Payroll Analyst

EMEA Payroll Specialist

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 240+ data centers across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed.

We are a fast-growing global company with 20 years of continuous growth. Through our innovative portfolio of high-performance products and services, we have created the largest, most active global ecosystem of 10,000+ companies, including 2,100 networks and 3,000+ cloud and IT service providers in 32 countries spanning six continents.

A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment. that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

The Role:

Are you looking for a varied and challenging role with a Payroll team where you can make an impact?

Equinix are looking for a professional and driven Payroll Specialist, working with the EMEA Payroll team with sole ownership of UK and other EMEA countries.

We are looking for someone with experience managing an end-to-end payroll process for multiple payrolls within a large pan European team. You are dedicated, resourceful, have a customer-service mentality. You demonstrate extraordinary attention to detail and professionalism in all interactions. You possess solid organizational and communication skills and you have proven experience of being able to handle competing priorities daily.

At Equinix we hire talented people who thrive on solving hard problems and give them opportunities to hone new skills, try new approaches, and grow in new directions. Our culture is at the heart of our success and it’s our authentic, humble, gritty people who create The Magic of Equinix. At Equinix we value innovation and individuality, and no day is the same working in one of the fastest growing companies in its space.

Role responsibilities:

• Ownership of the end to end payroll process for multiple country payrolls to ensure accurate results and statutory compliance
• Liaise with external payroll vendor
• Responsible for the timely and accurate payment of net salaries, payroll taxes and related benefits
• Management of year end processing and other statutory filings as they relate to payroll, payroll taxes and benefits
• Management and understanding of the treatment of Equinix Stock programmes: RSU/ESPP deductions gains and withholdings for the countries under your responsibility
• Liaise with HR Services, Stock Services, and other business units to obtain monthly updates for payroll in a timely manner
• Respond in a timely manner to queries from the payroll vendor, HR Services and employees (via the HR Employee Service Centre)
• Maintain SOX payroll compliance through established internal processes
• Understand GL reporting as relates to payroll, and secures good working relationships with Finance/ GL teams
• Support Time and Attendance system for your countries and resulting inputs to payroll
• Update internal payroll procedures manual regularly to reflect changes in process
• Support other team members with workload as and when required
• Share payroll knowledge to a designated ‘back up’ team member to ensure business continuity in your absence
• Embrace change in a fast moving environment
• Scope to process further countries as and when required

Required skills and experience:

• Experience of payroll processing for multiple countries in medium/large organizations
• Highly proficient in interpreting payroll rules and regulations
• Excellent Excel skills
• Excellent communication (verbal & written) and interpersonal skills
• Fluency in English is essential, additional languages desirable
• Experience of decision making with complete ownership payroll process
• Flexibility and adaptability to support simultaneous business demands and deadlines
• Structured/Organized/ approach
• Previous experience within a pan-European environment or EMEA team

Desirable skills and experience:

• Previous experience of ADP (Streamline and iHCM advantageous)
• Previous experience of Time and Attendance systems and feeds to payroll
• Previous experience of payroll with integration from an HR System
• Previous experience of Workday