Senior Analyst - Employee Experience - Payroll team

Overview

Payroll Specialist (L6) in the Payroll Operations Team within the Employee Experience Tower of Diageo Global Business Operations, delivering accurate and timely payroll administration for employees across Europe and Africa, working with third-party payroll service providers.

What you'll do

• Validate payroll inputs from business teams and outputs from vendors, and administer accurate and timely payrolls for the countries assigned.
• Prepare detailed variance analysis for quality analysis.
• Interact and manage relationships with the payroll service providers of the countries assigned.
• Ensure all employee queries are answered in time, coordinating with vendors.
• Complete tasks in a compliant manner, ensuring adherence to Data Privacy and Compliance principles.
• Handle payroll audits (internal and external) for the region.
• Complete checklists, calendars, variance reporting, KPIs and journals on time and accurately.
• Answer tax queries, maternity and other leave-of-absence questions, calculate advances, and collate overtime.
• Maintain technical knowledge of statutory payments and deductions.
• Perform payroll year-end activities.
• Adapt to changes required by the business.

What you'll need

• 3-5 years of experience in payroll processing for a particular region.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Business Administration or equivalent from an accredited university.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work across geographies and cultures.
• Ability to quickly understand and apply market legislation affecting payroll and statutory reporting.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills.
• MS Office expertise.
• Working knowledge of the ServiceNow ticketing system.
• Ability to understand complex payroll environments and uncover issues and process problems.
• Experience in responding to vendor and employee queries through email or ticketing system.
• Ability to handle multiple countries with strong prioritization skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication and time management skills.
• Strong team orientation and ability to build cross-functional relationships.
• Ability to make sophisticated situations simple and facilitate clear, fact-based decision making.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment while still providing quality services.

Details

• Location: Bangalore Karle Town SEZ.
• Worker type: Regular.
• Flexibility to accommodate time based on the region supported.