Analyst – Payroll Operations Full Time

We are 270+ talents operating under one Hub; diversified into different process groups – Recruitment, Lifecyle, Offboarding, Service Excellence and Contact Management.

We value your unique identity and perspective and are fully committed to providing equitable opportunities and building a workplace that reflects the diversity of society. We welcome you to bring your authentic self and create a better tomorrow with us. The future focussed HR organisation largely possess a strong Onshore Partnering Team and the Centre of Excellence, complimented by a robust Service Delivery Team offering top class services to employees from the HR People Hub, Bangalore.

As a Payroll Associate in our Bangalore-based HR Shared Services Center, you’ll be an integral part of delivering an exceptional HR customer experience. Your main responsibilities as part of the payroll team are work collaboratively with AtkinsRéalis regional teams to deliver an effective and efficient Payroll service to all managers and employees. Ensuring continuous improvement in our service delivery. Taking a pro-active approach to leading change as well as responding to business requirements.

The Payroll Associate is responsible for payroll activities for all regions, Support streamlining the process, understand the payroll elements & support the HR team in running the payroll monthly cycles

The Analyst will also be responsible for doing Pre payroll checks, controls, post payroll analysis, workday reports assessment with respect to payroll elements etc.

Your role

• Payroll processing and streamlining for supporting region
• Ensuring the pre-payroll processing tasks are completed, the payrolls are run, and the post processing tasks completed, all in a timely, accurate and compliant manner including the submission and retrieval of files to legal entities.
• Understanding the payroll elements and establishing a connect with the finance to report all the payroll and financial activities
• Assess allowances, payroll data for employees, regional expenses
• Help ensure that all internal and external audit requirements are met.
• Participate in all HR change programmes that have a direct impact on Payroll, including any testing and implementation of required changes to Payroll processes
• Investigate new initiatives where efficiency and customer experience can be improved across systems, processes, and ways of working.
• Build excellent working relationships with key stakeholders of Payroll.
• Keep personal knowledge up to date through external networking and attending conferences bringing back leading edge and innovative Payroll thinking and sharing this with the team and HR Leadership. Communicating throughout the Payroll team, broader HR and the business all changes to statutory and legislative requirements.
• Review timesheets and attendance records and correct inaccuracies
• Analyse compensation-related data including Salary and bonuses
• Manage payment calendars for the fiscal year
• Report to management on payroll issues and changes
• Support employees on questions about Payroll related matter.
• Ensuring thorough understanding of business areas supported to determine specific business requirements.
• Analyzes processes to support both automated and manual workflow, including recommending ideation that can enhance the effectiveness of the process.

About You

Qualifications and Experience:

• Graduate or equivalent in finance /HR/Payroll
• 2-4 years’ experience as a functional analyst supporting operational delivery
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a computerized payroll environment
• Significant experience in payroll activities for UK, Middle East or APAC payroll
• Understanding of Workday/ Oracle /JDE systems
• Understanding of payroll reports and payroll elements for India region
• Significant demonstrable success in a Associate role, with working experience in HR shared service/onshore service delivery model.
• Good understanding and experience of working with Payroll systems
• Experience of delivering operational delivery.
• Experience of reviewing systems, processes, data and people and making recommendations for change to ensure continual service improvement.
• Experience of working within an in-house and service provider Payroll environment.
• Accurate and detail-orientated, Analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills are a must.
• Possesses good communication & customer service skills & enjoys working with people.
• Strong verbal & written communication skills.
• Ability to see problems through to resolution.

Essential Capabilities

• Ability to prioritise business requirements appropriately through a collaborative partnership approach.
• Relationship management skills working with partner/service providers internally and externally.
• Experience of coaching and mentoring team members.
• Proven experience of advising and supporting internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience of working as part of a project team and managing project workstreams.
• Experience of reviewing systems, processes, data and people and making recommendations for change to ensure continual service improvement.
• Experience of measuring and reporting on customer satisfaction and KPI/SLA achievement using outputs to drive change decisions. With experience of handling escalations and non-compliance.
• Discreet with the ability to handle confidential and sensitive situations.
• Familiarity using Excel and spreadsheets.
• The ability to work under tight deadlines.

Reward & Benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

About AtkinsRéalis

We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s’infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We’re committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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