About the Role

The EMEA Payroll Specialist will have responsibility for payroll and benefits administration within the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. The role will be based in London, reporting to the EMEA Payroll Manager, and will be part of the EMEA Payroll Hub function which processes payroll for our major markets in the region in partnership with our outsourced payroll provider (UKG). The initial focus of the role will be managing payroll for our German operations.

Key Tasks

• Prepare monthly data input for all assigned payrolls in coordination with Morningstar’s payroll processing requirements.
• Prepare compensation elements, holiday accrual and other benefit calculations monthly.
• Review and process payroll outputs to ensure accuracy, in line with all monthly cut-off dates.
• Maintain payroll processes in line with current GDPR and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) requirements.
• Accurately maintain all pension an...