Imtiaz Imam

• DublinLedgers, a registered tax agency that I own, provides tax consultancy, payroll compliance, bookkeeping, and financial analysis services for clients in Ireland. As a freelancer and financial blogger, I maintain these services with diligence.
• Through DublinLedgers, I manage company formation, tax returns, and VAT returns, ensuring compliance and accuracy.
• I have developed expertise in the finance, payroll, and tax industries, honing my skills in financial analysis and company formation.

As a self-employed (contractual) Tax Consultant for Mercans, I specialize in aligning tax regulations with the new payroll software for the Irish market, ensuring compliance with Revenue Ireland PAYE regulations. My responsibilities include assisting with tax computation and return program delivery, ensuring high-quality and timely tax compliance deliverables, and collaborating with business streams and stakeholders to translate regulatory requirements into technical specifications. I communicate with the development team, support them during the development life cycle, conduct first-line testing, and lead testers to understand testing requirements. I also ensure adherence to Revenue Ireland standards, anticipate future system requirements and innovate in solution design while considering user experience improvements.

• Ensuring payroll, pension, and other payments are processed on time and correctly.
• Matching payroll balance sheet accounts with bank statements and records.
Responsible for submission of pension and health insurance payment reports on their
websites after reconciling and validating the numbers for monthly payments to third
parties.
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Currently collaborating with different payroll software vendors to transition payroll
in-house within two months.
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• Responsible for recruiting and training new payroll team members.
Closely working with the Finance team for data analytics and preparing the reports for
various purposes.

• Participated in team projects, demonstrating an ability to work collaboratively and effectively.
• Prepare and present the Payroll Summary Dashboard on MS POWER BI to control KPI
  Responsible for conducting audits to ensure conformity with government policies and
  guidelines.
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  Responsible for advising on tax rules and employment legislation regarding pay and
  benefits as well as handling any payroll or tax related queries from employees.
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  • Working on Employees share scheme
  • Responsible for liaison with software companies

• Investigated payroll variances and employee claims to resolve discrepancies and balance financial records.
• Performed calculations in overtime, vacation, and sick hours to provide accurate data to payroll processing database.
• Calculated deductions and processed payroll for employees.
• Developed and implemented payroll procedures and policies to determine compliance with regulations.
• Uploaded time records into computer system and made adjustments to create accurate database for payroll processing functions.
• Processed payroll garnishments such as tax liens and child support.

• Day to day work involves as below :
• Currently leading UK payroll team for Glanbia and also responsible for running weekly & monthly IRISH payroll, FI postings, GL & Bank payments reconciliation ,ROS (for IRISH payroll) reporting
• Closely working with third party outsourcing payroll provider for international payroll ( North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East & Asia)
• Validating, auditing, updating policies for international payroll with outsourcing payroll processor
• Ensuring all payroll information and records are maintained in accordance with different countries' statutory requirements.
• Preparing & Providing reports internally to different teams for payroll, cost budgeting, expenses and so on.
• Data analytics and monthly payment reconciliation for different areas and reporting to senior management using in EXCEL format, Power point, SAP SAC, Power BI and so on
• Leading various projects for process innovation, work as a team leader for reconciliation of monthly payments with AP team for different vendors like LeasePlan, EIR and so on
• Leading day to day operations for corporate credit cards from AIB & Barclays bank
• Lead the processing and operation of employees'' expenses for all Glanbia and Tirlán employees' from different parts of the world by abiding the company and local govt policies
• Looking after vendor invoices and key contacts for different external vendors like LeasePlan, Eirbill, AIB & Barclays credit card department etc
• Key contacts for HRMC , ROS & different vendors for Glanbia
• Working as a team lead for different projects 10
• Involve with IT team as a key person for payroll for new software integration, testing and implemented
• Responsible of managing the Car allowances, mileage payments, BIK and any other benefits to employees 12
• Responsible for any kind of Salary sacrifice payments process & manage 13
• Maintain confidentiality at all levels and protect payroll operations by keeping information confidential, adhering to GDPR regulations.
• Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
• Participated in team projects, demonstrating an ability to work collaboratively and effectively.
• Demonstrated a high level of initiative and creativity while tackling difficult tasks.

• Payroll Officer (United Kingdom) Biffa Oct 2016 - Dec 2018 (2 years 3 months) In house Payroll - Biffa Employee Services Function providing effective, accurate and timely Payroll administrative support to all internal & external clients, maintaining a high level of customer service and compliance with company operating procedures; security of employee information and legal obligations
• Day to day responsibilities include: (currently solely responsible for 2600 employee's monthly payroll) Collate, verify, process and update Employee information to Payrite database
• Calculation of Pay period adjustments and entry to Employee record
• Weekly & Monthly pay run process with Gross to Net calculation and exception checking
• Costing allocation & Finance reporting
• Individual Pay Award & Bonus updates to employee records
• Filing & archiving of documentation in line with the Data Protection Act
• Maintenance of Employee Information in Operating systems & databases
• Work to required standards and practices as determined within the Service Level Agreements and KPI`s to meet the Standard Operating model
• Take ownership for allocated tasks, with high level of accuracy, attention to detail and adherence to agreed process Regular communication with HMRC and software provider to update the legislation.

• Managing own portfolio of clients with day to day operation of the centralized payroll department providing payroll services to clients
• Key Responsibilities: Processing Overtime, Pay Difference, Mileage, expenses, Supply & Casual claims; Processing starter, leaver, personal details and any contractual changes; Processing Pensions in and opt out; Ad- Hoc Query, Auditing; Maternity, Paternity leave, Sickness & holiday process; Post Building; Manual Payment Process, Throughout the process, making sure everything is being processed according to HMRC policies and thus meeting the requirements of HMRC
• Dealing with employees P45, P46
• Filling all staff records manually and also electronically on EDRMS.

• OCC Payroll provides Schools, Academies and OCC staffs with tools and support for all Pay & Employment related administration
• As a Payroll Administrator, using SAP platform, I calculate employees pay including holidays, sickness, bonuses; associate with any queries form the staffs and ensure that they are paid on time and accurately
• Some of my day to day responsibilities include: Processing Overtime, Pay Difference, Mileage, expenses, Supply & Casual claims; Processing starter, leaver, personal details and any contractual changes; Processing Pensions in and opt out; Ad- Hoc Query, Auditing; Maternity, Paternity leave, Sickness & holiday process; Post Building; Manual Payment Process, Throughout the process, making sure everything is being processed according to HMRC policies and thus meeting the requirements of HMRC
• Dealing with employees P45, P46
• Filling all staff records manually and also electronically on EDRMS.