Outsourced Payroll Specialist

Job description

  Are you a Payroll Specialist with client services experience?
·  Do you have three years experience in a Payroll position with supervisory rsponsibilities?
·  Are you interested in joining a firm that delivers award winning training and opportunities for career progression?

Role

We are seeking to hire an experienced Payroll Specialist to work on our client services payroll team which is part of our Peple Services group, within our Tax Practice.

We ideally need you to have the following on your CV:

·  A minimum of three years' experience in a payroll position of a supervisory nature;
·  A third level diploma/degree or relevant qualification would be ideal e.g. Accounting Technician, Tax Technician etc.;
·  IPASS or similar qualification;
·  Strong knowledge and understanding of payroll taxes;
·  Detailed knowledge of ROS, EFT and CSO;
·  Employment tax qualification or experience desirable;
·  Has excellent experience in a supervisory role, leading a team of junior staff;
·  Excellent experience at processing /managing and reviewing multiple payrolls;
·  Excellent knowledge of report writing and nominal ledger set-ups (interface files);
·  Have a proven track record of accurate and timely payroll delivery;
·  Strong planning and organisational skills;
·  Ability to further develop relationships with existing clients (internal and external);
·  Has excellent knowledge and experience of working with different a number of different payroll software packages and dealing with payroll software issues;
·  Excellent computer skills including Excel and Outlook;
·  Flexibility to meet changes in working requirements;
·  Ability to work on own initiative with minimal supervision and seek assistance when required;
·  Drive and enthusiasm are a pre-requisite for this;

Your work will be varied. Below will be some of your core responsibilities:

·  Overseeing the payroll process for an existing portfolio of clients with minimal supervision;
·  Overseeing the workflow of the junior payroll team and assisting and supporting them with payroll related queries;
·  Training and coaching junior payroll team members;
·  Processing and reviewing payrolls of varying degrees of complexity across weekly, fortnightly and monthly frequencies;
·  Reconciling each payroll on a periodic basis;
·  Developing bespoke payroll reports for clients including electronic journal entries;
·  Dealing with client and team payroll related queries and developing relationships with existing and new clients;
·  Adhere to strong internal controls to ensure best practice;
·  Upload employee net pay across various bank platforms (e.g. BOI, AIB, Ulster Bank, HSBC, Bank of America etc.);
·  Liaise with third party suppliers and administration of all data e.g. Health Insurance, pension providers etc.;
·  Set up new client payrolls, perform data migration and conduct parallel payroll runs;
·  Ensure payroll returns are complete, accurate and submitted to Revenue on time;
·  Assisting management team with billing and risk management activities;
·  Assisting management marketing and business development activities;
·  Perform any duties as may be required from time to time.

We offer more than just a career opportunity:



·  Our leading position in the market means that you will work and learn from the leading professionals, advising some of the most successful companies in Ireland;
·  Genuine opportunities for career progression and promotion; KPMG has a strong track record in recognising and rewarding experience and ability;
·  A dedicated tax knowledge centre to ensure that you are kept up to date on all tax developments;
·  Strong international network - we work closely with our colleagues throughout the world both on particular projects and more generally in developing a strong global service for our clients.

Team:

As the successful candidate, you will join our Client Services Payroll team which provides payroll services for over 150 clients across a variety of industries and sectors. We also provide advisory support and guidance on all payroll related matters to our clients. We work very closely with our employment tax colleagues in particular in relation to the more complex aspects of payroll. There will be an opportunity to develop employment tax knowledge and to work on advisory aspects of payroll. You will work alongside the payroll manager and will be responsible for overseeing the workflow of the more junior payroll specialists.

Diversity:

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Creating an inclusive culture where all our people achieve their potential is fundamental to our business. In addition, our employees have the option to avail of our flexible working policies/intelligent working arrangements. To learn more about diversity at KPMG, click here.

Apply:

If you are interested in the above role, please submit a CV via the apply button. If you have any specific queries on the role, please contact Aimee Ward on

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Please note we do not require Agency assistance for this role.

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