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- Engage with key stakeholders across the business and geographies to ensure processes and over-arching governance and design is appropriate and fit for purpose.
- Delivery of payroll processing for each jurisdiction inclusive of out of cycle payments
- Responsible for delivery of controls and risk management framework for our end to end global Payroll processes.
- Successful delivery of Finance posting files ensuring delivery is stable, supporting finance team with reports and reconciliation
- Support and manage escalations related to payroll and tax issues.
- Ensure that our colleagues are paid according to regional pay dates, right first time, on time.
- Help ensure that abrdn are up to date with local payroll laws, regulations, and reporting requirements in each country of deployment, and that we are compliant in all payroll activities.
- Undertake quality assurance processes / requirements to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of payroll data and related processes in line with internal and external audit requirements.
- Support with delivery of payroll metrics and analytics to provide insights on payroll performance, costs, and trends.
- Work closely with the reward team in ensuring all pay related benefits are processed accurately via payroll where legislation requires.
- Looking to continuously improve current processes, ensuring SOP’s are reviewed and updated
- Experience working in a global organisation. Finance Services is preferred.
- 5 years of progressive experience working in regional payroll or in a similar role, managing payroll across multiple countries, working in a global payroll function.
- Extensive experience in the Workday Payroll module, as the UK payroll is run in-house from Workday
- Subject matter expert on complex payroll related issues including share-based compensation, employee mobility and local statutory requirements, and non-exempt employee pay
- Strong understanding of upstream and downstream processes such as HR functions and payroll accounting
- Strong communication skills
- Knowledge of payroll processes, regulations, and compliance requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley.
- Internal stakeholder and external supplier management skills.
- Analytical and problem-solving abilities, with high attention to detail.
- Good communication and people skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders across multiple functions such as HR and Finance
- Act as a subject matter expert on relevant Payroll processing
- Proficient in using payroll software, HRIS systems, and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written in English and local language.
- A team player – able to collaborate effectively with colleagues and virtual team members, consistently putting the teams’ goals and interests ahead of personal ones and actively contributing to the wider teams shared objectives.
- Excellent time management skills – the ability to demonstrate exceptional time management skills by efficiently planning and prioritising tasks to meet payroll and period closing deadlines.
- Self-motivation – exhibiting a high level of self-motivation and initiative to identify and tackle challenges proactively.
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to solve unique problems with creative solutions
- Strong advocate for process improvement
- Resilient, positive with an enthusiastic attitude.
- Strong organisational skills and an acute attention to detail.
- Engage with key stakeholders across the business and geographies to ensure processes and over-arching governance and design is appropriate and fit for purpose.
- Delivery of payroll processing for each jurisdiction inclusive of out of cycle payments
- Responsible for delivery of controls and risk management framework for our end to end global Payroll processes.
- Successful delivery of Finance posting files ensuring delivery is stable, supporting finance team with reports and reconciliation
- Support and manage escalations related to payroll and tax issues.
- Ensure that our colleagues are paid according to regional pay dates, right first time, on time.
- Help ensure that abrdn are up to date with local payroll laws, regulations, and reporting requirements in each country of deployment, and that we are compliant in all payroll activities.
- Undertake quality assurance processes / requirements to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of payroll data and related processes in line with internal and external audit requirements.
- Support with delivery of payroll metrics and analytics to provide insights on payroll performance, costs, and trends.
- Work closely with the reward team in ensuring all pay related benefits are processed accurately via payroll where legislation requires.
- Looking to continuously improve current processes, ensuring SOP’s are reviewed and updated
- Experience working in a global organisation. Finance Services is preferred.
- 5 years of progressive experience working in regional payroll or in a similar role, managing payroll across multiple countries, working in a global payroll function.
- Extensive experience in the Workday Payroll module, as the UK payroll is run in-house from Workday
- Subject matter expert on complex payroll related issues including share-based compensation, employee mobility and local statutory requirements, and non-exempt employee pay
- Strong understanding of upstream and downstream processes such as HR functions and payroll accounting
- Strong communication skills
- Knowledge of payroll processes, regulations, and compliance requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley.
- Internal stakeholder and external supplier management skills.
- Analytical and problem-solving abilities, with high attention to detail.
- Good communication and people skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders across multiple functions such as HR and Finance
- Act as a subject matter expert on relevant Payroll processing
- Proficient in using payroll software, HRIS systems, and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written in English and local language.
- A team player – able to collaborate effectively with colleagues and virtual team members, consistently putting the teams’ goals and interests ahead of personal ones and actively contributing to the wider teams shared objectives.
- Excellent time management skills – the ability to demonstrate exceptional time management skills by efficiently planning and prioritising tasks to meet payroll and period closing deadlines.
- Self-motivation – exhibiting a high level of self-motivation and initiative to identify and tackle challenges proactively.
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to solve unique problems with creative solutions
- Strong advocate for process improvement
- Resilient, positive with an enthusiastic attitude.
- Strong organisational skills and an acute attention to detail.