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United Kingdom

Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom

Configuration and maintenance of Workday for over 1,500 workers in the UK, US, Singapore and France.Specialising in Core HCM, Recruiting and Reporting, with some additional knowledge of Integrations, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Time Tracking and Absence.Key achievements in role:> Review and refinement of all security groups and associated key process approvals> Led global Advanced Compensation (Merit and Bonus) processes within the first two months in post> Migrated suite of tenants from private to public cloud hosting

Crawley, England, United Kingdom

Managing a production team of 5, responsible for maintenance and development of a global tenant used by more than 40,000 people in more than 90 countries.Ensuring adherence to SOx controls required in several countries in the business.

Cannock, England, United Kingdom

Configuration and maintenance of Workday for 14,000 workers in the UK, Ireland and Finland. Specialising in Core HCM with additional knowledge of Integrations, Recruiting, Security and Reporting.Enhancements, troubleshooting and issue resolution. Core HCM Lead for deployment of HCM to Veolia Finland from September 2022 to April 2023.Worked on the Workday implementation project August 2019 to April 2021 to migrate HR, Payroll, Finance and Asset Management to Workday ERP. Key responsibilities include HR data mapping, migration and validation, as well as HCM and Benefits functional design.

Cannock

Business Analyst role supporting the maintenance and development of HR Systems, primarily SAP HCM for HR/Payroll management of 14,000 UK and NI employee records.Liaising with the business and third party developers to build and maintain integrations and data feeds to other internal and third party systems such as SAP Concur Expenses, SABA Learning Management, AVA Health and Safety and Microsoft Power BI.

Cannock

Responsible for Agile development of two websites; a hub which facilitates Veolia’s management of subcontracted work with external suppliers, and a website which brokers the sale of waste between third parties.Maintaining a product backlog of requirements; working with senior business stakeholders and third party offshore web developers (often translating as an intermediary between the two) to constantly improve and add functionality to the sites.Facilitating integration with Power BI reporting, as well as other hubs and systems. Meeting suppliers to feed back and understand their requirements to ensure developments are relevant and correctly prioritised.

Cannock

Responsible for Organisational Management of the company's 14,000 employees, and reporting obligations including Gender Pay Gap and Social Data. Managed 3 direct reports to maintain the reporting structure of the organisation, driving key tasks such as annual pay and bonus (using SAP Success Factors).Used SAP Spinifex to automate complex reporting requirements, alongside very strong Excel knowledge to manually manipulate data where required. Regular interaction with high level stakeholders in order to understand and fulfil their reporting needs.Responsible for payment of personal expenses to employees across the company, ensuring adherence to statutory regulations and company policy, and delivering fortnightly payment runs.Heavily involved in implementing the current Concur expenses system, including UAT, training materials and demonstrations, and maintaining the supplier relationship thereafter.Managed HR/payroll data for all incoming and outgoing TUPEs, each ranging in number from one to several hundred employees.My team worked closely with the payroll department and as an experienced payroll specialist I regularly supported the team. Within this role I also looked after P11D reporting for several areas of the business.

Cannock

Responsible for the delivery of 22 monthly, weekly and four-weekly payrolls for around 14,000 UK employees and several expats. My role involved supervising a team of payroll administrators, and covered all areas of payroll and some areas of payroll finance, such as reconciliation and analysis of payroll control accounts, third party payments, cost centre maintenance, and reporting. It also included query and complaint resolution, tax, NI and statutory payment breakdowns, as well as benefits and expenses including P11Ds, which I produced for around 800 employees across several business areas for 2015/16.I had regular interaction with high level stakeholders and deputised for the payroll manager in his absence. For the first three months in the role I worked to transition payroll and finance tasks from the company's London head office into the Cannock shared service centre.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Managed a team of 9 responsible for end-to-end payroll for a national bank. Accountable for the delivery of payroll processing for over 8,000 employees, in addition to running two inbound telephony lines for employee services.Liaised with high level stakeholders within the client company and providing detailed performance MI.Use of strong payroll knowledge and key skills in SAP, HRIS, Microsoft Excel and Avaya telephony software.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Alongside the role above I deputised in a tier 3 client-facing position, with a focus on ensuring efficient service delivery of a weekly and a monthly payroll for an international logistics company with around 10,000 UK employees.I led regular service and performance reviews, liaised with an offshore technical support team to resolve client issues, and provided the final sign off on BACS payments. Key focuses included process analysis, employee development and continuous improvement.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Managing a team of 15 responsible for Organisational Management and starter processing. Maintaining Organisational Structure and issuing contracts of employment for a large international banking corporation with 104,000 UK employees. Responsible for ensuring efficient workflow maintenance and liaising with high level stakeholders within the client company. Development of key Business Analysis skills using a comprehensive knowledge of SAP.Project payroll consultant for the separation of 8,500 employees and creation of a new payroll due to divestment.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Running weekly BACS for 9 payrolls comprising over 110,000 employees. Complex tax and NI breakdowns, including sound knowledge of SMP, SSP and taxable benefits (P11D). Extensive use of SAP and HRIS systems. Responsible for work allocation and authorisation for a team of 10.P11D annual project 2012/13 coordinator for NGA Birmingham site, responsible for collation and submission of P11D data for 15 clients.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Contract changes and payroll queries. "Customer-facing" role in dealing directly with employees and resolving complaints.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

HR advisor responsible for complaint handling and raising additional payment requests. Regular deputisation as a Team Leader, responsible for training and monitoring 32 call centre agents across 4 inbound phone lines.