Senior Payroll Specialist, Global Finance & Tax

Copenhagen Infrastructure Service Company (CISC) - a service provider working exclusively for the global fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), is currently looking for a Senior Payroll Specialist to join our office in London, UK.

The role

As our new Senior Payroll Specialist in our Global Finance & Tax team, you’ll be a part of a team consisting of 4 ambitious professionals. Your role will be to ensure consistency, accuracy and compliance in our payroll processes and transactions. You will be operating the end-to-end payroll processes in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders and partners.

You will be end-to-end involved in setting up new countries and entities, alongside growth in the workforce, to ultimately own and operate them on our global payroll platforms and systems. You will be the subject matter expert to stakeholders in projects and ad hoc assignments across the organization, supporting the People and Finance teams in payroll-related queries, reconciliations and analysis.

The role will be based in London, where you will be working closely with our local Senior Payroll Specialist and the wider Group Payroll team in Copenhagen.

Responsibilities will further consist of:

• Prepare, review and quality check of the monthly payroll input from our HR system (Workday), manual input sources such as Excel sheets and our shared payroll mailbox. 
• Process payroll transactions including new hires, terminations, variable payments, employee changes, wage garnishments and benefits.
• Audit payroll data and reports for errors and resolve payroll issues. 
• Review, analyze and improve the current payroll processes to leverage readiness for the global payroll structure. 
• Partner with Global Payroll Manager to design, document and implement procedures to streamline the global payroll processes.
• Deliver on demand payroll reports and to HR and Finance teams. 
• Assist with payroll projects, such as M&A integrations, system implementation and migration. 
• Reconcile payroll discrepancies with the accounting team. 

Main stakeholders

• CISC People Team
• CISC Finance Team
• Internal and external stakeholders

You

We are looking for you who have 5+ years of full-time experience from a similar position as well as experience with payroll within international companies. You can work independently being part of a team in a fast-paced environment where accuracy, confidentiality, teamwork and customer service are key. You are comfortable collaborating with stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally, and communicate well both verbally and in writing. You hold strong proficiency in managing a transactional based payroll and can seamlessly transition between manual and semi-automated processes.

We are also looking for the following in a candidate:

• Experience in global stakeholder management.
• A keen eye for detail to identify discrepancies and correct errors promptly.
• A high-level in accuracy with solid analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, with advanced Excel skills.
• Experience in global payroll is essential, experience in APAC and EMEA payroll operations in particular.
• Solid knowledge of local compliance and government institutions’ interfaces.
• Appetite for taking the lead on internal payroll projects e.g. defining and mapping out payroll processes, etc. to carry out successful implementation and operation.
• Experience in Absence Management and experience with local compliance is a preference.
• Ability to work independently and resourcefully.

The process

Please apply online as soon as possible as applications will be processed on an ongoing basis. For questions related to the role, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]. We do not include CV's and Cover Letters sent by email.