Accountant (Payroll & Accounting)

At Ensono, our purpose is to be a relentless ally, disrupting the status quo and unleashing our clients to do great things! We enable our clients to achieve key business outcomes that reshape how our world runs. As an expert technology adviser and managed service provider with cross-platform certifications, Ensono empowers our clients to keep up with continuous change and embrace innovation.

Developing impactful solutions is something we do together at Ensono, because Ideas Start Here. Great things happen when many voices are heard, and people are supported to run with their ideas. On our teams, you will be backed by leaders with passion for our business. This is a place where your ideas can Do Great Things.

We can Do Great Things because we have great Associates. The Ensono Core Values unify our diverse talents and are woven into how we do business.

Adventure starts here. Here you will be a part of a team that encourages you to master your craft, ask tomorrow’s questions today, and chart your own path. Our Associates focus on client impact with curiosity and a feeling of relentless commitment.

About the role and what you’ll be doing:

Reporting to the Regional Financial Controller, we are seeking a detail-oriented and motivated Accountant and Payroll Administrator to join our finance team. This dual-role position is ideal for someone looking to develop their accounting skills while gaining valuable experience in payroll administration. The successful candidate will assist in maintaining accurate financial records and ensure timely and accurate payroll processing.

Key Responsibilities:

Accounting Duties:

• Supporting the preparation of management account packs, including insights into performance against forecasts, budgets, prior month and target drivers of variance.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations to ensure accuracy and completeness, investigating variances and actively resolving these in a timely manner.
• Ensure that general ledger accounts are reconciled on a timely basis keeping management informed of any activities/issues.
• Provide input to monthly management accounting review meetings with senior regional finance personnel.
• Support FP&A in their preparation of budgets and forecasts, providing clear commentary and relevant cost updates.
• Record and reconcile daily financial transactions, such as cash.
• Provide support during group external audits and regional external audits, providing high quality outputs.
• Ensuring activities are completed on timely basis to meet reporting deadlines.
• Complete ad hoc requests to support the business as and when they arise.
• Work with global finance team to identify best practices that can be applied within the Europe operations.

Payroll Administration Duties:

• Comprehensive oversight and management of the entire payroll process, including serving as the primary liaison with the regional third-party payroll provider for Ensono in the EMEA region.
• Work closely with CPE to ensure successful, accurate and timely monthly payroll for employees.
• Ensuring accuracy and compliance with company policies and legal requirements.
• Calculation of overtime and ad hoc payroll requests, supporting the business where required.
• Respond to employee inquiries regarding payroll and resolve any discrepancies.
• Reconciling monthly payroll figures (gross to net) and posting of monthly payroll journals to general ledger, including re-charges to other entities where appropriate.
• Stay updated on changes in payroll laws and regulations to ensure compliance and submission of annual payroll tax agreements.
• Ensuring all payroll documentation is filed both externally and internally and while maintaining the highest level of confidentiality.
• Identify areas for efficiency improvement across the payroll process and ensure we are getting value for money from our third-party payroll provider and/or improving processes internally.

Required Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• 1-2 years of experience in accounting.
• Excellent problem-solving skills coupled with a strong work ethic.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• High level of professionalism and confidentiality.
• Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail, showing curiosity and a desire to learn.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills, ability to meet tight deadlines and handle multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Desirable Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• General understanding/experience of UK payroll
• Knowledge of Workday ERP

What we offer 

We will give you a place to strive and grow, where you will have the opportunity to work on interesting, yet challenging projects. Applying your thinking to build a better world founded on intelligent technologies. We are a people-first business, which means people are at the heart of everything we do here. We offer our consultants a safe environment where knowledge-sharing and open communication is encouraged. Whether at one of the internal monthly events, such as Lunch & Learns, Tech Time, and internal competency meet-ups, or one of our community groups, such as football, gaming, yoga, or well-being; we have strived to build a business where everyone feels welcomed, included, and valued. 

Benefits   

We believe that great work deserves great rewards. In return for your ideas, commitment and ambition, we’ll give you a very competitive base salary and a range of benefits as soon as you join.  On top of your highly competitive base salary, we offer: 

• Flexible and remote work opportunities
• Performance bonus
• Training and development programs
• Worldwide career opportunities
• Community outreach and mentoring opportunities
• Learning platforms
• My Benefit system
• Wellness Platform support from Virgin Pulse
• Associate equity program
• Life insurance
• Lunch card
• Study leave
• One paid day off for charity events
• Sabbatical 
• Extended parental leave 
• Co-financing of office equipment 
• Referral bonus program 

Growth starts here.

Ensono is a place to make better happen – for our clients and for your career. At Ensono, your skills and expertise will grow every day. You will be empowered to do impactful work by influencing mission-critical platforms, modernizing systems, and building innovative applications as you partner with our remarkable clients. You can do great things through innovation or collaboration, by learning or volunteering, or to promote diversity and inclusion. You can do great things for your own health or for a healthier planet. Whatever it means to you to do great things we want Ensono to be the place you can do it.

We’re a global-first organization with collaboration as one of our core values. We believe our global perspective is our strategic advantage. With physical offices in Europe, India, and the United States, as well as areas of remote workforce concentration.