I am part of the Global HR Leadership Team and my teams are responsible for the Global Payroll function as well as the HR Shared Services function. We take care of the end-to-end employee lifecycle experience and are the main support function for the wider HR team. Together we strive to provide the best experience for the employee, from onboarding, to promotions, development, training, HR IT system management, benefits management, employee support as well as employee relations. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES• Leading a large team of HR and Payroll professionals across 3 continents, with teams in the UK, US, UAE, Italy and Hong Kong (Japan & China).• Senior HR Leader in the UK and a member of the Global HR Leadership Team, providing support, guidance and coaching• Responsible for managing the Global Payroll Project, streamlining and integrating with our Global HR Systems• Training and development for my teams, to help them build core skills for a successful career path in HR and Payroll• Delivered the Global Screening Project, consolidating our screening processes under one supplier and integrating with our Global HR Systems to help improve new employee engagement from onboarding• Working closely with the HRIS Director to continually review our processes, making improvements to offer a best-in-class solution to help our teams deliver the best employee lifecycle experience• HR Global Policy holder for the business, responsible for reviewing and updating our HR policies and guidelines as well as creating new polices and guidelines for the business, making sure we stay on top of our statutory and legal obligations as well as our internal controls• Managing the relationships with our Global Mobility support providers, being the first port of call for our HR Business Partners manging the onboarding and placement of Top Global Talent.

Overall responsibility to ensure timely, accurate and fully compliant monthly payroll cycle, managing 11 in-house UK payrolls covering 1150+ employees using SAP Finance, Payroll and HR solution.Maintaining the highest data quality, ensuring the smooth operation and end to end management of UK Benefits, system and tools. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES• Responsible for managing all aspects of payroll and benefits across all brands.• First point of contact for all brands and brand HR for payroll queries and solutions.• Managing the Payroll & Benefits Team, the Payroll Officer and Payroll Administrator.• Ensuring accurate and timely data input, usage, maintenance and development.• Delivering efficient data management processes.• Maintaining a sound and up-to-date knowledge of statutory and technical aspects of payroll/benefits whilst monitoring new legislation and system upgrades/developments.• Operating within specified deadlines, ensuring employees are paid correctly and on time, whilst adhering to legislation, compliance and audit control procedures and Service Level Agreements. • Troubleshooting as necessary and one of 2 key contacts for SAP system issues and solutions.• Managing the monthly pension contributions including reconciliation to the payroll reporting and ledger• Liaising with 3rd party suppliers for Pension, Health and Dental as well as other benefits• Managing the review of benefits whether annually at renewal or ad hoc• Keeping UK HR community up to date on all UK Benefits, maintain the UK Intranet pages to provide effective communications for all employees. • Management of on-going and/or ad-hoc projects.

• Responsible for Managing the Outsourced Payroll and Pension function for the UK, Ireland and Scandinavia• Researching and developing the proposal to implement a new payroll system to bring the main functions in house to help tighten controls and increase reporting functionality for the payroll as well as improve efficiency in our stores• Providing analysis and support on the HR, Payroll and Pension function for 27 locations in the UK, 2 in Ireland and 2 in Scandinavia• Liaising with stores, compiling month end data, processing manual payments and calculations, liaising with the Payroll Bureau and managing the relationship with them directly• Responsible for the full administration of the payroll including checking and producing ad hoc reports and analysis for the HR Manager and the Regional Director for Northern Europe• Part of the EVO Travel and Expenses system project team, working directly with the Milan office to integrate the new Travel and Expenses system into Prada UK, Ireland and Scandinavia• Responsible for improving processing and reporting in the HR department and improving accuracy for all payrolls• Checking the Payroll Bureau administration of our company pension contribution, managing the opt in and opt out records as well as the pay over to the pension supplier• Liaising on a quarterly basis with the pension provider to monitor how our funds are being managed compared to the current market• Working closely with the HR Director to update current company HR policies• Researching and developing company benefits and benefits engagement with the current workforce

Responsible for selecting and training individuals for payroll support team• Responsible for the lunar payroll and overseeing the running of the weekly payroll and all payroll processes including pensions admin and processing• Managing the work distribution of the department to ensure accurate and timely running of both payrolls• Providing weekly, monthly and ad-hoc payroll and pensions reporting for HR and management• Responsible for the maintenance of effective internal and external controls in relation to the business’ payroll processing, completing the necessary documentation and reporting requirements• Conducting regular audits on data and systems and check colleagues input to ensure a 100% accurate payroll• Responsible for completion of all final year-end figures and reports for the Revenue, P11ds and working closely with payroll bureau to check and agree figures to submit to HMRC through RTI• Providing a knowledgeable source of advice for both the HR team and the wider business on all aspects of payroll processing and the legislation surrounding payroll• Managing and processing the pension functionality, reconciling payroll deductions and funds, liaising with payroll bureau and pension providers and processing payments on time and accurately• Ad-hoc payroll duties as and when necessary• Responsible for administration and support for internet based expense system• Managing and reconciling Dental Plan, Season Ticket Loans, Cuildcare Vouchers and other ad-hoc employee benefits

• Processing the lunar and weekly payroll for 2200 employees• Working closely with the payroll bureau to ensure the accurate and timely running of both payrolls• Super user for the system, developing new processes and testing new reports and system functionality • Providing support and payroll advice for a rapidly increasing number of restaurants and employees for a fast growing business• Working closely with the HMRC as part of the pilot scheme for RTI• Identifying and implementing improvements to current payroll processes

• Assistant to Payroll Supervisor• Providing payroll advice and support to all employees on all payroll related matters• Payroll Administration, P45s, P46s, P60s, P11Ds, Payslips• Assisting with running of weekly payroll for 1800 employees• Assisting with testing and integration of new payroll system• Assisting in the completion of year-end figures and reports for the HMRC, including P11ds & P60s• Studied for MCIPP Payroll Management Diploma

• Worked as part of a large payroll team servicing a weekly and monthly payroll totalling 240,000 employees• Dealt with P46s, P45s, P11Ds, P60s, Court Orders and Parental Pay as well as dealing with customers queries and system issues• Was responsible for payroll banking, dealing with recall reworks and manual calculations• Worked on the admin team, the customer support team, the payroll accounts team and the payroll projects team• Working on the different areas helped me develop my knowledge and experience and gave me the confidence to move on to my next role and take my qualifications

• Working for an off shore accountants in Central London• Setting up meeting rooms• Meeting and greeting clients• Overall office administration• Accounts file preparation for accountants• Assisting with the implementation of the paperless filing system and archiving