Job Description

Thought Machine\'s mission is bold - to properly and permanently rid the world\'s banks of legacy technology. To achieve this, we have developed the foundations of modern banking and built core and payments technology which runs natively in the cloud. What we are attempting is hard and means we need great people working together to build great technology.

We have grown rapidly in the past few years - growing our team to more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore and Sydney. We have raised more than $500m in funding and are now valued at $2.7bn. Our investors include Molten Ventures, Eurazeo, Intesa Sanpaolo, Temasek, Nyca Partners, JPMorgan Chase, Standard Chartered, and more.

We have created a culture enabling our team to produce the best work in the industry, ensuring we have fun along the way. We\'re regularly cited as having a fantastic workplace culture and have been recognised by Sifted magazine as having one of the highest Glassdoor ratings for a UK fintech company and the most generous employee share package in the industry. We\'ve been named AltFi\'s B2B Fintech of the Year, placed in the FinTech50, and named one of Europe\'s fastest-growing companies by the Financial Times in 2023.

Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, the Group Payroll Lead will drive the management of the company\'s payroll affairs globally, covering the UK, APAC, EMEA and North/South America entities. This newly created role will work with finance and non-finance teams with support from external payroll advisors to drive the highest standards of payroll. This role will play an integral part in scaling the payroll processes and procedures of a fast-growing business. This is an opportunity to make an impact as a qualified payroll professional who thrives on delivering on projects and being responsible for providing best-in-class payroll process, reporting and compliance through the group companies.

DUTIES

• Lead the global payroll process and controls with support from external payroll providers
• Lead the timely execution of payroll deliverables, payments and statutory reporting for all entities across the world while ensuring compliance with local payroll legislation in different countries
• Working with the finance systems team towards higher payroll standards, leading any payroll system implementations in the future and leading any payroll process optimisation as necessary in partnership with HR
• Work with the FP&A team to provide insights on payroll related spend and prepare the analysis as necessary
• Work with the accounting team to ensure that payroll related spend is accounted for correctly and timely
• Support or lead ad hoc projects as the team and business expands internationally

Requirements

Essential

• Proven experience in multi-country payroll management
• Qualified payroll professional with a solid understanding of controls and payroll best practices
• Being driven and with the ability to balance multiple priorities at any time
• Excellent skills in problem-solving and project management involving key stakeholders and advisors.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate payroll matters to finance and non-finance teams

Desirable

• Proven experience working within a group environment
• Industry experience (fast-growing technology company is a plus)
• Payroll systems implementation is a plus

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary
• Pension plan (match up to 7%)
• Life insurance - three times annual salary
• Competitive maternity (6 months fully paid) and paternity leave (4 week fully paid)
• Shared parental leave (matched to our maternity leave for the same point in time)
• 25 days holiday and bank holidays
• Private health insurance with Bupa for you and your family
• Health cash plan (including dental and optical)
• Flexible working hours
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Electric car scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Access to outstanding learning materials and courses
• Sports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine
• All the latest tech you need
• Start the day properly with fresh fruit and cereals
• Huge range of healthy (and not-so-healthy) snacks, smoothies and drinks
• A talented and experienced team as your colleagues
• An environment where we encourage learning and progress
• Two charity days a year
• Weekly food pop up

Thought Machine is committed to making a measurable positive impact on people\'s everyday lives. We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We actively hire candidates who demonstrate technical excellence in their field and welcome people of all ages and backgrounds, providing everyone with equal access to professional development. You are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn\'t accurately match the job description. We also encourage applications from those with different abilities, including candidates with ADHD, autism, dyslexia or dyspraxia.

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