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Alex Rose

Payroll & Finance Specialist

€336/day
Bideford, GB
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Alex

Strategic Payroll & Finance Professional with 13+ years of experience overseeing financial operations, payroll, and compliance across EMEA regions. Recognised for driving process improvements, enhancing reporting accuracy, and implementing robust financial controls across multi-country environments. Combines strong technical expertise with leadership capability to improve efficiency, support growth, and ensure regulatory excellence.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • People2.0 UK Ltd
    Payroll & Billing Manager, EMEA
    January 2024 - Today (2 years and 5 months)
    • • Directed end-to-end payroll and billing operations across multiple EMEA countries, ensuring compliance with regional regulations and accurate financial reporting.
    • • Refined payroll data validation processes by integrating automated checks and standardised workflows, strengthening accuracy and timeliness of employee compensation across diverse jurisdictions.
    • • Consolidated complex payroll and billing data from multiple sources, streamlining reporting processes while safeguarding compliance with evolving EMEA regulatory standards.
    • • Instituted comprehensive audit procedures for payroll and billing activities, reinforcing internal controls and reducing discrepancies across multi-country operations.
    • • Introduced scalable knowledge-sharing sessions for cross-border teams, facilitating adoption of payroll and billing system enhancements throughout EMEA regions.
    payroll administrator Reporting
  • People2.0 UK Ltd
    Payroll & Billing Team Lead
    HUMAN RESOURCES
    July 2022 - December 2023 (1 year and 6 months)
    • • Managed end-to-end payroll operations for Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, ensuring compliance with local tax and employment laws.
    • • Successfully led a billing system migration that improved efficiency across payroll and billing functions by 30%.
    • • Delivered internal training sessions to improve team knowledge of jurisdiction-specific regulations and operational consistency, helping to strenghten operational accuracy.
    • • Standardised payroll and billing documentation processes across Nordic entities, elevating operational consistency and facilitating smoother audits and regulatory reviews.
  • People2.0 UK Ltd
    Senior Financial Accountant, Nordics & UK
    July 2021 - June 2022 (1 year)
    United Kingdom
    • • Managed the month-end accounting close and reconciliations for UK and Nordic entities in alignment with US GAAP, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.
    • • Strengthened compliance and audit readiness through thorough internal process reviews and improvements.
    • • Streamlined reconciliation processes across multiple countries, significantly reducing month-end timelines by 40%.

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Education

  • AAT Level 4 (Professional Diploma in Accounting)
    Association of Accounting Technicians
    2014
    AAT Level 4 (Professional Diploma in Accounting)

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