• The successful candidate needs to be able to deliver on setting up processes, entities, and best practices whilst balancing the needs of the BAU processes with minimal supervision
• Strong UK payroll experience with a minimum of three years
• CIPP qualified
• Solid functional knowledge of payroll processing and best practices
• Excellent attention to detail and highly numerate
• Capable of working independently whilst using own initiative, as well as being a member of the team and in partnership with external vendors
• Strong organisational and time management skills and the ability to work in an agile environment whilst remaining flexible and adaptable to change
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and fluency in English
• Uses initiative to solve problems
• Critical thinking: questions the why and the how thinks about the impact on the future
• Strong knowledge of Excel and Google Sheets

Desirable

• TOKU is looking for an experienced payroller to assist our Payroll team in all BAU aspects of payroll as well as key projects and initiatives
• They will be the lead on all UK & Ireland payrolls and be point of contact for additional if and when required
• Liaise with internal stakeholders to verify, collect, and organise payroll data before submitting to payroll providers/processing payroll with localised software
• Prepare data for submission to the suppliers via various methods across multiple countries, whether in-house or outsourced
• Liaise with payroll providers/work with in-house systems on submissions and deal with any related queries
• Review and reconcile payroll data within agreed-upon timeframes, ensuring employees and third parties get paid accurately, compliantly, and in a timely fashion
• First-line contact for queries from internal employees, external contributors, internal partners, and vendors
• Address inquiries from various internal teams, such as HR, finance, etc
• Ensure up-to-date records, processes, and procedures
• Ensure implementation of new country payrolls compliantly and efficiently
• Ensure smooth transitions of current providers to new providers
• Able to troubleshoot, take ownership, and resolve issues from start to end
• Provide cover support as and when required