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EY Payroll Specialist - Birmingham 
United Kingdom, England, Birmingham 
877706877

02.07.2024

Payroll SMR Level 2
Services Manager, Pay & Benefits
Birmingham, some UK travel required


Your key responsibilities

  • End to end processing of the UKI Regions, UK, ROI, Global and Expatriate payrolls
  • Management and distribution of interface error reports and all other audit reports
  • Full reconciliation of the monthly payrolls, preparation of pay release reports and variance commentary for payroll signatories. EY currently operates a month 13 at tax year end
  • Management of the payroll bank account, cash book, debtor adjust and faster payments
  • All Costing, Payroll and Finance Reporting
  • Pension Control management and reporting to pension provider including management of refunds
  • Monthly reconciliation of the Full Payment Submission (FPS) and Employment Payment Summary (EPS) provided to HMRC by the outsourced payroll provider
  • Lead contact for all Tier 2 technical payroll queries from payees, internal clients (including other TSS teams) and HMRC
  • Take a proactive role in the sharing of knowledge throughout the team
  • Commit to own personal development and completion of appropriate learning and development activities to ensure capability and skills are current

Skills and attributes for success

  • Able to work under pressure to prioritise workload and manage multiple activities. Demonstrate flexibility to delivering of set tasks within fixed deadlines
  • Experience of large-scale payrolls across a complex matrix organisation – 5000+ employees
  • Proficient IT skills including MS Excel - formulas, look ups and pivot tables. Numerical capability and attention to detail
  • Team player able to consult and collaborate to build robust relationships across all UK TSS Service teams, Finance and Regional Talent stakeholders
  • Develop and apply an understanding of business needs (client service proposition) to guide approach to delivery of project tasks.

To qualify for the role you must have

  • Hands on experience of delivering an in-house payroll or working for a managed service payroll provider
  • A detailed understanding of PAYE, HMRC regulations including SSP, SMP, NMW, RTI and Tax/NI e.g., Tax code interpretation, gross to net calculation
  • Experience of and delivering via 3rd party providers
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills with a focus on supplier development, numerical capability and attention to detail

Ideally, you’ll also have

  • Knowledge of salary sacrifice, flexible benefits and P11D
  • Experience of Expatriate Payrolls
  • Good interpersonal skills with an ability to develop and maintain good relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of operational HR systems e.g., SAP Success Factors and the work force administration life cycle


We’re looking for a driven individual with a proven record in payroll delivery. You should be a strong communicator who is confident in influencing stakeholders and driving tasks through to completion on time. Ideally, you’ll be able to demonstrate you have successfully led interdependent tasks to fixed deadlines across the payroll and benefits discipline.


We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

  • Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
  • Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
  • The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you