People and Payroll Administrator, Europe

Bonhams is looking for a People and Payroll Administrator to join the team based in Paris.

**About Bonhams**
Bonhams is a global auction house with an 18th century heritage poised for transformative change. Our global operations are based in London, New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong where we sell in over 60 categories, including motor cars, paintings, jewellery, and entertainment memorabilia.

Our employees are passionate about their work and we pride ourselves on a bespoke approach that aims to make every client feel important. It is an exciting time for our business and our global leadership team of art world professionals are now ready to for a People focussed team to help them develop their talent strategy, strengthen our people brand globally, build organisational capability and drive process improvement.

**About the role**

This creative and dynamic role will work closely with our people supporting all elements of the employee lifecycle, from attraction of prospective employees to growing and developing them right up to after they leave the company. You will also have the opportunity to engage with employees and management on the day-to-day running of teams.

**Key Responsibilities**

Payroll activities
- Prepare and manage all variable information regarding payroll process for Europe on a monthly basis.
- Participate to the management of administration and payroll systems change for Europe.
- Responsible for collating and transmitting payroll input, reviewing output and providing primary approvals working with the outsourced payroll vendor.
- Ensure that net pay is accurately paid to all employees on a monthly basis.
- Make sure that all payments and statutory reporting to Tax /social security authorities, pensions are reconciled and paid in an accurate and timely manner.
- Manage the relationship with the outsourced payroll vendor and make sure all declarations are either done by ADP or manage directly if it is not the case.
- Specifically for France payroll, manage all social declarations and data reconciliation for social security, tax, pension and disability. Liaise with all stakeholders (internal and external). Manage the luncheon vouchers database management and transport justifications for France.
- Assist with any internal/external payroll audit and social audit, especially in France.
- Support the wider payroll team (central and regional) to cover vacations and other absences.
- Answer all employee queries regarding payroll.

Administration and benefits
- Liaise with counterparts such as Finance and other HR team members on reward and benefits issues. Prepare the salary and bonus review and make sure data are accurate.
- Assist the Head of People Europe for HR reporting such as headcount, organisational charts, etc.
- Ensure handbooks and policies are kept up to date for Europe
- Work with internal HR and IT stakeholders for onboarding.
- Monitor the training on the HR information system and make sure employees are using it correctly (both managers and employees) in order to have accurate data and correct accruals.
- Assist the central People Administration team in London in charge of employment contracts and HR administration

Processes
- Provide support for global HR strategic projects with the chance to own projects as appropriate
- Assist with and implement organisational design and change activities throughout business
- Focus on own continuous development and ensure skills are kept up to date

**Qualifications**
- Payroll education
- Educated to Graduate level

**Experience and Skills**
- At least 3 years' experience in an international company with a focus in Europe (French payroll experience mandatory).
- Experience using an international payroll tool and provider.
- Knowledge and understanding of European law
- Fluent in French and English, any additional European language is a plus
- Self-motivated, ability to multi-task, prioritise and work accurately
- Able to build strong working relationships and gain respect across all levels of the organisation
- Professional, inspires confidence in people
- Confident communicator both in writing and verbally
- Creative, but practical approach to problem-solving
- Flexible and capable of working with multiple projects at the same time
- Confident, tenacious, resilient and enthusiastic
- Technically literate including HR Platforms and MS Office
- Experience in payroll administration
- Professional services industry and/or multi-site background an advantage

**Benefits**
- Travel Allowance
- Learning and Training Funding Programme
- Welfare and Retirement Plans

Bonhams is an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to fight for equality, we work to ensure a fair and consistent interview process. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to an inclusive work environment.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Experience**:

- French Payroll: 3 years (preferred)

**Language**:

- English (preferred)

Application Deadline: 15/