Payroll Specialist

Mintel; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Mintel is seeking a detail-oriented Payroll Specialist to join our UK Accounts team, replacing an existing role and supporting accurate, timely payroll delivery across the UK business.

The role collaborates with HR, Finance, and our outsourced payroll provider ADP to ensure payroll, benefits, and statutory obligations are processed compliantly and on time, while providing day-to-day payroll expertise within a global organisation.

Qualifications

• Detail-oriented and experienced Payroll Specialist for UK payroll.
• Experience working with an outsourced payroll provider (ADP).
• Ability to ensure payroll, benefits, and statutory obligations are processed accurately and on time.
• Operational ownership and a mindset for process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary internal owner for UK payroll activities, working with ADP to ensure accurate and timely monthly payroll processing.
• Prepare, review, and submit payroll input files to ADP (starters, leavers, salary changes, bonuses, deductions, corrections).
• Validate ADP outputs, review calculations, variances, back pay, and reconciliations before final approval.
• Maintain payroll calendars, manage re-calculations, and resolve payroll errors and warnings.
• Manage payroll inputs for new starters/leavers, salary changes, promotions, changes to working hours, and other lifecycle events.
• Ensure accurate capture of statutory pay (SMP, SPP, SSP) and pension impacts, including manual adjustments where required.
• Administer payroll-related benefits and deductions with HR and providers (P11D, private medical insurance, dental plans, cycle to work, etc.).

Job description

Mintel isseekinga detail-oriented and experiencedPayroll Specialistto join our UK Accounts team, replacing an existingroleand supporting theaccurateandtimelydelivery of payroll across the UK business. This role works closely with HR, Finance, and our outsourced payroll provider (ADP), ensuring payroll, benefits, and statutory obligations are processed accurately, compliantly, and ontime.Therole is well suited to someone who enjoys operational ownership, process improvement, and being the day‑to‑day payroll expert within a global organisation.

Key responsibilities

Payroll operations

Act as the primary internal owner for UK payroll activities, working closely with ADP to ensureaccurateandtimelymonthly payroll processing.

Prepare, review, andsubmitpayroll input files to ADP, including starters, leavers, salary changes, bonuses, commissions, deductions, and corrections.

Validate ADP payroll outputs, reviewing calculations, variances, back pay, and reconciliations before final approval.

Maintain payroll calendars, manage re-calculations, and resolve payroll errors and warnings.

Payroll changes & employee lifecycle

Manage payroll inputs for:

New starters and leavers (including P45s and final pay)

Salary changes, promotions,departmentand manager changes

Changes to working hours, temporary contracts, and secondments

Maternity, paternity, shared parental leave, sick leave, jury service, and KIT days

Ensureaccuratecapture of statutory pay (SMP, SPP, SSP) and pension impacts, including manual adjustments whererequired.

Benefits & deductions

Administer payroll-related benefits and deductions, working with HR and providers, including:

P11D payrolled benefits

Private medical insurance (including leavers and reclaiming employee contributions)

Dental plans and annual renewals

Cycle to work, season ticket loans, visa health loans, childcare vouchers

Holiday purchase and refunds

Attachments of earnings (AOEs)

Maintainaccuratebenefit records and reconcile payroll deductions to finance postings.