EMEA Payroll and administration specialist - 12 months contract

Temenos powers a world of banking that creates opportunities for billions of people and businesses everywhere. We do this through the pioneering spirit of 7500+ Temenosians who are passionate about making banking better, together.
We serve over 3000 banks from the largest to challengers and community banks in 150+ countries. We collaborate with clients to build new banking services and state-of-the-art customer experiences on our open banking platform, helping them operate more sustainably.
At Temenos, we have an open-minded and inclusive culture, where everyone has the power to create their own destiny and make a positive contribution to the world of banking and society.

Skills and Qualifications:
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English is essential;
• Educated to degree level or equivalent ;
• Minimum 2- 3 years’ UK Payroll experience, ideally with experience of working with a managed bureau/external software;
• Ability to work unsupervised and learn new skills and concepts rapidly;
• Ability to deal with sensitive situations with professionalism, tact and diplomacy;
• High computer literacy with exposure to databases / HR systems (preferably Oracle HRMS), experience of Outlook (or similar) and advanced level Excel and Word;
• Ability to meet deadlines and handle multiple priorities;
• Organisational skills and ability to prioritize and take initiative to accommodate work flow;

Responsibilities:

Payroll - Processing UK/Irish/Czech Republic payroll for 350+ employees:
• Collate and input changes to be processed (starters, leavers, international cases, salary & personal changes, advances & deductions, pension enrollment and changes, statutory payments);
• Run checks and provide in-depth variance reports for team;
• Ensure relevant reports are distributed correctly;
• Work with Treasury to ensure payments are made accordingly;
• Deal with payroll queries throughout the month;
• Correspondence with Finance regarding any audit queries/ variance issues;
• Payment issues – changing bank accounts and payment methods involved with Treasury;
• Payroll audit (internal & external);
• Ad hoc payroll projects;

HR:

• Create offer letters, contracts of employment and induction packs for new joiners;
• Liaise with relevant internal parties to set up systems/equipment for new joiners;
• Exit interviews, signing of paperwork, managing queries, payroll processing and issuing;

Resignation Acceptance letters:
• Field all queries within HR and Payroll mailboxes, escalating to relevant team members where necessary;
• Generic letters – changes in managers, role, HR database changes, employment references;
• Provide support on global mobility, producing letters of invitation for visa processing, work permit applications and other relevant paperwork;
• Provide information to employees and managers as requested such as sickness and holiday reports;
• Provide support to the HR function in the co-ordination of annual cycles such as appraisals, profit shares including collating all information on a spreadsheet to track progress;

What are your benefits?
• The opportunity to develop a career within a stable multinational environment;
• Motivating salary;
• Meal tickets;
• Medical insurance;
• Massage sessions;
• Relaxation room (pool table/ ping pong, board games);
• 25 days Annual Vacation;
• Dynamic, young and enthusiastic team.