Interim Analyst Payroll & Compliance; FTC

Position Summary

Under the direction of the Payroll & Compliance Team Leader the Analyst for Payroll & Compliance will deliver the day-to-day payroll, compliance reporting, tax analysis, and analytical processes as per our agreed timetable and Service level agreements. The analyst will be part of a dedicated customer focused team, whose goal is to offer best-in-class payroll and compliance services to our key stakeholders.

We process payroll for approx. 10k UK employees throughout the UK and on behalf of 25 PAYE tax references/owners. Our role is to ensure that our processes for on-cycle payroll and off-cycle payroll are compliant with UK statutory requirements This will require meticulous attention to detail, the ability to understand and interpret statutory legislation within the Payroll Services and Employment Tax arena, and provide a high standard of accurate, detailed analytics, reconciliation, and compliance reporting.

Some of the key projects for the UK Payroll & Compliance team are Import/Check payroll input in Oracle Cloud Payroll System, HMRC compliance reporting for PAYE; annual PSA analysis and reporting; P11

Ds;
Short Term Business Visitors annual return;
Additional Holiday Pay monthly calculations;
Pension auto enrolment compliance; SOX compliance and controls;
Payroll Balance Sheet Reconciliations;
General Ledger journals for Payroll; and dealing with HMRC & Employee queries.

We are part of a fast-paced Payroll & Compliance industry - as statutory payroll and tax legislation changes regularly, and our business development opportunities, often results in our payroll team being involved in new initiatives and projects. In 2024, our Hilton Payroll Team were awarded the Global Team of the Year Award, presented by the Global Payroll Association. This demonstrates the fantastic teamwork and professionalism of our team, and our aim to deliver excellent service.

Hilton UK Payroll & Compliance team is part of the wider Hilton Global Payroll Team. As such, our continued collaboration with our colleagues in Memphis, Virginia, Hyderabad, Watford, and throughout the organization, is an essential part of our continuous journey to provide the best-in-class Payroll and Compliance service to our customers.

You will work with the team to provide excellent customer service support to our key stakeholders and partners, such as our team members, our owners, Finance team, Tax Team, Audit, Technical systems, Pensions providers, Pensions Regulator, HMRC, HR Exec Comp, Corporate HR, and Hotel Operations.

You will provide accurate and efficient delivery of statutory payroll compliance analysis, reporting and reconciliations, and work closely with the Payroll and Compliance team, to ensure all tasks are delivered on time. Many of the tasks involve pre and post payroll report analysis, investigation, problem solving, interpretation and implementation of new legislation and processes impacting payroll and tax systems.

• Ensure tasks are completed accurately and on time, in accordance with legislative requirements and deadlines.
• Liaise with peers across HR with reference to new starters, leavers, and other pay-impacting changes to Team Member details.
• Create and/or maintain management reports, including monthly results, quarterly and year-end reports (i.e., gross payroll, tax deductions, benefit deductions, etc.).
• Support specialised calculation activities, such as SSP, SMP, Company sick, company maternity pays and Additional holiday pay, and any other calculations as required.
• Delivery of high standard of reconciliations and presentation of data, and, have a positive and can-do attitude. Strive for continuous improvements.
• Enhance your skills and knowledge by attending training updates on legislation changes, webinar access to HMRC etc, and provide support to the business with change management activities.
• Be knowledgeable and current with UK Payroll and tax regulations, statutory requirements and pension legislation relating to Payroll, Pensions, Benefits-in-Kind, and employment related benefits always ensuring Hilton’s compliance.
• Ensure auto enrolment pension…