Payroll and Benefits Administrator

Supporting the Senior Payroll & Benefits Advisor, you will be part of a small team processing 3 UK payrolls, co-ordinating activity for 10 outsourced overseas payrolls & maintaining benefits programs for 2,250 Associates & Partners. This is an excellent opportunity to join Lockton’s People Team in a newly created role. Where, as part of the centralised Payroll & Benefits team, you will be responsible for assisting in accurate and timely processing of 13 payrolls across Europe and APAC, including accurate administration of Associate benefit plans.

Key responsibilities: In House Payroll Collaborate effectively with HR Admin team to ensure payroll data is received, and systems updated, within set deadlines. Assist with end-to-end processing of UK payroll including starters, leavers, court orders, one-off payments, and deductions, and payrolled benefits. Support with the production and reconciliation of monthly payroll reports to ensure salary and benefit changes have been reflected correctly in payroll. Support with the production and reconciliation of monthly payroll reports to ensure accurate cost allocation is provided to Finance. Resolve queries from Associates, HR, Finance, and external agencies including HMRC. Assist in the preparation of 3rd party payment requests to ensure they are received promptly. Assist in the reconciliation of invoices and prepare payment requests. Monitoring the Payroll email inbox ensuring queries are responded to in a timely manner. Assist in the creation and delivery of post payroll reporting for key stakeholders.

Outsourced Payrolls Monitoring the Payroll email inbox ensuring queries are responded to in a timely manner. Work with providers to resolve queries from Associates, HR, Finance, and external agencies. Assist in preparation and delivery of post payroll reporting. Ensure invoices are reconciled and processed in a timely manner.

Benefits Support the benefits administration, including notifying benefit providers of starters, leavers, and changes to benefit selections. Assist with monthly pension, and benefit administration, including reconciliation of contributions. Ensure invoices are reconciled and processed in a timely manner.

Other Assisting in ad-hoc duties when required by the Senior Manager, Payroll and Benefits. Participate in Payroll & Benefits related projects and initiatives including raising Associate/Partner awareness.

Pre-requisites: Passionate about delivery, and continuous improvement. Proficient Excel skills, including VLOOKUP and Pivot Table. Organised and focused on helping the team provide a consistent level of output and accuracy. Demonstrates a strong attention to detail. Ability to work to tight deadlines. Focus on customer service. Superb organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise effectively. Approach payroll delivery with a continuous improvement mindset.

Desirable: Experience of payroll processing, data entry through to reconciliation and reporting.

Other information: Current Team Size: 1 x Senior Payroll & Benefits Manager, 1 x Senior payroll Advisor, 1 x Payroll & Benefit Advisor, 1 x Payroll & Benefit Administrator Role is hybrid based and the individual must be prepared to attend the office 3 days per week. Payroll System: Zellis Resource Link 1 x PAYE payroll circa 2,250, 2 x LLP (non-PAYE payrolls), 2 x Bermuda, Germany, India, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Malta, Sweden, and Switzerland payrolls via local bureau. Benefits managed via Spectrum, a Benefex platform.