Reward & Payroll Specialist

Syme Drummond; Cumbernauld; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Immediate start available

Job summary

Syme Drummond is recruiting a Reward & Payroll Specialist to cover a period of absence for our FMCG client in Cumbernauld. This hands-on role combines reward and flexible benefits activity with specialist payroll support, requiring self-sufficiency and comfort working with data.

The role is a 4-month FTC with hybrid working: three days in Cumbernauld and two days at home, with potential for immediate start.

Qualifications

• Strong practical experience across UK payroll, reconciliations and complex payroll queries.
• Experience with outsourced payroll providers or managed payroll services.
• Experience with reward or flexible benefits programs is desirable.
• comfortable handling data in Excel/Sheets (VLOOKUPs, PivotTables).

Responsibilities

• Payroll: act as escalation point for People Coordinators with outsourced payroll provider.
• Reward and Benefits: support flexible benefits, reward reporting and enrolments.
• Compliance: assist with P11Ds, NMW checks, car submissions and PBIK changes.
• Projects: contribute to share plan activity and LTIP digitisation and process improvements.

Skills

UK payroll

Data analysis

Excel

VLOOKUPs

Pivot tables

Attention to detail

Self-sufficient

Job description

Reward & Payroll Specialist | Cumbernauld

4 -Month FTC | Hybrid

Are you a payroll expert with experience across reward and benefits?

Or perhaps you're a Reward specialist with a strong hands-on payroll background?

We are delighted to be exclusively supporting our FMCG customer who has a leading reputation within the market. We're looking for a Reward & Payroll Specialist to provide cover during a period of absence within the team.

This is a hands-on role combining reward and flexible benefits activity with specialist payroll support. You'll need to be self-sufficient, comfortable working with data and ready to hit the ground running.

What You'll Do

• Payroll: Act as the technical point of escalation for the People Coordinators, working with the outsourced payroll provider to resolve complex queries, validate outputs and strengthen reconciliations.
• Reward and Benefits: Support the flexible benefits programme, reward reporting, benefits enrolment and wider reward projects.
• Compliance: Support P11Ds, National Minimum Wage checks, company car submissions and preparations for PBIK changes.
• Projects: Contribute to employee share plan activity, the digitisation of Long-Term Incentive Plans and ongoing process improvements.

What We Need

• Strong practical experience across UK payroll, reconciliations and complex payroll queries.
• Experience working with an outsourced payroll provider or within a managed payroll service.
• Previous reward or flexible benefits experience, or a genuine interest in developing further within this area.
• Confidence working with data using Excel or Google Sheets, including VLOOKUPs and pivot tables.
• A positive, self-sufficient approach and the confidence to question or challenge when something doesn't look right.

Why This Role?

• You'll join an ambitious, friendly and collaborative People team where you'll be trusted to get stuck in, share your knowledge and make an impact quickly.
• The role offers hybrid working, with three days per week in Cumbernauld and two from home, alongside flexibility around start and finish times.
• This is an immediate requirement, so we're particularly keen to hear from applicants who are available now or at short notice.