People and Payroll Services Advisor

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; Huntingdon; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

Virtual GP

Annual leave 25 days

Life assurance

Personal accident cover

Maternity/adoption leave

Paternity/partner leave

Shared parental pay

Annual bonus

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing culture

Job summary

Anglian Water Group Ltd. is seeking a highly organised People and Payroll Services Advisor to join the People Team in Huntingdon.

You will deliver accurate, compliant payroll for our employees, working across SAP Payroll and Workday to ensure timely payments and correct deductions. You will advise on payroll processes, statutory requirements and employee queries, collaborating with HR, Finance and external providers to improve processes and drive efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience in payroll administration and payroll processing.
• Good understanding of PAYE, HMRC requirements and payroll legislation.
• Experience maintaining accurate employee records and handling confidential information.
• Strong Microsoft 365 skills.
• Experience using Workday or similar HR systems.
• Experience using a payroll system, ideally SAP.
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Strong customer service and communication skills.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities and meet key payroll deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Processing monthly payroll activities, ensuring accuracy and compliance with payroll legislation.
• Managing employee lifecycle payroll activities including starters, movers and leavers.
• Maintaining employee data across Workday and SAP systems.
• Processing statutory payments and deductions, including maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental pay.
• Supporting pension administration, payroll audits and statutory reporting requirements.
• Managing payroll-related payments including expenses, company cars, union subscriptions, salary sacrifice schemes and court orders.
• Producing payroll reports and carrying out variance checks to identify and resolve discrepancies.
• Providing excellent customer service and payroll support to employees, managers and internal stakeholders.
• Working collaboratively with HR, Reward, Finance and external providers to resolve payroll queries and improve processes.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives and helping drive efficiencies across payroll operations.

Skills

Payroll administration

Payroll processing

PAYE and HMRC understanding

Data confidentiality

Microsoft 365

Workday HR system

SAP payroll

Attention to detail

Customer service

Prioritisation

Tools

SAP

Workday

Microsoft 365

Job description

Salary: Circa £32,000 per annum Location: Huntingdon / Hybrid Contract: Fixed Term Contract – 18 months Working Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week (flexible working opportunities available)

Benefits

• Private healthcare
• Generous double-match pension scheme, contribute 7% and we’ll contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21%
• 24/7 Virtual GP service for you and your household
• 25 days annual leave, rising with service, plus the option to buy additional leave
• Life assurance of up to 8x salary
• Personal accident cover of up to 5x salary
• Excellent family-friendly policies, including:
• 26 weeks' full pay for maternity/adoption leave
• 4 weeks' paid paternity/partner leave
• Shared parental pay opportunities
• Annual bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits and a supportive working culture designed to promote wellbeing and work-life balance

About the role

We’re looking for a highly organised and customer-focused People and Payroll Services Advisor to join our People Team. As a People and Payroll Services Advisor you’ll play a vital role in delivering an accurate, compliant and efficient payroll service for our employees. Working across both SAP Payroll and Workday, you’ll ensure colleagues are paid correctly and on time, while providing expert guidance on payroll processes, statutory requirements and employee queries. This is an exciting opportunity to join a team that is committed to continuous improvement, excellent customer service and finding smarter ways of working. You’ll work closely with colleagues across HR, Finance and external providers to ensure payroll processes run smoothly and compliantly.

What will you be doing?

• Processing monthly payroll activities, ensuring accuracy and compliance with payroll legislation.
• Managing employee lifecycle payroll activities including starters, movers and leavers.
• Maintaining employee data across Workday and SAP systems.
• Processing statutory payments and deductions, including maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental pay.
• Supporting pension administration, payroll audits and statutory reporting requirements.
• Managing payroll-related payments including expenses, company cars, union subscriptions, salary sacrifice schemes and court orders.
• Producing payroll reports and carrying out variance checks to identify and resolve discrepancies.
• Providing excellent customer service and payroll support to employees, managers and internal stakeholders.
• Working collaboratively with HR, Reward, Finance and external providers to resolve payroll queries and improve processes.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives and helping drive efficiencies across payroll operations.

What does it take to be successful?

• Experience in payroll administration and payroll processing.
• Good understanding of PAYE, HMRC requirements and payroll legislation.
• Experience maintaining accurate employee records and handling confidential information.
• Strong Microsoft 365 skills.
• Experience using Workday or similar HR systems.
• Experience using a payroll system, ideally SAP.
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Strong customer service and communication skills.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities and meet key payroll deadlines.

Inclusion at Anglian Water

At Anglian Water, we’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We’re proud signatories of the Social Mobility Pledge, Race at Work Charter, and Armed Forces Covenant, and we’re a Disability Confident employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. Closing Date: 28th September 2026 Interview Date: Week commencing 12th October 2026 #loveeverydrop #LI-EW1 We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential. We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment.

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