Company

Jefferies Group LLC is the largest independent, global, full-service investment banking firm headquartered in the U.S. Focused on serving clients for nearly 60 years, Jefferies is a leader in providing insight, expertise and execution to investors, companies, and governments. Our firm provides a full range of investment banking, advisory, sales and trading, research, and wealth management services across all products in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Jefferies Group LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF), a diversified financial services company.

Team

The Payroll and Benefits function is part of a growing Human Resources department which services 14 branches throughout EMEA and covers all aspects of Human Resources to support Investment Banking, Global Markets & Corporate Functions. This role sits within the Payroll and Benefits team, which is made up of 5 specialists and 2 administrators across the function.

Key Responsibilities

The candidates’ duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Day-to-day administration of 6 of the 12 European location payrolls, including collating inputs, monitoring the processing cycle and ensuring sign off in a timely manner
• Ensuring monthly pension/benefits enrolment data is correctly loaded onto payroll where applicable
• Ownership of processes, risk controls and output for those dedicated countries
• Active participation in and working towards becoming the SME for dedicated regions
• Liaising with payroll providers on country specific payroll requirements and queries
• Monitoring of the payroll and benefits related services provided to Jefferies GmbH
• Monthly completion of KPI and reporting to the Outsourcing Officer
• Periodical reviews of the payroll & benefits arrangements and updates of the SLA, if required
• Monitoring and remediation of Operational Risk events
• Preparing and ensuring payroll funding is administered for each region within specified timeframes.
• Working with financial controllers to ensure international payments are correctly allocated.
• Post payroll reporting
• Supporting in the setup of new branch payrolls as the business continues to grow in headcount and expansion across Europe
• Maintaining high level of customer service, responding to, and resolving employee queries in a concise and timely manner.
• Responsibility for German annual filing compliance
• Review and propose additional filing requirements and measures for all locations
• Project management on various ongoing and future cross divisional projects

Person Specification

The following skills and experience are required for this role:

Ideal Experience:

• Strong Knowledge of German Payroll (Italian, Spanish & French Payroll is advantageous)
• Knowledge of Tax Year End procedures
• Proven track record of owning regional payrolls and processes
• Prior responsibility for audit & outsourcing
• Basic accounting knowledge as it relates to payroll
• Project Management experience and proven project lead capabilities

Qualifications and Preferred Background:

• You will have ideally worked at a Financial Services firm or regulated environment
• Knowledge of ADP payroll systems, PeopleSoft or Oracle Fusion an advantage

Personal Attributes

• Time management
• Deadline driven and able to manage multiple conflicting priorities
• Excellent communication skills
• High standard of integrity
• High levels of energy, drive and an ethos of hard work
• Good team player
• Capability to work autonomously

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