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Vesta Software Group

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201 - 500 employees

🏗️ Construction

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🏭 Manufacturing

Construction • Food & Beverage • Manufacturing

Vesta Software Group is a global organization specializing in the acquisition and long-term growth of vertical market software companies. Unlike traditional acquirers, Vesta operates on a buy-and-hold strategy, maintaining the independence of the companies they acquire and investing in their sustainable growth. Vesta prides itself on never selling a business, instead prioritizing the autonomy of its acquired companies and leveraging a network of resources to accelerate growth. With more than 30 acquisitions and a presence in over 9 countries, Vesta supports its portfolio companies with best practices and capital while fostering a productive and positive workplace culture, demonstrated by its Great Place To Work® certification.

📋 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

• Bonus schemes • Commissions • Employee benefits • Pension scheme • Flexible working hours