Payroll Analyst

This position will be part of International Payroll team and primarily dealing with the payrolls for 4 of Moody’s France entities.

The payroll Analyst will deal with all areas of French payroll and will therefore act as the primary contact point for all related queries from both employees and external consultants/third parties. A large volume of data will be handled and therefore the payroll associate should be highly accurate, should pay close attention to detail and have excellent organisational skills. They should also be professional, diligent and have a courteous manner.

The duties of this role will include the following:
 

• Collate monthly changes from all departments, e.g. recruitment for new hires, HR for all changes and leavers
• Send payroll instructions to the outsourced payroll provider, verify those changes against the financial summary and perform net salary / cost centre analysis. Approve monthly payroll file and forward cost file to Accounts
• Deal with all payroll and benefits queries (including vacation and RTT policy and balance queries)
• Calculate and provide salary information to finance for the tax on salaries submission
• Provide all statutory French leaver documentation to Business Partners for each leaver
• Reconcile social insurance refunds to claims (bank statement v social insurance advice slip)
• Run holiday report in Workwise and send to the payroll provider ensuring correct actions are processed
• Liaise with external tax consultants for the filing of Stock Options annual company return.
• Collect and approve transportation receipts and instruct payroll vendor with the monthly payment, track and reconcile
• Complete retirement plan form (Reunica or Klesia)
• Monitor third party payments made by payroll (tax, social charges, medical insurance)
• Track and process commission payments
• File and process payments for the Disability tax, Apprentice Tax, Training Tax and Accommodation Tax
• Work with Comp and Bens on all local benefit reviews and the annual Profit Sharing and Interessment benefit programme in their entirety and calculate all vendor/employee calculations
• Manage payroll vendor and ensure they fulfill contractual obligations
• Year End Process.

• Good working knowledge of French payroll and benefits legislation
• Must be a fluent English / French speaker
• Well developed IT skills are essential, in particular, Excel and Outlook
• Must be highly organised and efficient, able to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Ability to work autonomously, yet integrate appropriately with the team and other areas within Moody’s
• Good interpersonal skills both verbal and written, with the ability to work successfully with all levels of employees across the organisation
• Strong attention to detail
• Must be flexible and diligent at all times.