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About the Role
UNIQLO is seeking a Senior European Payroll Specialist to join their European HR Payroll team in London. This role focuses on maintaining accuracy, quality, and compliance across Payroll, Mobility, and Immigration, requiring strong experience in operational HR/Payroll roles across multiple European countries. The specialist will collaborate with local HR, Payroll, and Finance teams, and support mobility and immigration functions for expats, acting as a business partner to internal stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Support EU markets to lead end-to-end payroll process.
- Cooperate with EU markets Payroll Partners and HR Managers.
- Execute controls of payroll files throughout the payroll cycle.
- Manage the payroll for expats, coordinating with tax advisors and EU markets for mobility partners.
- Validate and approve payroll data.
- Manage salary payment, taxes, social security, and other payroll-related payments for EU markets.
- Manage month-end and quarterly payroll reports for Finance.
- Identify, investigate, and resolve payroll issues.
- Lead payroll, mobility, and immigration governance, internal/external audits, and continuous improvement.
- Provide strategic input into EU level policies, systems, and tools.
- Manage immigration process for expats coming/leaving EU markets.
Requirements
- Payroll management experience in retail or high-volume environments (1000+ employees) with 3-5 years of experience.
- Expertise across more than one European Country is essential.
- Strong knowledge of payroll, taxation principles, and expat rules.
- Experience working with expats, global mobility, and tax advisors.
- Fluent in English communication skills.
- Excellent stakeholder management and customer service mindset.
- High level of discretion, confidentiality, and accuracy.
- Proactive and self-driven with a “can do” attitude.
- Strong organisational and planning skills, with ability to meet deadlines.
- Strong numerical skills, Excel proficiency, and HRIS/payroll system knowledge (Workday, Work Force System.).
- Ability to work with diverse and global teams, having high level of cultural flexibility.
- Strong work ethics and integrity.
Skills
- Payroll management
- European payroll
- Mobility
- Immigration
- Stakeholder management
- Customer service
- Discretion
- Confidentiality
- Accuracy
- Proactive
- Self-driven
- Organisational skills
- Planning skills
- Meeting deadlines
- Numerical skills
- Excel proficiency
- HRIS/payroll system knowledge
- Workday
- Work Force System
- Cultural flexibility
- Work ethics
- Integrity
Location
- London Office
Work Type
- Hybrid working model: 2 days remote, 3 days office-based
Experience Level
- 3-5 years of experience
- Senior
Benefits
- 26 days holiday + 8 bank holidays, pro rata
- 30% staff Discount
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Private Pension Scheme
- Performance-based bonus scheme
- Complimentary tea and coffee
- Social events throughout the year
- Seasonal sample sales
- Volunteer Day – twice a year
- Prime location near Piccadilly and Oxford Street stations with easy access to shops, restaurants...
About the Company
- UNIQLO is a leading brand of the Fast Retailing Group, one of the largest apparel retailers in the world.
- UNIQLO respects the individuality and lifestyle of all customers and takes pride in creating high quality, long-lasting, innovative clothing at an affordable price.
- UNIQLO is proud to be a Living Wage Foundation-accredited employer, committed to paying all our UK employees a real Living Wage.
Equal Opportunity
- UNIQLO is an inclusive employer, and welcomes applications from all backgrounds regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or other characteristics.
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