At a glance

The Senior Payroll and Benefits Officer has the following responsibilities: 

•    Processing payroll data for the four ABN AMRO entities ensuring it is accurate and delivered in line with agreed timelines
•    Liaising with the external Payroll service provider
•    Administering all employee benefit programmes
•    To support the Payroll and Benefits Manager with specific projects as required.

Your job

Payroll
•    Process the monthly payroll data and deliver to the external payroll provider on a timely basis in line with agreed timelines.
•    Ensure all joiners, changes and leavers are entered accurately and in a timely basis on the payroll middleware
•    Liaise with the Payroll Service provider to resolve queries regarding the data processed
•    Assist the Payroll and Benefits Manager with the monthly Payrun checking
•    Ensure all Expat payroll processes are completed in a timely manner and payments made in line with deadlines
•    Work with the Payroll and Benefits Manager to administer the shadow payroll for relevant employees
•    Assist the Payroll and Benefits Manager with the administration relating to short term business visitors
•    Work collaboratively with the HR team to ensure a seamless and positive HR/payroll experience is received by the end user
•    Responsible for monitoring the Reward mailbox and responding to all employee Payroll queries within agreed timelines/timely manner
•    Engage in continuous learning keeping up-to-date with all statutory and legislative changes affecting payroll plus looking to use knowledge gained to improve the overall Payroll service
 

Benefits & Pension
•    Respond to queries from employees regarding the Bank’s benefits
•    Ensure changes to benefits are correctly applied on payroll
•    Assist the Payroll Manager with the reconciliation of benefit submissions against payroll each month
•    Administration of the Flex Benefits portal including onboarding new joiners, updating contractual information and the monthly benefit window process 
•    Provide Benefits information to employees as part of the New Joiners Induction 

Reporting
•    Responsible for producing and reconciling the monthly Pension report for submission to the relevant external stakeholder
•    Assist the Payroll and Benefits Manager with ensuring that Reward related content is up to date and accurate on the HR Intranet page
•    Responsible for the processing of HR related invoices
•    Produce ad-hoc reports from the Payroll software as required

Your working environment

ABN AMRO is an enterprising bank with a primary focus on Northwest Europe. We serve clients in the retail, private banking and corporate banking sectors. We are also present internationally in a number of specialist activities, such as Corporate and Commercial Banking, Asset Based Finance and Clearing.

At ABN AMRO we have a clear purpose: Banking for better, for generations to come. The shift towards sustainability is one of the most important challenges of our time. Supporting our clients at times that matter has always been our role and our responsibility. Together, we aim high and work towards lasting relationships that are relevant and responsible, both now and in the future. We want to be the bank that leads the way.

Our strategy goes far beyond financial value: we want to accelerate the transition to sustainability. We do this by supporting and advising our clients in order to facilitate their sustainability shift. Our commitment to clients, employees, investors and society calls for clear direction, focus and dedication.

We concentrate on our three strategic pillars:

• Support our clients transition to sustainability
• Reinvent the customer experience
• Build a future-proof bank

Our strategy requires a culture of working together and permanent learning. It's only with this mindset that we unleash the best in ourselves to deliver a high standard of performance. ABN AMRO's culture is the catalyst for the evolution in which we find ourselves: our people are imaginative, trust each other and do just that little bit extra to help clients.

ABN AMRO UK is part of the Corporate Banking business line and operates the following businesses in the UK:

• Corporate and Institutional Banking which includes Corporate Banking, Clearing, Global Markets - Sales & Trading and Financial Institutions 
• Commercial Banking which includes Asset Based Finance and International Desk, which provides transactional banking services

Our business lines are supported by a number of functions such as Risk, Compliance, Legal, IT, Finance (Including Tax), Business Management and Human Resources. We currently employ approx. 380 people in the UK.

Your profile

•    Strong background working within payroll with excellent technical skills including the ability to undertake manual payroll calculations
•    Excellent knowledge of payroll systems (ADP experience desirable)
•    Experience of processing Expats, Inpats and Cross Border workers including operating a Shadow Payroll plus knowledge of the relevant tax treatment
•    Strong Pensions knowledge and experience
•    Experience of benefit administration including payrolling benefits plus strong knowledge of the tax treatment of benefits in kind
•    Experience of Statutory Reporting
•    Working knowledge of HR systems and benefits portals (Success Factors and Darwin experience desirable)
•    Advanced Excel skills
•    Strong experience of Payroll Reconciliations
•    Experience reviewing payroll processes and writing Standard Operating Procedure documents
•    Strong communicator. Organisational and time management skills are essential
•    Thorough and up-to-date understanding of HMRC rules
•    CIPP Qualification Desirable
•    Excellent attention to detail
•    Customer minded and excellent service orientation
•    Excellent team player with a strong focus on collaboration

What we offer

Joining ABN AMRO means working on meaningful projects. Projects that have an impact on our clients. Working with a wide range of people with different backgrounds, opinions and ideas. In the UK, in the Netherlands or elsewhere in our international network. We offer an environment where you will be challenged on a daily basis - professionally as well as on a personal level - so that you can grow to become the professional you want to be.

We have identified that the following types of flexible working may be suitable for this role in principle. 

Any requests will be determined in line with our Flexible Working Policy:

Type of Flexible Working    Likely to be suitable
Job Sharing                           Yes
Remote Working                    Hybrid working
Flexitime                                Yes
Staggered hours                    Yes
Other                                      Yes

Interested?

Are you interested?   Please apply via the button below.

For more information please contact Niki Champion, Senior Resourcing Partner, UKrecruitment@uk.abnamro.com, +44 203 192 9342.