Payroll Specialist

Description

Payroll Specialist

Corporate Title: Senior Associate

About Apex:
The APEX Group is a global financial services provider with 10,000 employees across 42 countries globally. We look to recruit bright, articulate and numerate employees who are not afraid of a challenge and are prepared to work hard and love what they do.
Every employee plays a part in making APEX who we are today and the more that we grow, the more important that becomes. Whatever your career path or specialism APEX provides a global platform to allow you to thrive.

The Position:
Job Specification:
The main responsibilities of the position will include (but is not limited to) the following tasks:

- Consistently deliver highly accurate and compliant payroll processing for the assigned countries;
- Administering employee’s personal and payroll data through the employee lifecycle, within the payroll vendor platforms;
- Execute procedural controls in accordance with processing quality framework
- Validation and reconciliation of payroll processing reports, ensuring the timely and accurate delivery of compensation and benefits to all employees;
- Liaising with the finance team to ensure accurate and timely recognition of payroll costs within the financial accounts;
- Contribute and deliver on new initiatives and additional projects as required (e.g. annual pay review, audit and reporting requests);
- Create, review and update payroll procedure documentation, ensuring alignment with country legislation and corporate policy changes.

Skills Required
- Proven relevant experience of 6 years minimum in a payroll delivery environment
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources or related field.
- Proficient in MS Office Suite - especially in MS Excel;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Capable of working under pressure and meeting deadlines with mínimal supervision
- Eagerness to learn with the ability to self-motivate and work well in a team