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Kate Horan

Basildon,Essex

Summary

A knowledgeable, highly skilled professional with over 25 year's experience in Pensions, Payroll and Benefits. Consistently delivers on complex projects, principally implementation of payrolls and benefits, whilst achieving strict weekly deadlines. Ability to quickly learn new skills and systems, whilst empowering others. Develops successful working relationships, through honesty and trust. Guarantees excellent teamwork to result in a smooth, compliant and efficient operation


Overview

27
27
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Pensions Administrations Coordinator

TotalEnergies E & P UK Ltd
08.2016 - 06.2025
  • Responsible for the day-to-day smooth and efficient running of the TotalEnergies UK Pension Plan.
  • Providing support to the Business Units and acting as the co-ordinator between the various third parties involved in the scheme.
  • Supporting the employer Board, Trustee Board, and sub-committees; preparing papers, taking minutes at the meetings, and managing projects.
  • Assisting the Business Units with Auto-enrolment processes and procedures, and general member queries.
  • Producing member communications, both regular and project specific, to increase member engagement.
  • On site member presentations and one to ones, suppling information and guidance to members.
  • Running tender processes to appoint new providers.
  • Carrying out Internal Audit recommendations, such as Pensioner payroll reconciliations, overpayment monitoring and calculation checking.

Compensation & Benefits Advisor

TotalEnergies Marketing UK Ltd
11.2013 - 07.2016
  • Responsible for the payroll from cradle to grave for the MS division of Total in the UK.
  • Administration of benefits including Private Medical Insurance, pension, Gym flex and share schemes.
  • Introduction of new benefit providers at renewal date.
  • Implementation of new processes to be more audit compliant.
  • Consulting with HMRC, third party providers and audit teams.
  • Production of payroll journals to ensure the correct posting of payroll costs.

PAYROLL & BENEFITS ADMINISTRATOR

N M Rothschild & Sons Ltd
01.2011 - 11.2013
  • Responsible for the staff and pensioner Payrolls, including the administration of pensions, salary sacrifice and flexible benefits schemes.
  • Process the complete payroll function from start to finish, including collating information, producing payroll reports and journals through to reconciling the monthly payrolls.
  • Prepare monthly and ad hoc reports for all areas of the business, and deal with third party payments.
  • All year end procedures, including the P35, P14, P60’s and P11D’s.

EMEA PAYROLL SPECIALIST

THOMSON REUTERS GROUP
07.2008 - 12.2010
  • Managing the Payroll in fourteen countries across the EMEA Region.
  • Monthly processes including capture of HR data and updating the Global Payroll Platform (Logon2) for local vendor to conduct payroll calculation.
  • Full responsibility for tracking and maintaining payroll calendars for each country, as well as overseeing data input and receipt of payroll output, responsible for payroll approval and facilitating the submission of payment files for salaries and third parties.
  • Working with Finance to ensure payroll journals are updated with new codes and cost centres and are set up correctly for new entities.
  • Awareness of local authority and third-party obligations, as well as end of year deadlines and requirements.
  • Throughout process a key aspect of the role is to maintain relationships with HR, Finance, and the Payroll Provider.
  • Ensuring compliance to legislative requirements including Sarbanes-Oxley and audit requirements.
  • Developing, maintaining, and communicating new payroll policies, deployments and processes to beneficiaries, customers, and employees.
  • Administration and taxation of the Reuters share plans (SAYE, RSP, DSOP, LTIP).
  • Assisting and supporting UK Domestic Payroll Team with answering queries within SLA timescales using Oracle HR systems and the Discoverer reporting tools.

Education

GCSEs - General

The Billericay School
Billericay
01.2014 - 01.2016

Certificate of Higher Education - Pensions

Pensions Management Institute
/2016 - /2016

Skills


  • Procurement processes
  • Team Leadership
  • Public speaking
  • Project coordination
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Managing overpayments or underpayments
  • Payroll query handling
  • Benefits calculations expertise
  • Management information reports creation
  • GDPR regulations awareness
  • HMRC reporting compliance
  • Auto-Enrolment management
  • Maintaining employee confidence
  • Workplace pension scheme administration
  • Year-End procedures management
  • Taxable benefits calculation
  • BACS payment system operation
  • Budgeting and forecasting
  • Payroll management
  • Account reconciliation

Personal Information

Nationality: British

Custom

  • ICS
  • ADP Chessington
  • Oracle HR / Payroll
  • Tempaid
  • Tempest
  • Peoplesoft
  • Tetra
  • UNI2000
  • Ceridian Source
  • Chris 21
  • SAP
  • Excel
  • PSE
  • Patersons
  • Discoverer Reporting
  • Cognos Impromtu

Timeline

Pensions Administrations Coordinator

TotalEnergies E & P UK Ltd
08.2016 - 06.2025

GCSEs - General

The Billericay School
01.2014 - 01.2016

Compensation & Benefits Advisor

TotalEnergies Marketing UK Ltd
11.2013 - 07.2016

PAYROLL & BENEFITS ADMINISTRATOR

N M Rothschild & Sons Ltd
01.2011 - 11.2013

EMEA PAYROLL SPECIALIST

THOMSON REUTERS GROUP
07.2008 - 12.2010

Certificate of Higher Education - Pensions

Pensions Management Institute
/2016 - /2016

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