Payroll Processing and Administrative Assistant

Abbott Laboratories; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Payroll processing and Administrative Assistant for its Abingdon office, working five days a week. The role focuses on payroll administration, FSM system maintenance, data accuracy, onboarding, and broad administrative coordination within the UK collection network.

The ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail, experience in payroll or finance admin, excellent communication, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Strong administrative skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience in payroll processing or finance administration is advantageous.
• Ability to work in a fast-moving environment with agility and ownership.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Process payroll administration for collecting officers and partners, ensuring accuracy and timely submission.
• Maintain and update Field Service Management (FSM) systems and user records.
• Review and resolve discrepancies in data, including managing call-out information.
• Coordinate with field staff and Regional Team Leaders to ensure compliance with operational processes.
• Provide general administrative support, including data entry, reporting, and record-keeping, dealing with queries and liaising with members of the Network collectors.
• Assist with onboarding and documentation for new collecting officers.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance collection network operations and data accuracy.

Skills

Payroll processing

Data accuracy

Communication

Organisational skills

Independent working

Team collaboration

MS Office

Tools

MS Excel

FSM systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

The Opportunity

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.

Our Toxicology Business, part of Abbott Rapid Diagnostics, is currently recruiting for aPayroll processing and Administrative Assistant. The role would be based in our Abingdon office 5 days a week.

This Administrator role a key administrative position responsible for supporting the UK Collection Network and ensuring the efficient delivery of field services. This role focuses on accurate payroll admin processing, system maintenance, and comprehensive administrative coordination to maintain operational excellence and compliance. The successful candidate will play an integral part in onboarding, data accuracy, and continuous improvement initiatives within the collection network.

The role would be based in our Abingdon office 5 days a week.

What you’ll do

• Process payroll administration for collecting officers and partners, ensuring accuracy and timely submission.
• Maintain and update Field Service Management (FSM) systems and user records.
• Review and resolve discrepancies in data, including managing call-out information.
• Coordinate with field staff and Regional Team Leaders to ensure compliance with operational processes.
• Provide general administrative support, including data entry, reporting, and record-keeping, dealing with queries and liaising with members of the Network collectors.
• Assist with onboarding and documentation for new collecting officers.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance collection network operations and data accuracy.

Qualifications and Competencies

• Strong administrative skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work in fast moving environment with agility and ownership
• Experience in payroll processing or finance administration advantageous.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel; experience with FSM systems desirable.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work collaboratively with customer service mindset.
• Excellent administrative and communications skills

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• A company recognised as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognised as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

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An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.