Payroll Specialist

Meridian Business Support; England; Hybrid; GBP 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment specialist is seeking a Payroll Specialist to join a hybrid role in a pharmaceutical and healthcare company in Warwick. Responsibilities include managing payroll and pensions, ensuring compliance, and supporting system implementation projects. The role offers a salary of £42,000 with extensive benefits such as 35 days of annual leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

35 days annual leave

Pension Scheme

Onsite parking

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Access to Discount & Offers Platform

Qualifications

• Proven experience in payroll and pensions.
• Familiar with HMRC regulations and payroll legislation.
• Experience with payroll systems, preferably Itrent or Dayforce.

Responsibilities

• Analyse, reconcile, and validate payroll and pension data.
• Run payroll end-to-end, including pensions administration.
• Support projects for system upgrades and implementations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Advanced Excel skills

Troubleshooting

Job description

We are looking for a Payroll Specialist to join a Pharmaceutical & healthcare company based in Warwick (CV34).

This is a hybrid role, with 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home per week. The salary is £42,000 per annum, with a Monday to Friday 09:00 – 17:00 schedule. Benefits include 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), a Pension Scheme, Onsite parking, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), and access to a Discount & Offers Platform. This is an 11 Month Fixed term contract.

The successful candidate will have strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and proven experience in payroll and pensions. As a Payroll Specialist, you will be responsible for running payroll end-to-end, managing pensions (including Auto-Enrolment), and ensuring accuracy, compliance, and data integrity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyse, reconcile, and validate payroll and pension data to ensure compliance.
• Run payrolls end-to-end, including pensions administration.
• Perform audits and reconciliations, resolving discrepancies.
• Support system upgrades, implementations, and UAT testing.
• Develop reports, dashboards, and KPIs to track payroll performance.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, and IT to streamline data flows.
• Stay updated with HMRC regulations and payroll legislation.

You will also be involved in a project to implement a new HR & Payroll platform, moving from Itrent to Dayforce, working with stakeholders to lead parallel runs, reconcile payroll and pension data between systems, perform UAT testing, and validate calculations to ensure accuracy and compliance.

Ideally, you will be an experienced Payroll Specialist, with advanced Excel skills and the ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues.

This role would also suit: Payroll analyst, Payroll Specialist, Payroll Officer, Pension Administrator, Payroll Systems Analyst.

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.