as to select and implement people-centric cloud-based solutions globally, operating from our head office based in Milton Keynes.

Our highly experienced team of HR professionals offer a professional and responsive service tailored to our customer’s specific requirements to help clients achieve their business objectives.

Role Summary

Purpose of the role:

This is an exciting opportunity for a Payroll Professional to join a fast growing part of our business. The role will initially be split between delivering a payroll implementation service, and maintaining a small portfolio of Payroll Managed Service clients.

Key responsibilities

• Data migration activities; data cleansing, analytics and verification of payroll calculations
• Building payroll system, to include activities such as custom reports, automations and integrations
• Configuring all relevant payroll processing elements such as pensions, pay elements, GL Files, oand ccupational leave schemes
• Ensuring the system is built to be fully compliant with current payroll legislation and GDPR
• Guiding our clients through user-acceptance testing and parallel runs
• Training and enabling clients on how to use the software and our service to maximize their return on investment
• Assist with ongoing quality assurance and payroll audit procedures
• Supporting with BAU payroll processing activities for our existing clients

Desired Skills and Experience

Experience of the full end-to-end payroll process in the UK; client payroll or in-house

• Previous experience of one or more payroll system migration projects
• Strong Excel Skills, to include competency with with pivot tables, vlookups and similar advanced formulae
• Experience of Sage People Payroll or Brain Payroll
• Experience managing high volume payroll(s)
• Payroll Bureau Experience
• Knowledge of P11Ds/payrolled benefits
• Confidence in both running, and participating in client calls and meetings
• Time Management skills and ability to manage own workload
• Flexibility where required