France Payroll Delivery Specialist

Northampton, England

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Date live: May. 15, 2025

Business Area: HR

Area of Expertise: Human Resources

Reference Code: JR-0000054183

Contract: Permanent

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In this Assistant Vice President role, you will support and manage the payroll delivery for the EMEA region, with a specific focus on France. Your key responsibilities will include ensure the accurate and timely delivery of monthly payroll and managing payroll queries and events. You will handle escalations, provide guidance to colleagues, and ensure readiness for the monthly payroll run.

You will also contribute to change projects, including process reengineering, improving the control environment, and drafting local work instructions. Your role involves running the monthly payroll, managing payroll changes, and providing support to employees, stakeholders, and third parties. You will implement Operational Governance, administer training, and support team development and capability growth.

To be successful as an Assistant Vice President Payroll Specialist you should have experience with:

Extensive experience in payroll administration and support – minimum 3 – 5 years.
It is essential to be able to understand/translate French.
Decision-making skills that consider policy, legislation, operational performance, and team deliverables.
Ability to influence and negotiate at senior management levels.
Experience in handling complex and challenging situations.
Proven experience of working collaboratively with a wider team.
Resource planning skills, including deploying people, processes, and technology.
Ability to evaluate and implement or reject proposed operational changes.
Experience in governance, controls, and risk management.
Proven success in driving process and procedural change from conception to implementation.
Proven success of managing and upskilling other colleagues.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

Knowledge of payroll legislation for EME countries, specifically France and HR policy.
Experience in continuous improvement methodologies.
Analytical thinking skills.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen and formulating strategy.

This role will be based in Northampton. You will be required to attend the office 3 days per week.

Purpose of the role

To manage payroll functions, including calculating employee pay, withholding taxes, and any other deductions, as well as maintaining accurate payroll records for the business.

Accountabilities

Processing of payroll for hourly, salaried, and commissioned employees, calculating tax and other contributions, withholding, and paying out as appropriate.
Employee payroll record administration and troubleshooting.
Guidance and support to employees on all payroll matters, including queries related to calculations of salaries and wages, overtime, bonuses, and commissions.
Compliance related statutory filings including the management of the reply to Government institution notices related to all Statutory obligations.
Payroll statutory reporting and filing including liaison with relevant local tax authorities.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.