Senior Analyst-Payroll Operations

• The role will be responsible to ensure timely and accurate payments made to all Diageo Employees in scope

b) Market Complexity -

• Liaising with employees across the business and multiple countries
• Partnering with outsourced payroll provider on all the above payrolls. Complexity - Answering tax queries, maternity and other LOA questions, calculating advances, collating overtime and following monthly checklists and calendars to ensure all data processed accurately and within agreed timeframes. Completing in a compliant manner following our GBP Payroll controls.
• High degree of technical knowledge required on multi country payrolls

c) Relationships -

• Liaising and building relationships with Diageo internal teams both upstream and downstream, specifically market HR, technical and finance functions, work towards simplifying the ways of working
• Build and maintain excellent relationship with concerned payroll provider
• Support and coach team members on the payroll technical queries

Purpose of Role To provide a professional and high-quality payroll administration service which enables payments to our employees accurately and on time. To be able to provide technical expertise to a higher degree on the local market nuances so that we can meet the obligations agreed Individuals must work in a compliant manner and ensure all checklists, calendars, variance reporting, KPI s and journals are completed on time and accurately to ensure we meet our internal and external facing compliance controls. Roles and Responsibilities

• Validate the payrolls inputs (from business teams) and outputs (from the vendors) and administer accurate and timely payrolls for the countries assigned
• Prepare detailed variance analysis for quality analysis
• Interaction and relationship management with the payroll service providers of the countries assigned
• A quality approach, eye for detail in delivering the payrolls in line with the compliance requirements and service at the heart of everything we do
• Ensure all employee queries are answered in time, co-ordinating with vendors
• Complete tasks in a compliant manner ensuring adherence to Data Privacy and Compliance principles.
• Handle payroll audit (internal & external) for the region
• Manage the payment setup for markets assigned
• Provide root cause analysis on the issues identified and ensure that the team members are made aware of the issues
• Collaborate with the wider GBO/Market teams to provide solutions to issues identified
• Standardize , help document, challenge status quo and repeat the cycle
• Familiar with Payroll year end activities
• Ability to adapt to changes, if required by business
• Should be flexible to accommodate time based on region supporting
• Attention to minute details and good thought process
• Responsible for payment setup for all vendors and reconciliations
• Responsible for CARM control execution for the assigned markets
• Be available for any data collation as part of the annual activities and audit support activities
• Play a pivotal role in supporting finance team to close any finance reconciliation issues.
• All queries from employees and other key collaborators are resolved satisfactorily within agreed timelines
• Maintain technical knowledge of Statutory payments and deductions

Qualifications and Experience Required

• 3-5 years of Experience in Payroll Processing for a particular/any region
• Bachelors degree / equivalent experience in Accounting/Business Administration or equivalent from an accredited university
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work across geographies and cultures
• Ability to quickly payroll and statutory reporting.
• MS Office expertise(MS Excel)
• Ability to understand sophisticated payroll environments and uncover issues, process problems
• Comfortable talking with internal & external teams and building links
• Ability to work in a fast paced, changing environment while still providing quality services
• Strong ambitious personality, self-motivated and self-managing
• Strong written and verbal communication, as wells as time management skills
• Strong team orientation and ability to build cross-functional relationships
• Be able to take the lead in making improvements and resolving issues
• Experience in responding to vendor & employee queries through email or ticketing system
• Ability to handle multiple countries with strong prioritization skills
• Ability to make sophisticated situations simple and facilitate clear, fact-based decision making