People Assistant

McLaren Racing; Old Woking; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days' holiday and benefits

Enhanced company pension

Discretionary annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Sabbatical after 2 years

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

McLaren Automotive is seeking a detail-oriented People Assistant to manage essential HR data and payroll administration. You will be the first point of contact for employee HR queries and ensure accurate data entry across systems, including SAP, while maintaining strict confidentiality.

This fast-paced role requires strong Excel skills, meticulous documentation, and the ability to handle sensitive information with discretion.

Qualifications

• Experience handling payroll data and HR administration.
• Strong Excel skills and data manipulation abilities.
• Comfort with confidential information and payroll processes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure monthly payroll is completed accurately and on time with correct SAP data.
• Prepare overtime data in Excel and verify eligibility for payroll submission.
• Support governance around payroll processes and challenge anomalies.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation, filing, and trackers.
• Prepare offers, contracts, and new starter letters; handle lifecycle communications.
• Collect references for new starters and respond to ex-employees' requests.
• Assist with visa/Right-to-Work checks and immigration admin.
• Support Advisors/Partners with administration and note-taking as needed.
• Monitor attendance and input sickness/absence data when managers don’t.
• Coordinate maternity/paternity and other family leave.
• Excel advanced formulas and data manipulation skills are desirable.
• Payroll checks and processing experience is essential.
• Basic payroll knowledge and high organizational ability.

Skills

Payroll data entry

Excel skills

Payroll processing

Attention to detail

Confidentiality

Tools

SAP HCM

Job description

As People Assistant, you will be responsible for ensuring all people related data is entered and maintained flawlessly on your systems ensuring a leading administration service. This is an incredibly fast paced role that will make you the first point of contact for all employee HR queries including benefit queries, resolving issues or escalating to the People Advisor or People Business Partner.

What You'll Do

• Responsible for ensuring that the monthly payroll is completed accurately and on time - payroll data is entered into SAP correctly and checked before payroll submission
• Using strong Excel skills to prepare overtime data for payroll submission - checking eligibility for overtime
• Support governance around payroll processes, challenging anything that does not look correct
• Ensure all documentation, filing and related systems and trackers are always up to date
• Responsible for preparing and administering written offers / contracts / new starter documentation/resignation letters i.e. employee lifecycle communications
• Request references for all new starters and monitor, responding to reference requests for ex-employees
• Immigration - support with new visa / visa renewal administration & right to work checks
• Support the People Advisor or People Business Partners in providing a right first time, flawless administration service which may include note taking for meetings
• Assist the People Advisor in monitoring attendance and identifying attendance concerns. Input sickness/absence for the company where managers have not
• Responsible for the co-ordination of all Maternity/Paternity (or any other family) leave
• Strong Excel skills, including advanced formula skills and data manipulation
• Experience of payroll checks and processing is essential
• Basic payroll knowledge required
• Excellent organisation skills and the ability to prioritise, multi-task and manage a demanding workload on a daily basis
• High attention to detail and accuracy of information
• Experience within a fast paced and busy HR function preferable.
• SAP HCM (or similar system) experience is desirable but not essential.
• Effective communication skills written and verbal to all levels of employees, Must provide a reliable and confidential service to the organisation
• Trustworthy and experienced in handling confidential information
• High degree of commitment and willingness to learn
• Confident and resilient, with a can-do outlook that is maintained when under pressure
• The desire to challenge the status quo in a helpful and constructive way
• No restraints. No limitations. We don't simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.
• McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks. McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.

What We'll Do for You

We offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• Structured career development framework
• 25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus award
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Life assurance benefit
• Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years' service
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• Generous parental leave policies
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice