Payroll Specialist

Payroll Specialist

About the position

We are seeking an experienced UK Payroll Specialist to join our Global Payroll team.  The Payroll Specialist will support the UK & European employee team by accumulating and processing payroll for employees across multiple jurisdictions.

What You’ll Do:

• Assisting with Mimecast's monthly payroll cycles to ensure these are delivered in a timely and accurate manner
• Processing new starters, changes and leavers on ADP and Vistra and maintaining employee records
• Working closely with the payroll providers and HR Business Partners to ensure local compliance practices are followed and all payroll/employment tax, government and local filings are submitted in a timely manner
• Dealing with ad hoc queries from employees and HMRC
• Prepare payroll journals and vacation accruals for the month end process
• Manage pension contributions
• Supporting and assisting with quarterly and annual audit deliverables
• Ensuring that procedures and controls are being adhered to for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
• Ensuring adequate and effective policies, processes, procedures and systems are in place to maintain service levels, making suggestions and recommendations to adapt where necessary
• Completion of ad hoc projects and tasks as required

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Good level of payroll experience gained in fast paced, dynamic companies
• Knowledge of statutory requirements relating to payroll
• Experience with ADP required
• Prior experience with HRIS systems (Workday) a plus
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact in a professional manner with senior    level managers, peers, and business partners. Ability to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality
• Possesses a high level of attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent working knowledge in Microsoft Excel
• Propensity to own tasks/projects/recurring deadlines through to completion
• Ability to multitask and work effectively, independently and in teams, ensuring timely completion of assignments and meeting established standards
• Capable of thriving in a deadline driven and fast-paced function and environment

Join our Finance team to accelerate your career journey, contributing to projects that have real impact. You will be immersed in a dynamic environment that recognizes and celebrates your achievements.

Mimecast is on a path of steady and healthy growth as a company, investing in people like you who bring the skills and expertise to raise our technical expertise, operational maturity, and customer success to the next level. Your contributions are important!  Every voice and action matters.

Mimecast offers formal and on-the-job learning opportunities, maintains a comprehensive benefits package that helps our employees and their family members to sustain a healthy lifestyle, and importantly – opportunities to work with cross-functional teams to build your knowledge!

Our Hybrid Model: We provide you with the flexibility to live balanced, healthy lives through our hybrid working model that champions both collaborative teamwork and individual flexibility. Employees are expected to come to the office at least two days per week, because working together in person:

• Fosters a culture of collaboration, communication, performance, and learning.
• Drives innovation and creativity within and between teams
• Introduces employees to priorities outside of their immediate realm.
• Ensures important interpersonal relationships and connections with one another and our community!

The base salary range for this position is £40,000−£54,000 plus benefits. This range represents the minimum and maximum new hire compensation for this role. The position may also be eligible for incentive plans and additional benefits, in accordance with company policy and local regulations. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location with individual compensation also dependent on factors such as qualifications, experience, and skills. Final offers will reflect these considerations and may vary accordingly.

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