Azizul Karim
Payroll Consultant
London
Summary
Personal Information: As an EMEA Payroll Consultant, I manage the payrolls of several major European countries (UK, France, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, and UAE). I have over ten years of payroll experience. Apart from regular operations, I was responsible for payroll audits and the successful TUPE transfers of multiple EMEA countries. In addition to the project and operations, I collaborated with government agencies and the mobility team to ensure compliance was managed in both the home and host countries. I want to make sure that all employees are paid correctly and on time. Furthermore, I provide all parties with the necessary payroll information so that they have the necessary information. My next position will be in management because I possess the necessary abilities and technical skills.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Payroll Consultant
Riverbed Technology
09.2021 - Current
- System Using: Workday, Activ8, MS Excel, MS Outlook
- Countries Managed: UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, UAE
- Managing one person: Direct report
- Duties and Responsibilities
- Review the monthly input, and output file, and sign off the payroll monthly file
- Update Payroll procedure on a regular basis
- Ensure salary payments are made to employees on time for all EMEA countries
- Perform variance analysis between Workday HR file against Payroll Input/Output file
- Reconcile the BIK, Insurances based on the country requirements and ensure payroll treats this accordingly
- Managing the project - TUPE transfer, payroll acquisition implementation
- Ensure all statutory payments and deductions are processed correctly in the monthly payroll
- Inform team about payroll changes- Legislation/Operational changes
- Managing relationship between payroll vendor and other benefit providers
- Ensure the monthly, quarterly, and yearly tax declarations for respective countries are submitted by the payroll vendor
- Set up pay code and assist finance in GL/Journal preparation
- Prepare and provide multiple payroll reports to the internal and external team
- Set up monthly payroll meeting with vendor and action the necessary changes
- Focus on the strong relationship between internal and external stakeholders
- Ensure the SLAs are up to date and vendor fee charges are in accordance with SLA
- Ensure all emails are answered within a reasonable timeframe
Senior Payroll Specialist
SuccessFactors, ADP
08.2020 - 08.2021
- Lloyds Register
- System Used-, iHCM, Streamline, MS Excel, MS Outlook
- Countries Managed: UK, Ireland, and Global reporting
- Duties and Responsibilities
- Review Payroll procedure and update payroll procedure accordingly
- Review Statutory Payment and deduction in payroll (SMP, SSP, SPHL)
- Reconciliation of Childcare voucher and appropriate treatment in Payroll
- Month to Month Payroll Gross to Net Variance Analysis
- Responsible for PSA preparation and Submission to HMRC
- Responsible for Multiple reports to reconcile against HR Cost Centre report (global reporting)
- Responsible for Pension scheme management (Monthly Pension Submission to relevant Pension providers for UK and Ireland)
- Responsible for Pension reconciliation and making changes in payroll accordingly
- Responsible for Monthly Preparation of Payroll report (international Assignee) to the external auditor for tax return purpose
Payroll Senior Specialist
Wells Fargo
01.2020 - 07.2020
- Cloud Pay, Peoplesoft, MS Excel, MS Outlook
- Countries Managed: UAE, France, Germany, Netherlands
- Duties and Responsibilities
- Review and process additions and changes to payroll system and ensure accounting distribution and preparation of deductions
- Prepare input forms for automated data processing system
- Coordinates and processes any irregular payments
- Perform payroll checks and KPI
- Ensure Payroll report is aligned with supporting documents and distributed to the third party
- Ensure payroll reports and procedures are following Audit requirements
- Analyses and processes changes on internal reports and makes corrections to internal applications
- Answers questions from employees and managers regarding payroll matters, records, deductions, and procedures
- Ensure payroll processes are performed in an accurate and timely manner
- Full process management of Pension contribution
EMEA Border Payroll Specialist
Credit Suisse
Used
03.2019 - 01.2020
- System, Excel, Outlook, Resource Link, HRIS
- Countries Managed: UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Norway
- Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintain A1/ COC Coverage tracking for multi-State workers and Short term
- Assignees
- Liaise with external provider /agent for extension/cessation of A1/COC application
- Process Shadow Payroll as per instructions received from Human Resource
- Using a Multi-state worker calendar to apportion the income for Shadow Payroll
- Using Fx rates to convert the earnings from Home to Host countries
- Process deferred compensation for Historical / Current leavers
- Process additional payments, Shares, and other deferred Compensation
- Preparation of Shadow Payslips and check against the record in regular intervals
- Prepare monthly report for Finance
- Communicate to all Multi state workers about their outstanding Liability
- Ensure All MSW are up to date with tax compliance and all paperwork is filed and recorded
- Ensure MSW is up to date in paying the Social Security and Tax Payments
EMEA Payroll Specialist
01.2013 - 03.2019
- GTT Communications System Used: MS Excel, Outlook, Workday, Oracle
- Co-ordinate and prepare input to a payroll bureau
- Review and sign off payroll output prepared by the payroll bureau
- Ensure that employees, tax, and social security payments are made by the Finance Department
- Prepare pre-funding payroll cost estimates for overseas payroll transfers
- Raise local and international payroll payments in various currencies
- Manage service level agreements with payroll bureaus
- Manage and Liaise finance for third-party Payments
- Responding to employee payroll queries
- Prepare payroll report for the finance department
- Prepare statutory reporting and tax
- Support Auditors by providing required Payroll Information
- Provide support to other team members when necessary
- Keep up to date on the payroll procedure regularly
Payroll Team leader
MMK Chartered Certified
Used
01.2008 - 01.2013
- Accountants
- System, Excel, Outlook, Sage 50 payroll
- Duties and Responsibilities:
- Processing day-to-day payroll
- Processing P11D (Expenses & benefits) form
- Applying for PAYE Scheme for Sole Traders, Partnerships, and LTD companies
- Administer SSP, SMP, SAP, SPP, Pension, Starters/Leavers submission to HMRC
- Administer statutory deduction i.e
- Council tax, and CSA deduction
- Payment advice to a client for PAYE Tax/NIC Liability
- Dealing with manual calculation when necessary
- Dealing with client queries about all PAYE affairs
- Processing issued tax codes by HMRC
- Dealing with HMRC queries
- Responsible for yearend returns (P35)
- Responsible for issuing P60s at year-end
- Project Implementation
- Auto-enrolment for 90 Small Companies
- Asses the Workforce and enroll eligible workers
- Registration for all clients with the Pension provider and The Pension Regulator
- Preparation and submission of ‘Declaration of Compliance’ to the Pension regulator
- Ensure the opt-out for Payroll Process
- Process employee and employer contributions through Payroll
- Ensure the submission of Pension report to Pension Provider
- Ensure Contribution amounts are paid to Pension Provider
- Maintain an up-to-date record for all clients
- Ensure all employees have been communicated for Auto-enrolment
Education
BA - Applied Accounting
Anglia Ruskin University
01.2010 - 12.2012
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02.2005 - 01.2005
Skills
I am a proficient user ofMS Excel, Ms Outlook, and Software (ADP iHCM, ADP Streamline, Workday, Oracle, and Sage 50 Payroll, HRIS, Resource Link, Peoplesoft, and Cloud Pay)
Accomplishments
1. Resolved historical tax filing issues have been pending for a long time.
2. Single-handedly implemented the TUPE transfer for 5 major European countries along with a full payroll operation for 12 countries-with 100% accuracy.
3. Successfully reported P11D for both Aternity and Riverbed
4. Increased payroll efficiency by reviewing and collaborating with the vendors
5. Dealing and resolving multiple benefit and insurance-related queries and advising the vendor accordingly
6. Maintaining and improving communication between all parties (information on a need-to-know basis-GDPR compliance)
7. I gave regular payroll operations and technical support to the payroll specialist.
8. Improved accuracy of payroll entries by developing and implementing a payroll reconciliation tool
9. Developed a full payroll procedure from scratch for all emea countries.
10. Global Mobility: Assess individual cases and research accordingly to gather data from third parties to present to the company in order to make the correct decision.
Timeline
Payroll Consultant
Riverbed Technology
09.2021 - Current
Senior Payroll Specialist
SuccessFactors, ADP
08.2020 - 08.2021
Payroll Senior Specialist
Wells Fargo
01.2020 - 07.2020
EMEA Border Payroll Specialist
Credit Suisse
03.2019 - 01.2020
EMEA Payroll Specialist
01.2013 - 03.2019
BA - Applied Accounting
Anglia Ruskin University
01.2010 - 12.2012
Payroll Team leader
MMK Chartered Certified
01.2008 - 01.2013
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02.2005 - 01.2005