Payroll Advisor

Arup; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit Share

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Income protection

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Arup is seeking a Payroll Advisor to join the Global Payroll Shared Service Centre in Newcastle. You will support the full end-to-end monthly payroll cycle across multiple regions, ensuring accuracy and compliance.

The role involves starters, leavers, absences and reconciliations, with emphasis on data integrity and process improvements. You will work in a collaborative, purpose-driven environment, delivering high-quality payroll services while maintaining strong stakeholder communication and

Qualifications

• Strong payroll processing experience.
• Proficient Excel skills.
• High accuracy and ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Understanding of payroll legislation.
• Experience in a Shared Service Centre (advantageous).
• Ability to create, review and improve procedures.
• Clear communication and strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Process monthly payrolls, including starters, leavers and one-off payments.
• Manage statutory absence (SMP, SPL etc.) and sickness updates.
• Support shadow payroll activity and tax uploads.
• Prepare payroll journals and perform account reconciliations.
• Ensure compliance with local payroll legislation.
• Maintain accurate data through regular checking and cleansing.
• Process third-party payments and deliver excellent member support.
• Help document, review and improve procedures.

Skills

Payroll processing

Excel

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Shared Service Centre experience

Tools

Excel

Job description

Why Arup?

Arup's purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.
Unleash your creativity and take your skills to new heights while working on inspiring projects. At Arup, we believe in empowering our people to produce work that sets the bar for quality. Our passionate team shares our values, and that's why they love coming to work every day.

The Opportunity

Join Arup’s Global Payroll Shared Service Centre in Newcastle and help deliver accurate, high‑quality payroll services for our people across the UK, India, Middle East and Africa. This is a varied role offering exposure to multiple country payrolls, both in‑house and outsourced, within a collaborative, purpose‑driven organisation.

As a Payroll Advisor, you’ll support the full end‑to‑end monthly payroll cycle and play a key role in ensuring our members receive an excellent service. You will handle a wide range of activities, from core processing and statutory absence to reconciliations, journals and compliance, while contributing to process improvement across our shared service environment.

What you’ll do

• Process monthly payrolls, including starters, leavers and one‑off payments.
• Manage statutory absence (SMP, SPL etc.) and sickness updates.
• Support shadow payroll activity and tax uploads.
• Prepare payroll journals and perform account reconciliations.
• Ensure compliance with local payroll legislation.
• Maintain accurate data through regular checking and cleansing.
• Process third‑party payments and deliver excellent member support.
• Help document, review and improve procedures.

Is this role right for you?

We seek dynamic payroll professionals with the following skills and attributes:

• Strong payroll processing experience.
• Proficient Excel skills.
• High accuracy and ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Understanding of payroll legislation and processes.
• Experience in a Shared Service Centre (advantageous).
• Ability to create, review and improve procedures.
• Clear communication and strong interpersonal skills.

What We Offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together. Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.

Different People, Shared Values

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.