Job Title: People Centre Payroll Administrator
Location: UK, Hybrid
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Make your mark supporting critical missions that help create a safe and secure world
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Payroll Administrator at any of our main UK locations, near your nearest commutable town.
The role
As a Payroll Administrator, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring that our people who undertake some of the most important work in defence, aerospace and engineering are paid accurately and on time, every time.
This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career in a dynamic environment, strengthening your expertise in payroll administration, systems accuracy and data integrity. You’ll join a supportive team where your attention to detail, organisational strength and pride in delivering high-quality work will truly make a difference.
Day-to-day, your work will directly support the smooth running of our operations, contributing to national security and the wellbeing of our workforce.
1. Process weekly and monthly payrolls with accuracy, consistency and attention to detail.
2. Maintain and update employee files and payroll-related data, including new starters and leavers.
3. Input, check and reconcile payroll information using systems such as SAP.
4. Produce and maintain weekly and monthly payroll reports.
5. Complete final checks and reconciliations ahead of BACS payment runs.
This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days in the office and days working from home. You must be able to visit the office when required.
Essential experience of the People Centre Payroll Administrator
6. Experience in payroll or strong corporate/administrative experience.
7. Excellent administration skills with high-quality output.
8. Strong accuracy, attention to detail and data integrity.
9. Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
10. Effective organisational and planning abilities.
Qualifications for the People Centre Payroll Administrator
11. GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent).
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at Generous holiday allowance
12. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
13. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
14. Employee share scheme
15. Employee shopping savings portal
16. Payment of professional fees
17. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave
18. Holiday Trading – buy additional leave or sell up to one working week
19. ‘Be Kind Day’ – one paid volunteering day each year
20. Flexible working options to support work–life balance
21. A dynamic working environment
Babcock
We’re Babcock a global FTSE organisation with over 26, people working together to make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
We call that lifetime engineering.
Join us and see how far we can go, together.
We are a disability confident committed employer.