Payroll Specialist

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

As a Specialist in the Payroll Section of the Global Business Centre, you will be responsible for processing some of the higher complexity payrolls for any of the countries we look after and dealing with any complex payroll issues that come into the team.

Key responsibilities

· Processing all typical payroll activities such as new starters, leavers, statutory payments & deductions ,overtime, annual leave and statutory and occupational payments. Countries processing experience for India or Indonesia.

· Processing payroll change of circumstances (salaries, shift pattern, data changes)

· Generate monthly payroll reports to support managers and finance requirements

· Answer employee payroll queries via daily monitoring of ServiceNow for incoming requests

· Design and run payroll training workshops on a one-to-one or group basis for employees

· Ensure procedures are compliant with legal and audit requirements

· Check and approve bank and payment files and instructions

· Run and distribution of monthly payroll reports

· Assist employees with online access to our payroll self-service system or provide hard copy payslips to others

· Look to develop current working processes and be proactive in providing alternative workable solutions

· Acting as point of escalation for the Payroll Administrators where guidance or the benefit of deeper experience is required

· Providing insightful, intelligent reporting to customers to support and maximize business performance

· Fostering a culture of service excellence with your colleagues, role-modelling this and coaching other team members to deliver true best in class services to all

. Knowledge of multi-country computerized payroll systems ·

. Able to run multiple complex payrolls and connect with multiple senior stakeholders.

· Excellent reporting and analytical skills to work proactively to run reports to check and complete payroll routines and provide payroll insights to the business.

· Efficient use of MS office and other key business tools

 

 

Qualifications and skills

· Knowledge of relevant payroll and employment law and local payroll regulations.

· Knowledge of GDPR and data privacy laws. Familiar with in-country regulatory bodies, tax and statutory rules and regulations

· Comfortable ensuring all stakeholders are fully trained on correct data and payroll submission requirements to ensure a 'right first time' way of working.

· Proactively use problem solving skills to help resolve payroll errors and issues and ensure knowledge is shared with stakeholders and colleagues within the wider payroll section.

· High level of English language proficiency as this is Kerry's most widely spoken language.

· Confidently able to successfully deliver services and have high quality interactions with Business Partners and Customer groups.

· Able to select the most appropriate method of communication to any given situation and tailor approach accordingly to ensure the most receptive audience and the best likelihood of influence and success.

· Minimum of 2 year experience in payroll and a relevant Bachelors degree