Job description Posted 19 November 2019

Payroll Project Manager: Global Payroll
GSK House, Brentford
Initial 5 Month Contract
Pay: up to £540 per day


Key objective:

  • Diagnosis and remediation of gaps in SOX controls for all in-scope markets with the goal to deliver long term success of markets to operate controls effectively and consistently as BAU.
  • Walkthrough of controls to identify any risks to phase 2 testing, validating against 2018 audit findings and audit commentary
  • Review existing control frames work and adapt where necessary, with implementation of mechanism to effectively operate the key controls across all markets
  • Help build the audit relationship capability within the local teams by ongoing education and awareness, and design future state payroll audit relationship governance model
  • Support teams in Phase 2 walkthrough (from January 2020)
  • Support in substantive analytical requests (from January 2020)
  • Document and upload controls to internal BeWise tool where necessary
  • Weekly reporting to governance committee to include RAG status risk reporting
  • Success tested on Q1 assertion of in-scope controls across all in-scope markets
  • Must have experience in Payroll
  • Must have SOX experience




Skills Required

  • Strong Stakeholder Management
  • Prior experience of owing audit relationship and designing effective controls
  • Understanding of the requirements of the Sarbanes Oxley Act
  • Track record of demonstrating effective operation of controls
  • Must have experience in Payroll
  • Must have SOX experience

Additional information about the process

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications, we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply.