Payroll Assistant - 12mth Contract

Requisition ID: 237356

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Title: Senior Assistant Manager HR, Scotiabank Human Resources, London - 12mth Contract

Position & Team Overview/Highlights:

To provide an efficient and timely payroll and financial accounting service to the department’s client base andassist with the HR benefits and general HR Services for the department.
This role impacts and influences a broad range of HR activities in a dynamic and progressive international Bank. The role holder is required to undertake a variety of HR operations and generalist responsibilities.
The role is based in the UK while supporting the European HR Services & Governance team, a total employee base of approximately 400 employees across UK & Ireland.

What You’ll Do:

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  - Responsible for providing a timely, high standard and efficient payroll service of the European payrolls with main oversight of Ireland’s payroll and support of UK payroll as well as all associated submissions to the appropriate Revenues.
  - Responsible for ensuring pension and benefit contributions are paid to the providers within the regulatory time frame and the appropriate charge out to the units for the employer costs. Key contact for any online member queries and liaise between Payroll Bureau and Plan Administrator.
  - Responsible for any applicable payroll charge outs and ensuring deferred salaries and associated benefit costs are charged out to the relevant units within the quarter.
  - Responsible for the timely monthly payment to the Revenue.
  - Responsible for the timely preparation and dispatch of various tax year end returns including P11d’s, Class 1a, Annual PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA which includes costs for Staff Entertaining, Relocation, Tributes etc.) and Short-Term Business Visitors reporting and to maintain that the relevant accounting procedure and standard instruction as set out by the Bank/Government are adhered to at all times.
  - Responsible for collating, reconciling, and processing through the payroll the various taxable Expat costs for the year end process.
  - You will also be involved in some general HR Operations activities as well as some accountancy and finance elements.

What You’ll Bring:

- Experience of working in payroll, HR Operations/Services within the finance industry
- Strong experience of payroll processing in Ireland and UK, additional multijurisdictional experience in APAC would be favorable.
- Must be detail-orientated with excellent time management and organizational skills.
- Excellent customer service skills. Take ownership of issues and work to resolve them appropriately.
- Must work well in a team environment and make a positive contribution to overall team effectiveness and goals. Share knowledge, information, and best practices as necessary with a high level of follow- through with co-workers.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong PC skills, Word, PowerPoint etc. Highly proficient in Excel
- Solid experience of using Excel in order to produce regular MI data
- Experienced in use and design of HR databases

Interested?
If your experience is closely related but doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we do encourage you to apply - you might be the right candidate for this or other roles at Scotiabank!

At Scotiabank, every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are and, embraced for their differences. That’s why we work to grow and diversify talent and engage employees in a performance-oriented culture.

Location(s): England : Greater London : London (UK)

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

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