EMEA Payroll Specialist - Fixed Term Contract

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

·         Owning the end-to-end payroll process for multiple European entities (monthly paid).

·         Responsible for collating and transmitting payroll input, reviewing output, and providing primary approvals working with the outsourced payroll vendor.

·         Knowledge of relocation and equity taxation and payroll processing rules

·         To make sure that all payments and statutory reporting to Tax / Social Security authorities, Pensions etc are reconciled and paid in an accurate and timely manner.

·         Liaising with counterparts such as Finance - to resolve accounting issues, Reward Team - to roll out new benefit programs, Internal Tax Team & the Global Payroll Manager - to remain aligned with internal best practices.

·      Support monthly HMRC and year-end tax review and validation process

·         To answer all employee queries within agreed SLA’s.

·         To assist with any internal / external payroll audit tasks.

·        To report annual RSU awards, stock options and grants via payroll and reconcile to source documents supplied by the Equity Team.

·         To work with internal stakeholders, such as Onboarding, HR IT & HR Ops to streamline processes & improve efficiency.

·         To liaise with tax authorities, pension, and benefit providers plus other third parties as required.

·         Involvement in ad hoc projects as required i.e. New payroll set up, Short Term Business Visitor reporting, A1 compliance etc.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

-Strong experience of processing European payrolls, with a high focus on the UK

and Ireland payroll

-Proven ability to meet multiple deadlines - with a high degree of accuracy and

attention to detail

-Excellent time management and organizational skills.

-High level of customer focus.

-Pro-active nature to solve issues and suggest process improvements that

could also benefit the wider team.

-Good understanding of payroll processes and procedures, along with

experience of producing and maintaining SOP documentation.

-A natural curiosity to challenge status quo and willing to drive change

-A team player who thinks outside the box and is stepping up when colleagues

need a helping hand

-Good communication skills.

-Experience of working with an outsourced payroll vendor.

-Intermediate Excel skills (Vlookup, Pivot tables).

-Experience of working on payroll related projects such as new payroll set up,

transitioning to a new vendor etc.

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.