An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Accountant to join a global business in Darlington. The role will be responsible for managing end-to-end payroll processing for employees across the UK and the USA entities, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant payroll delivery, including financial posting, month-end accounting support and analysis.
You will be responsible for:
Administering end-to-end payroll cycles for UK, and USA including gross-to-net calculations, statutory deductions, benefit, and reporting.
Ensuring payroll compliance with HMRC (UK), IRS/State Agencies (USA)
Managing onboarding payroll setup for new hires in consultation with HR including tax codes, pensions, social security setup and regional equivalencies.
Reconcile payroll outputs monthly including variance checks, internal audits, and correcting discrepancies.
Coordinating with third-party payroll vendors and ensure SLA's and data accuracy standards are met in all regions.
Maintaining payroll KPI's and performance dashboards for management.
You will/have:
Deep understanding of UK PAYE/NIC, pension auto-enrolment, statutory leave pay, HMRC processes.
Knowledge of US federal and state payroll law including FICA, FUTA, W-4, state-specific tax variations.
Proficiency with multi-country payroll systems (e.g. Sage) & ERP accounting systems (e.g. Microsoft Dynamics).
Advanced Excel capabilities including Pivot tables, Vlookups and payroll reconciliation formulas.
Experience completing payroll audits and preparing documentation for internal/external auditors.
