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Jonas Software

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1001 - 5000 employees

🏗️ Construction

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

Construction • Consulting • Healthcare

Jonas Software is a prominent acquirer of vertical market software companies, with a rich history of over 20 years. The company focuses on mission-critical software solutions across various industries, aiming to provide business tools and a network for growth. Jonas Software operates under a decentralized structure, allowing acquired companies to maintain their autonomy while tapping into Jonas's extensive experience and best practices. They adhere to a 'buy & hold forever' strategy, ensuring long-term stability and a permanent home for acquired businesses. With more than 130 successful acquisitions under its belt and being part of Constellation Software, Jonas Software emphasizes preserving the legacy and culture of the companies it acquires, fostering a culture of sharing and leveraging expertise in vertical market software.

📋 Description

• Own the end-to-end payroll accounting process, including preparation, review and posting of monthly payroll journals across all entities • Reconcile payroll-related balance sheet accounts including wages, pensions, bonuses, benefits and accrued payroll costs • Support month-end and year-end close activities relating to payroll and employee costs • Investigate and resolve payroll variances and accounting discrepancies • Work closely with payroll providers and internal stakeholders to ensure accurate payroll reporting • Maintain detailed audit trails and supporting documentation for payroll transactions • Support budgeting and forecasting processes for salary, bonus and benefit costs • Produce monthly analysis and reporting on people-related expenditure • Manage payroll, benefits and HR-related cost allocations, recharges and toolkit billing across business units where required • Act as the primary finance contact for the HR team on payroll, benefits and employee cost reporting • Support the administration and reporting of bonus schemes, commissions and employee benefits • Assist with the financial aspects of annual salary reviews and compensation planning cycles • Provide HR with accurate headcount, salary and workforce cost reporting • Support onboarding and offboarding processes from a payroll and finance perspective • Assist with pension, benefit and statutory reporting requirements where applicable • Partner with the HR team to provide financial insight and operational support across payroll, benefits, reward, headcount planning, employee lifecycle processes and workforce reporting • Support HR projects including remuneration reviews, benefits harmonisation, acquisitions, integrations, annual salary review cycles and people-related reporting requirements • Identify opportunities to improve payroll and finance processes through automation and standardisation • Support internal and external audit requests relating to payroll and employee costs • Maintain robust audit trails, reconciliation files and supporting documentation for payroll and employee cost transactions • Ensure compliance with HMRC, statutory and internal reporting requirements • Assist with system implementations, acquisitions and integration projects where required

🎯 Requirements

• Previous experience within finance, payroll accounting, management accounting or a similar role • Strong understanding of payroll processes and payroll-related reconciliations • Experience preparing journals, accruals and balance sheet reconciliations • Excellent Excel skills including data analysis and reporting • Strong attention to detail and ability to work accurately to deadlines • Ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders • Strong organisational and problem-solving skills • AAT qualified or studying towards ACCA, CIMA or ACA (desirable) • Experience working with outsourced payroll providers (desirable) • Experience within a multi-entity or international business (desirable) • Exposure to HR systems and employee benefits administration (desirable) • Experience in software, technology or high-growth businesses (desirable)

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Pension scheme • Flexible working hours