Payroll Specialist temporary
Primark · Madrid
Ensure accurate and timely processing and balancing of Primark’s Spain and Portugal payrolls alongside the production of financial information. Provide flexible support to senior payroll team including support on data uploads to the payroll system to high level of accuracy.
Key Responsabilities
- Help ensure that all store payrolls (including own store payrolls) are delivered to a high standard of accuracy and in accordance with current Spain and Portugal legislations, company regulations and collective agreements.
- Following detailed payroll checking procedures across all areas such as report production, payroll checking and correction, sickness processing, etc.
- Provide flexible support to the Iberia payroll team.
- Liaise with governing and statutory bodies as required for any research.
- Carry out Time-pro, WD data validations and any uploads.
- Assist with tax year end duties such as balance reconciliations and tax control accounts.
- Process timely payments to employees and authorities in both Spain and Portugal.
- Payroll/Finance reconciliations.
- Write, modify and produce reports for Payroll and wider business such as sickness reconciliation reporting from FIE data, trade unions, dismissal.
- Assisting the team as needed during internal and external payroll audits.
- Continuously embracing system and process improvements to boost payroll delivery, accuracy and compliance.
- Other duties as may be required
Experience & Skills
- Significant experience in a payroll operational team. Ideally minimum of 2 years, more is a plus
- Knowledge of current labor law in both Spain and Portugal
- Successful candidates should be degree in labour relations, business Administration or related studies
- Intermediate English-speaking level.
- Advance level of Microsoft Excel
- Up to date working knowledge of payroll practices.
- Experience of problems that can affect payroll and experience of resolving common payroll issues.
- Experience of tax year end practices and requirements.
- Ability to work under pressure and deliver to tight deadlines.
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels, both written and spoken.
- Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a wider team, whilst managing workloads and remaining flexible.
- Detailed knowledge of payroll rules and common payroll problems that can occur.
- Strong analytical ability.
- Ability to influence and interact well with team members.
- Organizational and time management skills in managing multiple, diverse and sometimes conflicting priorities.
- Ability to make decisions in a timely manner.
Demonstrates Primark behaviours and values, sound judgement with unquestionable ethics and integrity with a high degree of transparency and trust.
- Highly organised, detail-oriented, possessing the ability to effectively prioritise projects and deliverables whilst meeting deadlines.
- Excellent attention to detail
- Be a collaborative team player with excellent interpersonal/communication skills.
- Proven ability in developing effective working relationships across all levels of the organisation.
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REQ ID: JR-15692