Payroll Analyst

Charles Taylor; Tipner; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

International environment

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Charles Taylor is seeking an experienced Payroll Analyst to join the HR - Payroll & Benefits team. You will deliver accurate UK and Spain payroll and support benefits administration in an international environment.

You will collaborate with HR and Finance, work with outsourced providers, and ensure compliance with payroll legislation while maintaining tight deadlines and data integrity.

Qualifications

• 3+ years UK payroll knowledge (essential)
• Strong knowledge of payroll processes, legislation and statutory requirements
• Experience working with outsourced payroll providers
• Advanced Excel and analytical skills, with the ability to identify trends, discrepancies and data issues
• Excellent attention to detail and a methodical approach to working with sensitive data
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills
• Ability to manage deadlines and prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end processing of UK and Spain payrolls, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery
• Prepare and validate payroll changes, reconciliations and payroll variance checks
• Work closely with outsourced payroll providers to investigate and resolve discrepancies
• Ensure payroll processes remain compliant with relevant legislation and statutory requirements
• Support benefits and pension administration
• Respond to and resolve employee payroll and benefits queries, providing high level of customer service
• Maintain accurate payroll documentation, processes and SOPs
• Produce payroll reports and support wider HR and Finance reporting requirements
• Contribute to payroll projects, process improvements and initiatives to improve efficiency and data quality
• Work collaboratively with HR, Finance and other internal stakeholders

Skills

UK payroll knowledge

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Tools

Excel

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Payroll Analyst to join our HR - Payroll & Benefits team and support the accurate, timely and compliant delivery of payroll across the UK and Spain. This is a great opportunity for someone with strong payroll experience who enjoys working with data, solving problems and collaborating with HR, Finance and external payroll providers in an international environment.

What you'll be doing

• Supporting the end-to-end processing of UK and Spain payrolls, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery
• Preparing and validating payroll changes, reconciliations and payroll variance checks
• Working closely with outsourced payroll providers to investigate and resolve discrepancies
• Ensuring payroll processes remain compliant with relevant legislation and statutory requirements
• Supporting benefits and pension administration
• Responding to and resolving employee payroll and benefits queries, providing a high level of customer service
• Maintaining accurate payroll documentation, processes and SOPs
• Producing payroll reports and supporting wider HR and Finance reporting requirements
• Contributing to payroll projects, process improvements and initiatives to improve efficiency and data quality.
• Working collaboratively with HR, Finance and other internal stakeholders across the business.
• 3 + years UK payroll knowledge (UK payroll knowledge is essential)
• Strong knowledge of payroll processes, legislation and statutory requirements
• Experience working with outsourced payroll providers
• Advanced Excel and analytical skills, with the ability to identify trends, discrepancies and data issues
• Excellent attention to detail and a methodical approach to working with sensitive data
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills
• Ability to manage deadlines and prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment

Desirable

• Experience or knowledge of Spanish payroll
• CIPP qualification at Level 3 or above
• Experience supporting benefits and pension administration
• Experience working within an international or multi-country payroll environment
• Spanish language skills are not required, although experience with Spanish payroll would be a bonus

Company

• Charles Taylor Assistance is the partner of choice to some of the UK's most renowned travel insurance brands and one of the leading global providers of medical assistance, travel risk, and claims management services. We support over five million customers every year and process over 170,000 travel claims.
• International exposure
• Supportive team environment
• Career development opportunities
• Competitive salary and benefits package

Please note that we're unable to consider applications from candidates who have previously applied or interviewed for this role. If you are currently waiting for your UK Graduate Visa, we will only be able to consider your application once your visa has been successfully granted. Unfortunately, we are unable to progress applications until the Graduate Visa has been issued. We provide a comprehensive training and onboarding programme for all new staff. This programme is the start of a learning journey which involves regular coaching, feedback and skill development. Our investment in you allows you to grow and progress for the longer term. For this reason, if you are in possession of a visa please note that we will be unable to consider you for one of our positions if you have less than 18 months remaining on your visa. If you have less than 18 months remaining on your visa, we may still consider you for one of our roles if you can provide one of the following:

• Clear evidence of family ties that would go on to provide you with the eligibility to extend your visa.
• Clear and current evidence that you qualify for a visa extension under the UK immigration laws and can also provide supporting documentation of this.