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Job Title: Senior Payroll Specialist
Location: UK - Homebased
Type: Permanent
About the role
We are seeking an experienced Senior Payroll Specialist to ensure BSI’s payroll process is flawlessly executed and scales with our business growth. This is an incredible opportunity to be a key contributor to our payroll team, leading the charge in ensuring seamless and accurate payroll processing for our diverse workforce.
You will be part of a close-knit, collaborative payroll team, reporting to the UK Payroll Manager within a lively and friendly Shared Service Centre. This position will work closely with internal and external business partners, as well as the HR Operations team, to develop and implement global payroll best practices, ensuring compliance and accuracy.
Your responsibilities will include ensuring accurate and timely outsourced payroll production in accordance with statutory regulations, focusing on excellent customer service while handling day-to-day payroll queries. You will continuously adapt to changing landscapes, supported by a brilliant infrastructure of specialists, training, and technology, becoming a go-to expert in payroll.
Responsibilities:
- Processing UK payrolls from start to finish, uploading data from Workday HR into Zellis Resource Link, performing data entry calculations, deductions, and payments.
- Administration of Pension Auto-Enrolment, including monthly assessment of all employees for pension auto-enrolment eligibility.
- Administration of BSI’s defined benefits plan.
- Process monthly payroll journals and reconciliations for Finance.
- Maintain a deep understanding and ensure strict adherence to all relevant statutory legislation related to UK payroll.
- Manage payroll for over 2,000 employees prioritising accuracy and efficiency.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation, including HR, Finance, and employees.
- Work effectively to tight deadlines, ensuring on-time and accurate payroll delivery.
- Utilise excellent communication skill to explain complex payroll information clearly and concisely to both internal and external stakeholders.
- Maintain a meticulous attention to detail to ensure the accuracy of all payroll data and calculations.
- Support the Payroll Manager by continuously improving, developing, and coordinating payroll of processes and procedures.
- Mentoring and supporting team members.
- Stay up to date with the latest changes in UK payroll legislation and procedures.
To be successful in the role, you will have:
- Previous experience of end-to-end payroll in a similar senior position
- Leadership experience in mentoring and developing junior members of a team
- Emotional maturity when liaising with various stakeholders to build trusted and engaging relationships within the business
- Understanding of processes and change, promoting best practice
- The ability to work under pressure towards strict deadlines and procedures
- CIPP qualification would be highly desirable
- Solid knowledge of ResourceLink and Workday highly advantageous
Grow your career and expand your skills and knowledge. At BSI, we offer opportunities to work across industries and across the globe. You’ll benefit from the different perspectives and experiences of your international colleagues, as well as ongoing training and development.
We offer flexible working, as well as 27-days annual leave, paid sick leave, bank holidays, health insurance, life insurance, pension plan with company contribution, car allowance (dependent on role), income protection, paid maternity leave, paid paternity leave, paid parental leave, adoption leave, compassionate leave, paid bereavement leave, learning and development opportunities, and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.
Together, we are building an organisation that is ready to meet the challenges ahead. Grow your career as you help us shape what comes next.
We exist to have a positive impact. Our people influence international thinking and action on important issues. Our 86,000 customers are based in 193 countries across the globe.
Now we’re taking on society’s biggest challenges. We’re developing standards and guidelines that will help our customers get to net zero, and we’re defining the way new technologies such as AI impact all our lives.
We’re focused on our future – and we’re looking for people who want to grow with us as we take on the challenges of tomorrow. At BSI, you’ll find a workplace where everyone can flourish and thrive, where innovation is encouraged and where learning is part of your everyday. You’ll contribute to work that shapes industries and enhances lives – and you’ll take pride in what you do.
We’re looking for passionate people who want to make a difference in a purpose-led organisation. If that sounds like you, apply now. Together, we can help create a better society and a more sustainable world.
D&I Policy
BSI is committed to ensuring the diversity of our workforce reflects that of our clients and the communities in which we operate. Our goal is to create a sense of belonging for all employees by providing opportunities to develop, grow, and engage with our global organization all while having fun doing great work. BSI is a community where everyone can thrive.
If you require any reasonable accommodations to be made on account of a disability or impairment throughout out our recruiting process, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner.
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About Us
BSI is a business improvement and standards company and for over a century BSI has been recognized for having a positive impact on organizations and society, building trust and enhancing lives.
Today BSI partners with more than 77,500 clients in 195 countries and engages with a 15,000 strong global community of experts, industry and consumer groups, organizations and governments.
Utilizing its extensive expertise in key industry sectors - including automotive, aerospace, built environment, food and retail, and healthcare - BSI delivers on its purpose by helping its clients fulfil theirs.
Living by our core values of Client-Centricity, Agility, and Collaboration, BSI provides organizations with the confidence to grow by partnering with them to tackle society’s critical issues – from climate change to building trust in digital transformation and everything in between - to accelerate progress towards a better society and a sustainable world.
BSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.
