EMEA Country Payroll Lead Analyst

Job Description

OverviewOverview Of BNY Mellon:BNY Mellon is a global investments company dedicated to helping its clients manage and service their financial assets throughout the investment lifecycle. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, BNY Mellondelivers informed investment and wealth management and investment services in 35 countries. As of March 31, 2021, BNY Mellon had $41.7 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration, and $2.2 trillion in assets under management. BNY Mellon can actas a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE: BK). Additional information is available onwww.bnymellon.com . Follow us on Twitter @BNYMellon or visit our newsroom at newsroom for the latest company news. The Country specific Payroll Lead Analyst will have responsibility for executing payroll in UK. The Paymaster primary focus is to perform this job as an individual contributor The Paymaster:

• Ensures on-time 100% accurate monthly payroll for employees within their remit across multiple legal entities within their country
• Ensures that all statutory regulations and payments to third parties including regulatory and taxing bodies are in compliance with country law. Advises Country Managers and Senior HR Business Partners on all tax matters related to payroll and benefit provisioningwithin their remit.
• Ensures that Salary and Wages associated with all payroll and benefit related payments are accurate and properly posted to the correct General Ledger Accounts and ultimately to the P&L and Balance Sheets for multiple legal entities within the country oftheir remit. Works closely with the Country Financial Controllers.

Ensures robust operating procedures and controls are in place for all transactions that feed ultimately into payroll to ensure compliance to internal and external audit and regulatory bodies. Execute and oversee on-time, accurate monthly payroll to all employees within remit. Ensure timely, authorized input from a multitude of sources in a tight window to prepare and submit base salary, one time incentive, variable pay elements and life-change/benefitrelated actions to payroll vendor(s) in accordance with pay calendars. Review Net Salary calculations as part of pre-payroll validations. Ensure that the PeopleSoft system of record matches related pay data. Run PeopleSoft HR queries. Review and resolve differencesprior to pay. Release and validate employee payment files directly to banking partners within remit. Ensure employee pay statements are accurate and distributed timely. Receive, research and respond to all employee related enquiries. Liaise with HR BusinessPartners, Benefit and Compensation Administration, EMEA Central Services and Global Variable Compensation Operations on all activities associated with Pay. Meet all regulatory, tax, compliance, internal and external filings, third party payments and reporting requirements on a monthly and annual basis for all payroll and employee benefits for all legal entities and country within remit. Ensure timely accurate reporting of all financials tied to payroll processing to include posting directly to the P&L for Salary and Wages and Balance Sheet accounts. Assist Country Financial Controller in preparing financial statements and account reconcilements.Liaise with vendors and Finance to set-up or change all pay or benefit related elements. Assist with Managing relationship with local payroll vendor(s) and country specific regulatory and accounting bodies to ensure compliance with all country and work force related laws within remit. Assist with Preparing vendor performance metrics. Escalate issuesto Senior HR Operations Management. Ensure robust operating procedures and document management practices are prepared, maintained and followed for all functions to comply with corporate policies, tax authorities, bank authorities and other statutory agencies within remit Support overall HR International Operations by cross training on a regular basis on country payrolls outside of remit. Provide back up support where necessary with direction from HR Operations Senior Management. Must willing to travel. Support Regional projectsas directed by Head of International HR Operations. Support local HR Country Managers on ad hoc requests as approved by Head of International HR Operations. Prepare Monthly HR Management Dashboard on operational metrics and performance for Head of Global HROperations and HR Chief Operating Officer. Assist in Leading Client Relationship meetings with country stakeholders in remit to review performance and track actionable items. Experience/Skills RequiredSubstantive payroll experience, (computerized and manual). Good excel skills, ideally a working knowledge of Oracle, ADP Streaamline, SD Worx Experience of dealing with stock exercise queries and resolving issues relating to payment. Comprehensive knowledge of UK Tax requirements. Experience of working in a customer facing environment. German verbal and written language Personal AttributesGood communicative skills; professional telephone manner with a pro-active, friendly and helpful manner is essential. Able work on own initiative to establish the cause of problems and resolve issues effectively Flexible and adaptable to embrace change Effective organization and planning skills; able to plan and priorities the workload efficiently and meet challenging deadlines. Highly customer focused; excellent customer service skills. Self motivated to achieve individual and team objectives. Identify and support continuous improvement opportunities (both system and procedural). Good attention to detail. Customer Service Responsibilities Continually enhance BNYMs reputation for excellent customer service both internally and externally; respond courteously to queries. Deliver service in line with agreed controls and procedures. Participate in continuous improvement initiatives within own area and across BNYM as a whole; proactively seek opportunities to improve service delivery to customers. Undertake other adhoc activities required by HR/Payroll Management. Teamwork and Development Maintain good working relations with HR/Payroll teams and other process teams within BNYM. Work as a member of the team, participating fully in team activities and taking joint responsibility for team goals. Work with the Payroll Man