PAYROLL SPECIALIST

Job Title.
Payroll Specialist - Italy Reports To.
Payroll Manager - Italy Team.
Payroll Location.
Milan Job-Type Permanent Purpose of the Role.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Payroll Specialist to join our expanding Primark Payroll team.
This position provides the opportunity to support in the operational delivery of the payrolls.
You’ll need to confidently work to tight deadlines and be an outstanding team player.
This role is ideal for someone looking to take their next step with the proven experience you have accumulated.
Duties & Responsibilities.
• Support the payroll team in the preparation, checking and production of the high-volume payrolls.
• Work flexibility to set deadlines and alert payroll manager to any risks.
• Collaborate with the team to ensure that company and team checking procedures and policies are followed so that payrolls are delivered accurately, with pension payments, corrections, deductions and sickness processing being captured.
• Demonstrate high quality outputs with attention to detail.
• Prepare and upload system files.
• Demonstrate knowledge of processes, understanding and applying legislation and any legislative changes, and learning Primark rules on calculating and entering company and statutory payments.
• Administration of new starters and leavers including processing starter declarations.
• Responding to enquiries in a timely and efficient manner from stores, tax agency and other third parties.
• Calculating and administering holiday pay entitlement and responding to queries on fiscal personnel matters from stores.
• Help to identify and implement improvements and efficiencies within the team.
• Administration tasks (for example, filing, sorting post).
• Create reports using reporting system and utilising Excel to carry out day-to-day activities.
• Calculate a small number of manual payments and repayments.
• Establish and maintain positive working relationships across the team.
• Exercise awareness of team, company and customer priorities.
• Lead by example in holding down a key workload on the team to a high level of accuracy.
• Other duties as may be required.
Essential Knowledge, Skills & Capabilities • Previous (4+ years) payroll experience in a large, fast-paced company.
• Educated to degree-level, in a relevant degree (for example, Finance/Economics) • A detail-orientated, organised individual, who is accurate in day-to-day work, and comfortable working in a busy, fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of speaking and written English is required.
• Previous experience working in the retail sector.
• Knowledge of CCNL Commerce.
• A competent team player with a positive attitude.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills and data analytical skills.
• Detailed knowledge of tax regulations including knowledge of statutory and pension returns and year end processes.
• Demonstrable experience of working to deadlines and performing duties under pressure.
• Microsoft Excel knowledge to Intermediate level.
• Ability to see through tasks fully with minimal support, while keeping standards high in the quality of work delivered.