Payroll Assistant

The Payroll Specialist works as part of the Payroll Team to ensure timely and accurate preparation and submission of the monthly payroll for all Rackspace International entities (UK and other jurisdictions), ensuring we are compliant with country specific legislation. 

Job Requirements

• Monthly Payrolls
• Working on the monthly payroll timetable to ensure that monthly payroll-processing timelines are met, whilst allowing sufficient time for reviews.
• Processing, collating and submitting data including;
• Salaries
• Overtime
• Commission
• Bonuses
• Pensions
• Share Options and Share Incentive Plan
• Maternity/Paternity/Adoption pay
• Sickness
• Benefits
• Work with various departments on accuracy and timing of data received.
• As part of the team of Payroll Specialists, working to ensure all timelines are met.
• Monthly reconciliations for payroll elements and payments to HMRC and other third parties.
• Monthly Payroll Journal Preparation to Oracle Accounting System.
• Conduct review procedures and prepare files for review by Senior Manager Payroll.
• Payroll compliance, reporting and global mobility
• Ensuring all International Payroll Providers have correct information for both Rackers and the company;
• Tracking Global Mobility for Rackers and ensuring necessary actions are taken in relevant payrolls
• Supporting the preparation of and validating submissions for Company annual returns across UK and non-UK payrolls, liaising with external in country experts as required. Including but not limited to payroll, pension, taxes, stock and fringe benefits returns as required by jurisdiction.

Person Specification

• Workday/TMF experience an advantage
• Desire to learn
• Self-starter, motivated to provide the highest possible level of responsiveness and performance as part of a small team
• Excel intermediate experience required as a minimum.
• Outstanding communication and relationship building skills
• The ability to work effectively with people in a high-growth, fast paced environment and drive results
• A passion for customer service with contagious enthusiasm and energy
• Attention to quality of work
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work as an effective team member, along with the ability to apply logical thinking and a good reasoning ability
• Good organisational skills
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About Rackspace TechnologyWe are the multicloud solutions experts. We combine our expertise with the world’s leading technologies — across applications, data and security — to deliver end-to-end solutions. We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future. Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor, we attract and develop world-class talent. Join us on our mission to embrace technology, empower customers and deliver the future.  More on Rackspace TechnologyThough we’re all different, Rackers thrive through our connection to a central goal: to be a valued member of a winning team on an inspiring mission. We bring our whole selves to work every day. And we embrace the notion that unique perspectives fuel innovation and enable us to best serve our customers and communities around the globe. We welcome you to apply today and want you to know that we are committed to offering equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender reassignment or identity or expression, genetic information, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, military or veteran status, nationality, ethnic or national origin, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any legally protected characteristic. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.