Junior Payroll Administrator

Two Circles; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Sports & Entertainment Marketing firm in London is seeking a Payroll Analyst. You will manage payroll cycles, ensure accuracy, and collaborate with HR and finance teams. The ideal candidate will have a graduate qualification, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in MS Excel. Benefits include a comprehensive package, discretionary bonuses, and extensive holiday leave.

Benefits

Discretionary bonus

Private healthcare

Gym membership contribution

Annual team days

Qualifications

• Graduate or equivalent educational qualifications to support this ‘early-career’ role.
• Effective analytical skills & confident with MS Excel.
• Ability to work collaborately with payroll/HR/finance colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Manage payroll cycles and provide accurate information.
• Produce routine payroll updates for managers.
• Handle queries in payroll inboxes.
• Manage the HiBOB payroll interface and oversight of payroll audits.
• Partner with local HR team to collect payroll instructions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Self-motivated

MS Excel

Team collaboration

Education

Graduate or equivalent educational qualifications

Job description

We are Two Circles. We are a Sports & Entertainment Marketing business. We grow audiences and revenues. We do that by knowing fans best. We work with clients to help them understand & influence what their fans are doing – the way fans spend their money, the events that fans attend, the channels fans respond to, the content fans watch and more. And we use the understanding this gives us to help our clients grow. Grow their audiences and grow their revenues - both direct to consumer and business to business revenues. Our platforms and services are trusted by over 1000 clients globally, including the English Premier League, Red Bull, UEFA, VISA, the NFL, Nike and Amazon. We are over 1000 people, based out of 15 offices, and we deliver work for sports and entertainment businesses of all shapes and sizes all over the world.

The Payroll Analyst is a key member of the payroll team, providing support in the end-to-end running of payrolls and taking ownership of key foundational tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• Provision of relevant & accurate information to support the regular payroll cycles
• Take responsibility for specific tasks / elements of the payrolls, including:
• Produce routine payroll updates for managers
• Manage the ‘Employee of Record’ employee arrangements with third party payroll providers
• Manage / clear general queries in the payroll inboxes
• Managing the HiBOB (HR system) / payroll interface, including cross-reconciliations, assigning employee codes & cross-checking payroll to contracts, benefits management
• Oversight of quarterly audits against all our third-party payroll suppliers
• Supporting with audit & tax year-end activities
• Manage the Give-As-You-Earn monthly process
• Pension reconciliations, Accountability updates, distribution of statutory documents (e.g. P45; P60 etc)
• Identify, agree & implement process improvement opportunities to improve efficiency & financial controls
• Take over the end-to-end running of specific smaller payrolls, enabling colleagues to play a more oversight / review role
• Partner with local HR team to facilitate the collection and processing of payroll instruction in line with company policy and local legislation

Essential

• Graduate or equivalent educational qualifications to support this ‘early-career’ role
• Professional approach, self-motivated & good influencing & communication skills
• Effective analytical skills & confident with MS Excel
• Ability to work collegiately with payroll/HR/finance colleagues & business customers

Desirable

• Keen to develop a career in payroll management or finance
• Personal empathy with sports

What can we offer you?

We offer a benefits package to suit you and your lifestyle! Out of a core monthly budget, you can choose your own comprehensive benefit package.

• Renowned Team Days often throughout the year
• Summer Away Days
• 23 standard days of holiday (+1 Birthday, +1 Well-being Day, +1 'Big Life Event', and +1 Admin Day), closure of office over Christmas (plus Bank Holidays)
• Discretionary Bonus based on company performance
• Performance Reviews every 6 months with discretionary salary increases
• Private healthcare (Vitality) and/or Health Care Plan (Medicash)
• Mobile phone contribution
• Sport Challenge contribution
• Gym membership contribution
• 2 x annual kit drops