Payroll & Benefits Manager

The Payroll & Benefits Manager has sole responsibility for managing our in-house monthly payroll cycle, and benefits administration for our 950 employees across 5 UK entities. They will ensure all payroll and benefits processes are completed efficiently, on time and accurately and any nuanced issues are dealt with promptly and escalated if necessary. This is a hands-on role, ideal for someone who enjoys getting into the detail and working independently. The position is based at SEGA HQ in Brentford, with a Hybrid Working model requiring 3 days per week in the office., Payroll

• Full end to end processing of our monthly in-house payroll.
• Working alongside HR contacts at each of the studios to collect payroll data and ensuring this is entered into the payroll system (Workday).
• Manually entering data as and when required.
• Paying the necessary disbursements (e.g. HMRC liabilities, court orders etc.).
• Managing parental leave calculations.
• Ensuring all tax year end processes are completed (P60s, P11D(b)s).
• Processing the monthly pension upload.
• Working closely with the Finance team for payroll reconciliations.
• Consistently reviewing processes to ensure optimisation.
• Working with the systems team to ensure the configuration of SEGA business processes in Workday meets payroll requirements.
• Taking ownership for payroll compliance.
• Being the main point of contact for any payroll queries.
Benefits
• Managing the annual benefits renewal process.
• Uploading necessary reports for our benefits provider.
• Coordinating onsite days and virtual sessions (e.g. pension roadshows, health screenings, flu jabs).
• Communicating benefits to employees, ensuring that SEGA staff are aware of the current offerings and informed of any changes.
• Competitor and market research for new benefit providers or offerings.
• Being the main point of contact for any benefits queries.
Other
• Maintaining data integrity between our HR database, payroll system and benefits provider.
• Collaborate with our benefits broker, systems teams and local HR to enhance and streamline payroll and benefits function.
• Ensuring our process documentation is updated when we iterate and change existing processes.
• Processing all invoices related to payroll and benefits.
• Providing reports on payroll and benefits data to management and our studios.
• Supporting the Senior Manager, Total Reward with any payroll/benefits projects.
  
  Considerable payroll experience.
• Previous experience managing benefits.
• Experience processing payroll via Workday Payroll.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, with an in-depth knowledge of v-lookups and formulas.
• Highly organised with an exceptional attention to detail.
• Able to work towards deadlines and structure project work around payroll deadlines.
• Confident managing payroll independently and working with local HR teams if issues arise.
• Able to work independently.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Strong knowledge of UK legislation and regulations. (Including SMP, SSP, pensions auto-enrolment and knowledge of average holiday pay).
Desirable
• Previous experience working within a HR team.
• Previous experience with Gender Pay Gap reporting.
• Knowledge of payrolling benefits (PBIK).
• A CIPP qualification.