Payroll Administrator

Two Circles; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Gym membership

Discretionary Bonus

Team Days

Holiday entitlement

Job summary

Two Circles is seeking a Payroll Analyst to join the global payroll team, supporting end-to-end payroll processing across UK, EMEA and APAC regions.

You will own key payroll tasks, manage vendor relationships (ADP, Deel, Xero), respond to payroll inquiries, assist audits and year-end activities, and work with HR and Finance to ensure accurate, compliant payroll operations. This is an early-career role with a strong foundation in UK payroll and international compliance.

Qualifications

• Graduate or equivalent educational qualifications to support this ‘early-career' role.
• Professional approach, self-motivated&good communication skills.
• Effective analyticalskills & confident withMSExcel.
• Ability to work collegiatelywithpayroll/HR/finance colleagues & business customers.
• Exposure to payroll systems (e.g. ADP, G&A, Workday,OysterHR).
• Basic understanding ofpayroll and tax processes.

Responsibilities

• Working with payroll vendors to deliver accurate, end-to-end payroll processing across designated UK, EMEA, and APAC payrolls.
• Take ownership of specific payroll tasks and processes, including: Produce routine payroll updates for managers.
• Manage relationships with payroll vendors (e.g. ADP,Deel, Xero), acting as the key point of contact for issue resolution and process alignment.
• Manage / clear general queries in the payroll inbox.
• Support quarterly and annual payroll auditsglobally.
• Assist withglobalyear-end activities.
• Administer benefits and deductions processes.
• Work with the team to identify, recommend, and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Work closely with the HR team to manage employee lifecycle changes (new hires, terminations, compensation changes), ensuring payroll inputs are accurate and compliant with company policy and local legislation
• Act as a key link between HR, Finance, and external payroll providers to ensure smooth and compliant payroll operations
• Providing support on ad hoc payroll initiatives to improve payroll processes, efficiency, and accuracy.

Skills

Analytical skills

Good communication skills

Self-motivated

Team collaboration

Education

Graduate or equivalent educational qualifications

Tools

ADP

G&A

Workday

OysterHR

MS Excel

Xero

Job description

We are Two Circles. 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 900 clients globally, including the English Premier League, Red Bull, UEFA, VISA, the NFL, Nike and Amazon. We are almost 1000 people, based out of 14 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 theglobalpayroll team, providing support in the end-to-end running of payrolls and taking ownership of key foundational tasks.

Responsibilities - Payroll Analyst

• Working with payroll vendors to deliver accurate, end-to-end payroll processing across designated UK, EMEA, and APAC payrolls.
• Take ownership of specific payroll tasks and processes, including:

Produce routine payroll updates for managers

Manage relationships with payroll vendors (e.g. ADP,Deel, Xero), acting as the key point of contact for issue resolution and process alignment.

Manage / clear general queries in the payroll inbox

Support quarterly and annual payroll auditsglobally.

Assist withglobalyear-end activities.

Administer benefits and deductions processes.

• Work with the team to identify, recommend, and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Work closely with the HR team to manage employee lifecycle changes (new hires, terminations, compensation changes), ensuring payroll inputs are accurate and compliant with company policy and local legislation
• Act as a key link between HR, Finance, and external payroll providers to ensure smooth and compliant payroll operations
• Providing support on ad hoc payroll initiatives to improve payroll processes, efficiency, and accuracy.

We are Two Circles. 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 900 clients globally, including the English Premier League, Red Bull, UEFA, VISA, the NFL, Nike and Amazon. We are almost 1000 people, based out of 14 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 theglobalpayroll team, providing support in the end-to-end running of payrolls and taking ownership of key foundational tasks.

Responsibilities - Payroll Analyst

• Working with payroll vendors to deliver accurate, end-to-end payroll processing across designated UK, EMEA, and APAC payrolls.

• Take ownership of specific payroll tasks and processes, including:

Produce routine payroll updates for managers

Manage relationships with payroll vendors (e.g. ADP,Deel, Xero), acting as the key point of contact for issue resolution and process alignment.

Manage / clear general queries in the payroll inbox

Support quarterly and annual payroll auditsglobally.

Assist withglobalyear-end activities.

Administer benefits and deductions processes.

• Work with the team to identify, recommend, and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy.

• Work closely with the HR team to manage employee lifecycle changes (new hires, terminations, compensation changes), ensuring payroll inputs are accurate and compliant with company policy and local legislation

• Act as a key link between HR, Finance, and external payroll providers to ensure smooth and compliant payroll operations

• Providing support on ad hoc payroll initiatives to improve payroll processes, efficiency, and accuracy.

Requirements

Essential

• Graduate or equivalent educational qualifications to support this ‘early-career' role
• Professional approach, self-motivated&good communication skills
• Effective analyticalskills & confident withMSExcel
• Ability to work collegiatelywithpayroll/HR/finance colleagues & business customers

Desirable

• Exposure to payroll systems (e.g. ADP, G&A, Workday,OysterHR)
• Basic understanding ofpayroll and tax processes

Benefits

• Renowned Team Days often throughout the year
• Summer Away Days
• 23 standard days of holiday (+ 1 Birthday, +2 for a ‘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 Cash Plan (Medicash)
• Mobile phone contribution
• Sport Challenge contribution
• Gym membership contribution
• 2x annual kit drops