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The primary objective of this role is to support T. Rowe Price's EMEA monthly payroll transaction processing of salary, statutory deductions, and the firm's stock incentive and employee benefit plans. This also includes supporting the processing of payments and maintenance of records and will work to ensure that T Rowe Price's EMEA payroll processing is in line with company policies, legislative compliance and processes are maintained and in line with local regulation and legislation, as well as global standards.
The successful candidate will have strong technical expertise in UK payroll processing and experience in processing EMEA payrolls. Collaborating with various departments internally such as HR, Legal, Compliance and Stock Administration will be essential to this role. The individual will also need to have excellent communication skills to facilitate and resolve queries with Associates and payroll vendors across Europe.
Responsibilities:
* Reporting to EMEA Payroll Operations Manager based in the UK.
* Processing and reviewing multiple monthly payroll cycles covering UK, Luxemburg Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Dubai, Isle of Man and Spain.
* Ensure employees in all justifications are paid in a timely and efficient manner in accordance with best practices.
* Look to ensure correct payroll information is sent to payroll providers and checked appropriately ensuring information processed is accurate and correct.
* Work with finance / treasury to ensure monthly funding is sent and in place to ensure employee and relevant tax payments are made on time.
* Assist with reconciliation of the month end payroll, pension contributions and Long Term Incentive plans.
* Act as the first point of contact for employee queries from all EMEA countries and look to resolve in a timely and accurate manner.
* Work with payroll providers regionally on year end documents and ensuring they are delivered to employees on time.
* Partner with HR, Finance, Legal and Audit ensuring a smooth process is documented and in place for payroll.
* Assist the EMEA Payroll Operations Manager to ensure payroll process documents are up to date and amended where required.
* Participate in ad hoc project work in relation to new country implementations, system transformations and payroll processes.
* Assist with improvement of Workday and ADP reporting and design of reconciliation of automated processes.
Qualifications:
Required:
It is essential that candidates have extensive work experience to demonstrate:
* Prior experience of processing UK payroll from input to reconciliation
* Prior experience with EMEA payrolls input to reconciliation.
* A high proficiency of skill level on excel, and able to perform data analysis.
* Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with a wide range of individuals across the business.
* Be able to work independently and act with professional judgment for escalation when required.
* Proven multi-tasking abilities and proactive approach.
Desired:
It is not essential to have the below skills/experience but they would be advantageous;
* Experience with ADP Streamline, Celergo and other local provider systems such as UKG or Cloudpay.
* Experience with APAC payroll processing.
* Experience of working with pension providers.
* Experience of working with ServiceNow.
Work Flexibility:
This role is eligible for hybrid work, with up to one day per week from home.