EMEA Payroll Manager £55k to £65k Bonus & Benefits - City, London A fast paced Investment firm based in the heart of the City seek an experienced EMEA Payroll Manager to drive, lead and own their payroll offering outright. Reporting into the HR Director you will be responsible for a UK and a number of EMEA payrolls and be the subject matter expert. Main duties: Be the lead on all UK and EMEA payrolls with constant liaison with local and international payroll providers Be the subject matter expert on all UK and EMEA payroll matters Be the subject matter expert on all UK and EMEA benefits questions and queries Provide relevant and up to date information to the benefits providers Process and communicate all payroll updates and changes with high levels of accuracy and attention to detail Liaise with payroll providers (Vendor Management) to make sure the levels of service received is in line with the signed terms of business/SLAs Payroll Accounting: Reconciliations, journals and the GL Internal liaison with HR, Finance, Benefits, Reward and Senior Stakeholders Be responsible for payroll funding in each location and advise/pass this information onto Finance Put in place frameworks, controls and risk management so that all questions and queries are dealt with in a timely manner and documented correctly Look to constantly improve levels of efficiency by putting new processes and procedures in place Management of external Tax Advisors for the production of P60s, P11Ds and other year-end reporting Be the subject matter expert for systems implementation for payroll and lead from the front Lead on all pension auto-enrolment including: Liaison with provider, calculations, uploads in-line with the monthly payroll process Skills: You must be a proven Payroll Manager with relevant EMEA exposure along with strong Benefits experience Strong payroll systems experience along with Excel (V Look Ups and Pivot Tables) Payroll Accounting: Reconciliations, journals and GL High levels of attention to detail Vendor management Show experience of Change Management and improvement of processes and procedures Strong communications skill set internal and external