Payroll and Tax Specialist
POP is building ‘Production out of the box’ - digitizing the finding, hiring, managing and paying of all people on all production projects. The Payroll module and service is a new proposition to move towards completing that vision. We want to deliver to the market a revolutionized payroll offering to deliver digital, transparent and compliant payroll for production users.
Role
- Oversee and be accountable for tax technical compliance of the payroll offering in the UK
- Ensure compliance with HMRC reporting requirements
- Manage and improve quality and timeliness
- Be the internal guru on tax technical questions / route to external advisors
- Be the tools champion
- Maintain good working relationship with HMRC
- Work with Product and Development teams on:
- Required technical updates (changes in law etc)
- Product improvements (front end and back end)
- Reporting / auditing tools
- Train support team on tools and technical
- Provide thought leadership input and support for pitches
- Be a key connector into the broader EP payroll business
- Support growth of the payroll business within and beyond the UK
Key areas of knowledge
- Suitably qualified (e.g. ACA, ACCA, ATT, CIPP etc)
- UK film and TV industry practice around the on-set to payroll reporting area
- UK film and TV industry employment contracts (from payroll perspective) including union positions and hours to gross pay calculations
- UK payroll taxation - law, rules and practice
- RTI and HMRC reporting (periodic and annual)
- Pensions / Auto-enrolment
- Other payroll deductions
- Accounting for payroll / standard film + TV accounting packages
Real pluses
- Studio experience (esp US working in UK)
- US industry practices and knowledge
