EMEA Payroll Specialist

Position: EMEA Payroll Specialist

Location: Poland - Warsaw or Wroclaw (hybrid)

About Us:

Elsevier is a global information analytics business that helps institutions and professionals' advance healthcare, open science and improve performance for the benefit of humanity. We help researchers make new discoveries, collaborate with their colleagues, and give them the knowledge they need to find funding. We help governments and universities evaluate and improve their research strategies. We help doctors save lives, providing insight for physicians to find the right clinical answers, and we support nurses and other healthcare professionals throughout their careers. Elsevier provides digital solutions and tools in the areas of strategic research management, R&D performance, clinical decision support, and professional education, including ScienceDirect, Scopus, SciVal, ClinicalKey and Sherpath. Elsevier publishes over 2,500 digitized journals, including The Lancet and Cell, 38,000 e-book titles and many iconic reference works, including Gray’s Anatomy. Elsevier is part of RELX Group. With a wide range of technology jobs, commercial and business jobs, and graduate jobs, there is a part for everyone to play. We need talented people to help us inspire ground-breaking research. 

About the Role:

Reporting to the Senior Payroll Manager - EMEA, the EMEA Payroll Specialist will be part of the EMEA payroll team supporting all operational payrolls for the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) Region. The scope for RELX EMEA Payroll includes all 5 divisions of RELX (Corporate, Scientific Technical and Medical, Legal, Risk and Exhibitions), as well as any acquired companies going forward. They will support the accurate and timely processing of the payrolls for all EMEA countries in which we have employees, in compliance with the applicable regulatory environment. They will also assist with the EMEA aspects of global transformation efforts to consolidate payroll vendors, processes, and responsibilities to create a centralised payroll function in alignment with RELX’s strategic goals. 

Key Accountabilities:

• Provide the accurate and timely review and submission of EMEA payroll data to meet payroll processing deadlines.

• Adherence to all EMEA payroll processes and controls to ensure fully compliant payroll operations across the region.

• Ensure timely completion of EMEA payroll payments (including relevant deductions for employment taxes, other statutory deductions, benefits and other items) and funding.

• Produce monthly payroll related reconciliations and support GL delivery to all Finance partners.

• Assist the Head of Payroll - EMEA in implementing the global payroll strategy for the region, including but not limited to data migration reconciliations, parallel payroll runs and integration testing.

• Provide a best in class employee experience for delivery of payroll.

• Own the resolution of payroll related myHR cases.

• Build strong stakeholder relationships across RELX, notably Tax, Finance and Human Resources.

• Work closely with the payroll vendor to ensure delivery of all target SLA’s and payroll deadlines.

• Coordinate the required administrative steps for EMEA payroll invoices and ensure timely approval and submission to Finance for payment.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Experience and knowledge with 3 or more EMEA countries is required.

• Demonstrable experience of supporting EMEA payroll transformation projects highly beneficial.

• Previous use of Workday and associated payroll integrations desirable.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance/Accounting, or related experience or discipline.

• Deep experience of EMEA payroll operations and compliance requirements.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and experience of building personal networks.

Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

• Working remotely from home and our office in a flexible, hybrid arrangement

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

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