Compensation Specialist – Digital Marketing firm – City - £28-30k + benefits

Global Digital Marketing firm with over 300 staff in the City are currently recruiting an experienced Compensation Specialist to join their established HR team of 7.  You will be integral to the HR team acting as a ‘Super User’ on the HR and Payroll systems, providing timely and accurate end-to-end management of the payroll and benefits administration for the UK and US offices including onboarding and offboarding of staff, updating employment details and managing all associated HR paperwork. 

Key duties:

• Managing the UK and US payroll processes.
• Liaising with HR, Talent Acquisition and management teams regarding monthly changes to payroll including new starters, leavers, contract changes and applying to the HR systems and producing associated confirmation paperwork.
• Ensuring payroll is accurately and efficiently processed, meeting all deadlines.
• Compliance with current legislation relating to payroll and benefits.
• Consulting and supporting senior management and employees on US and UK tax payroll queries.
• Providing monthly, quarterly and annual reporting on payroll activities.
• Administering and managing the benefits package for the UK and US, liaising with external providers where necessary
• Reviewing salary benchmark data, providing salary benchmarking advice to senior management.
• Ensuring benefits provided are competitive and benefits are regularly communicated internally to ensure maximum participation.
• First point of contact for benefits queries, leading annual review of all benefits programmes, making recommendations to the business to enhance benefits offered to staff.
• Acting as the HR contact during annual audits, liaising with Auditors and Finance teams.
• Managing annual P11D preparation and all other taxable benefits to staff
• HR Projects – supporting the Head of HR and Head of Finance in reviewing the payroll and benefits systems and processes, making recommendations.

Ideal skills:

• Experience using HR and Payroll systems (currently using SAGE)
• Extensive knowledge of payroll processing and understanding of legal requirements.
• Experience of working with US payroll beneficial
• Excellent MS Office skills in particular Excel
• Ability to clearly communicate payroll and benefits information to staff and management
• Impeccable attention to detail
• Any previous experience within Digital Marketing/media beneficial

This is a busy, dynamic role offering a great deal of autonomy and scope to progress as an integral member of the HR team.  The company culture is sociable, entrepreneurial and they value their staff offering an excellent benefits package with the opportunity of flexible working.

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