Payroll Assistant

MAHLE; Northampton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

MAHLE is hiring a Payroll Assistant in Northampton to provide accurate payroll administration support using SAP, ensuring employees are paid correctly and in line with company policy. You will manage payroll data, process transactions, and answer payroll queries from staff and management.

You will work to HMRC rules, pension requirements, and internal controls, maintaining confidentiality and collaborating with HR and Finance to resolve issues.

Qualifications

• GCSEs (or equivalent), including Mathematics and English.
• Payroll qualification or willingness to study towards CIPP qualifications desirable.
• Previous experience in a payroll administration or payroll assistant role.
• Experience working with SAP Payroll and SAP HR systems.
• Experience processing payroll data accurately and confidentially.
• Knowledge of payroll legislation and statutory deductions.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and excellent organisational and time-management skills.
• Experience within a multi-site organisation, knowledge of pension administration, understanding of UK payroll legislation and HMRC requirements and experience with payroll reconciliations and reporting are valuable.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation and processing of monthly/weekly payroll using SAP.
• Input and maintain payroll data, including new starters, leavers, salary changes, benefits deductions, tax code amendments, overtime and variable payments.
• Validate payroll data to ensure accuracy before payroll submission.
• Maintain accurate employee records within SAP HR/Payroll.
• Generate payroll reports and management information from SAP.
• Ensure payroll activities comply with HMRC regulations, pension requirements, and company policies.
• Maintain confidentiality of employee payroll information.
• Assist with payroll audits and internal control reviews.
• Liaise with HR and Finance teams to resolve payroll issues promptly.
• Support pension administration and benefit-related payroll processing.

Skills

SAP Payroll

SAP HR

Excel

Payroll data accuracy

UK payroll legislation

Confidentiality

Time-management

Education

GCSEs including Mathematics and English

Payroll qualification desirable or willingness to study towards CIPP

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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Together, we move the world—we’ve been doing it for over 100 years. At MAHLE, as a leading international development partner and systems supplier to the automotive industry, we pursue the objective of making mobility more efficient, more environmentally friendly, more convenient, and more economical.

MAHLE generated sales of €11.3 billion in 2025. Employing just under 65,000 people at 127 production locations and 11 technology centers, the company is represented in 28 countries. (as at: 12/31/2025). Join our MAHLE team! #weshapefuturemobility

We are looking for a Payroll Assistant to provide accurate and timely payroll administration support using SAP payroll systems, ensuring employees are paid correctly and in compliance with company policies, statutory requirements, and payroll procedures. The Payroll Assistant will maintain employee payroll records, process payroll transactions, and support payroll queries from employees and management.

Your Contribution

• Assist in the preparation and processing of monthly/weekly payroll using SAP.
• Input and maintain payroll data, including: New starters, Leavers, Salary changes, Benefits deductions, Tax code amendments, Overtime and variable payments.
• Validate payroll data to ensure accuracy before payroll submission.
• Maintain accurate employee records within SAP HR/Payroll.
• Generate payroll reports and management information from SAP.
• Ensure payroll activities comply with HMRC regulations, pension requirements, and company policies.
• Maintain confidentiality of employee payroll information.
• Assist with payroll audits and internal control reviews.
• Liaise with HR and Finance teams to resolve payroll issues promptly.
• Support pension administration and benefit-related payroll processing.

Your Qualifications & Experience

• GCSEs (or equivalent), including Mathematics and English.
• Payroll qualification or willingness to study towards CIPP qualifications desirable.
• Previous experience in a payroll administration or payroll assistant role.
• Experience working with SAP Payroll and SAP HR systems.
• Experience processing payroll data accurately and confidentially.
• Knowledge of payroll legislation and statutory deductions.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and excellent organisational and time-management skills.
• Experience within a multi-site organisation, knowledge of pension administration, understanding of UK payroll legislation and HMRC requirements and experience with payroll reconciliations and reporting are valuable.

Fixed term role: 24 months.

We will provide a collaborative environment working on exciting assignments, along with personal & career development opportunities.

After inviting you to the recruitment process, the next step will typically be a screening call followed by video or personal interview(s).

For more information about MAHLE and what a career with us looks like for you, and to learn more about our foundation owned technology group.

#TeamMAHLE is diverse– and we see that as a great advantage! We welcome applications with diverse experiences, backgrounds, and identities.

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Facts about the job

Entry level: Experienced hires

Part- / Full-time: Full Time

Functional area: Human Resources

Department: BU1 Powertrain and Charging

Location: Northampton, GB

Closing date for applications

Your future at MAHLE

As a team player and someone who thinks ahead, you can deploy all your skills with us. In cooperation with colleagues from different countries and areas, you contribute in designing the mobility of the future. When selecting MAHLE, you choose trend-setting technologies and strategies. Are you interested in working with us and developing efficient and environmentally-friendly solutions, optimising existing products, and turning innovative ideas into reality? Then MAHLE is the right address for you.