Payroll Service Delivery Consultant

, while providing an excellent employee and stakeholder experience.

Based within the EMEA Payroll Service Delivery Team, the position provides end-to-end payroll services across a broad and diverse range of countries within the EMEA region

The role contributes directly to strengthening partnerships, executing HR Shared Services strategy, and delivering consistently high-quality outcomes for employees and stakeholders .

Key Responsibilities

Payroll Delivery & Compliance

• Own the monthly end-to-end payroll

, ensuring compliance with payroll legislation, statutory requirements, benefits, and tax obligations.

• Complete end to end

, operating in line with audit standards, governance frameworks, and internal controls.

• Ensure payroll inputs are thoroughly reviewed and validated to deliver

to employees and third parties.

• Work and deliver to strict deadlines and timelines

• Actively contribute to the overall objectives of EMEA HR Shared Services

, aligning payroll delivery to broader service, risk, and employee-experience goals.

• Support payroll processing across

as required, promoting consistency, quality, and resilience across the region.

• Champion a

• Has a strong capability to collaboratively with peers across the pay and financial governance and reconciliation teams contributing to broader business continuity and cross-country coverage

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with internal HR teams, Finance, Vendors, and key business stakeholders.

• Manage relationships with

, ensuring service levels, compliance, and continuous improvement commitments are met.

• Act as a key point of contact with

, supporting regulatory requirements, audits, and inspections

• Maintain effective, trusted relationships with stakeholders through clear communication and proactive engagement.

• Ensure risk management, SOX controls, and payroll governance

are embedded, effective, and consistently applied.

• Proactively identify issues, risks, and

through strong judgement and collaboration.

• Contribute to

• Proven EMEA payroll experience

, preferably in a multi-country or complex organisational environment.

• Excellent

, including reconciliation and data-validation skills.

• Robust PC skills with experience using

.

• Ability to work independently, demonstrating

.

• A collaborative team player who builds trust, fosters partnership, and demonstrates flexibility within and beyond the payroll function.
• Demonstrated ability to

across payroll cycles.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with stakeholders at all levels and external bodies.
• High levels of

• Experience within a large, complex corporate organisation

.

• Familiarity with stock payments and payroll governance (process, metrics, controls)
• In-depth understanding of payroll accounting, financial controls, and integration with Finance processes.
• Familiarity with ADP & Workday payroll software
• Payroll qualifications such as CIPP

UK

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK's most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.