Job Title: Payroll Specialist
Job ID: R-33628
Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time
Category: Human Resources
About Unilever Nigeria Plc:
Unilever Nigeria Plc – Welcome to Unilever, a global multinational and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company with products sold in over 190 countries and more than 2 billion consumers across the world who use our amazing products everyday!
Job Purpose:
Find your purpose at Unilever:
- You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow.
- You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues in a truly global and diverse culture to ultimately become a better you
- The overall purpose of this role is to manage, supervise and deliver end to end efficiency of Unilever Nigeria’s payroll on a monthly basis.
- The role will provide support to various global, regional and local teams in the relevant operating and audit cycles.
What your main responsibilities will be:
The Payroll Specialist has the following accountabilities:
- To process accurate and timely payroll for country remittance of data to bank through collaboration with finance, reward, global payroll & equity teams (collate inputs, review, process and reconcile).
- Manages all exit computations from the business including voluntary and company initiated exits with oversight on timelines and process.
- Monitors payroll processes to meet legal compliance, Code of Business Practice (COBP) and Global Financial Controls Framework (GFCF) requirements.
- Manages processing of statutory deductions and remittance of data to regulatory bodies for payments to institutions and employees
- To input to payroll systems against new reward cycle, new collective Bargaining agreement, Time and Attendance data / payment related calculations for payroll accuracy
- To process statutory deductions report and remit to finance for pay-outs i.e. tax, Life Insurance, Taxes, Pension, Co-operatives, shares deduction etc.
- Prepare monthly payroll Service Level Agreement reporting (CSR)
- Leads payroll projects and process improvement initiatives i.e. collaboration with IT, Finance etc
- Prepares annual reports and manage end year processes e.g. taxation, write-off,
- Ensure implementation of payroll transformation project, process change/improvement, adjustments etc.
- Reward and payroll related communication i.e., schedules, guidelines
- Work with the Reward Manager to deliver a successful reward cycle including engagement with the Global Equity team and deliver operational efficiency
- Participate in Reward operational processes and provide input from a payroll compliance perspective
- Manage HMO administration for the business including engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
- Manage relationship with external regulatory bodies and external partners.
- Own controls and governance agenda in payroll space for Nigeria – audit performance and participation (internal and external).
Key Interfaces:
- People Experience Team
- Global Payroll Team
- HR Business and People Partners
- Finance, Audit teams
- Line Managers
- Employees.
Experiences & Qualifications:
- University Graduate
- 5-7 years experience in managing payroll of (preferably FMCG experience)
- Good proficiency in HR Information & Payroll Systems
- Good appreciation of the local pay and reward context
- Good understanding on Nigerian Labor Law.
Skills:
- Analytical skill
- Satkeholder management skill
- Attention to detail.
Leadership:
- You are an inclusive motivator of people.
- Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.
- You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you.
- You can balance challenge with support and coaching.
- You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.
Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) behaviors:
- Personal mastery: Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.
- Passion for high performance: Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.
- Talent catalyst: Invests in people – coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.
- Purpose & service: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
- Consumer love: Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
- Business acumen: Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.
How to Apply:
Interested and qualified candidates should Click on ‘apply now’ below.
