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Roisin Szczygiel

Irthlingborough,Northamtonshire

Summary

A highly motivated and enthusiastic professional with a strong focus on customer service and a proven ability to achieve results under pressure. Demonstrates excellent communication, planning, and organisational skills, complemented by a thorough understanding of GDPR compliance and HMRC legislation. Proficient in multi-tasking, managing bacs payment processes, year-end procedures, and PAYE systems. Known for being approachable, honest, and reliable, with a career goal to leverage these competencies in driving organisational success.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education

Work history

UK Payroll Analyst

Barclays
Northampton, Northamptonshire
2022.10 - Current

Outline of responsibilities

  • Change champion - UK payroll's go to for change needs and queries
  • Raising change requests based on the businesses need for the payroll system
  • Liasing with the technology team to ensure the change is built correctly and in line with HMRC legislation
  • Performing user acceptance testing to ensure required changes are wokring correctly and the correct tax and NI are processing correcly alongside. This involves manual calculations for tax, NI, pensions, absences etc.
  • Implemented changes in salary and processing bonuses as part of our annual "payround" project each year, this also involves extensive checks to ensure changes for 40K+ employees are processed correctly and in line with tax and NI legislation. This also involves lisaing with the HR Reward and HR Pensions teams to ensure the project runs smoothly
  • Stayed up to date with latest tax laws to maintain compliance within the organisation's payroll system.
  • Assisted in implementing a new payroll system, including being involved in data validation and pay comparison testing.
  • Generated and distributed comprehensive payroll reports to relevant stakeholders.
  • Assisted the "BAU" members of the team in processing and running the monthly payroll.
  • Developed new processes to ensure the team's compliance.

Dog Walker And Pet Sitter

Walks With Friends
Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire
2021.12 - 2022.10

Outline of responsibilities

  • Provided quality dog walking services for client satisfaction.
  • Built rapport with clients by meeting their individual pet care needs.
  • Followed specific instructions from dog owners, ensuring personalised care.
  • Maintained safe environments for pets whilst on walks.
  • Administered medication as required by pet owner instructions, maintaining animal's health.
  • Maintained open, professional communication with pet owners about their animals' needs and behaviours.
  • Provided outstanding pet care to various breeds of dogs and cats.

Payroll And Pensions Officer

Wellingborough School
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
2021.12 - 2022.06

Outline of responsibilities

  • Worked on end-to-end payroll processing to ensure timely delivery.
  • Managed leave entitlements, sick pay, and family leave calculations accurately to prevent any potential disputes.
  • Maintained accuracy in payroll processing by strictly following company procedures and guidelines.
  • Addressed employee queries regarding salary payments promptly, fostering better relations between management and staff.
  • Executed monthly payroll and pension procedures with great attention to detail.
  • Submitted Real Time Information returns to HMRC monthly; maintained regulatory compliance effortlessly.
  • Dispensed forms such as P45s and P60s accurately and on time.
  • Liaised with HR to maintain employee data and salaries.
  • Implemented changes in salary structure following promotions or increments, maintaining fairness in compensation packages.

Payroll Specialist

Liberty Global
Bradford, West Yorkshire
2021.07 - 2021.12

Outline of responsibilities

  • Worked on end-to-end payroll processing to ensure timely delivery.
  • Coordinated with third party providers for efficient administration of payroll processing. - Liberty Global worked alongside a payroll Bureau called ADP
  • Managed leave entitlements, sick pay, and family leave calculations accurately to prevent any potential disputes.
  • Maintained accuracy in payroll processing by strictly following company procedures and guidelines.
  • Assisting in escalations
  • Executed monthly payroll and pension procedures with great attention to detail.

Payroll Administrator

Virgin Media UK
Bradford, West Yorkshire
2020.06 - 2021.06

Outline of responsibilities

Project work:

  • P11D – I wasn’t initially on this project, however I was pulled in for training and then took the lead after some issues. I then managed to work through the issues with a colleague and resolve everything becoming the SME for P11Ds
  • Car salary Sacrifice – I have been the lead in Payroll on this since July 2020 and have just got over a major milestone in the project
  • End of year systems testing – I have been assisting with this at current and working as a team to get this done as quickly and effectively as possible.
  • Family Leave process – I worked closely with the Process Design team to update the family leave processes to ensure it was a great experience for all parties involved, we have also been working on the process for a “welcome back” box that employees receive once they return.

Other responsibilities:

  • Managed leave entitlements and sick pay and family leave calculations accurately to prevent any potential disputes.
  • Maintained accuracy in payroll processing by strictly following company procedures and guidelines.
  • Addressed employee queries regarding salary payments promptly, fostering better relations between management and staff.
  • Assisting in escalations

Payroll Clerk

NIC Services Group
Leeds, West Yorkshire
2019.08 - 2020.06

Outline of responsibilites

  • Managing and processing 9 individual payrolls
  • Processing attachment of earnings
  • Managed leave entitlements and sick pay and family leave calculations accurately to prevent any potential disputes.
  • Maintained accuracy in payroll processing by strictly following company procedures and guidelines.
  • Prepared payslips diligently each month end ensuring no errors or discrepancies.
  • Assisting other team members in the processing of their payrolls
  • Addressed employee queries regarding salary payments promptly, fostering better relations between management and staff.

Payroll officer

WSP
Leeds, West Yorkshire
2017.02 - 2019.07

Financial Services Co-ordinator

WSP
Leeds, West Yorkshire
2015.05 - 2017.02

Financial Services Administration Assistant

WSP
Leeds, West Yorkshire
2014.08 - 2015.05
  • Processed client requests for enhanced customer satisfaction.

Cashier

The Money Shop
Leeds, West Yorkshire
2013.10 - 2014.08

Education

9 GCSEs - Mathematics and English

St Mary’s Comp High School
2006.09 - 2011.09

2 A Levels - Sociology, Media Studies

Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College
2011.09 - 2013.06

Skills

  • Excellent Communication Skills
  • Planning and Organisational Skills
  • Customer Focused
  • Ability to achieve results under pressure
  • Highly Motivated and Enthusiastic
  • Approachable, Honest and Reliable
  • GDPR compliance understanding
  • Multi-Tasking proficiency
  • Year-End procedures
  • Managing bacs payment process
  • Knowledge of HMRC legislation
  • Experience with PAYE

REFERENCES

AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Affiliations

  • Reading
  • Gaming
  • Gardening
  • Listening to music
  • Spending time with family and friends
  • Exploring new cities

Timeline

UK Payroll Analyst

Barclays
2022.10 - Current

Dog Walker And Pet Sitter

Walks With Friends
2021.12 - 2022.10

Payroll And Pensions Officer

Wellingborough School
2021.12 - 2022.06

Payroll Specialist

Liberty Global
2021.07 - 2021.12

Payroll Administrator

Virgin Media UK
2020.06 - 2021.06

Payroll Clerk

NIC Services Group
2019.08 - 2020.06

Payroll officer

WSP
2017.02 - 2019.07

Financial Services Co-ordinator

WSP
2015.05 - 2017.02

Financial Services Administration Assistant

WSP
2014.08 - 2015.05

Cashier

The Money Shop
2013.10 - 2014.08

2 A Levels - Sociology, Media Studies

Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College
2011.09 - 2013.06

9 GCSEs - Mathematics and English

St Mary’s Comp High School
2006.09 - 2011.09
Roisin Szczygiel