Senior Payroll Analyst
Location: UK - Hatfield | Job-ID: 218787 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: Finance & Accounting
About the Role
We’re looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Senior Payroll Analyst to join our Payroll team at Computacenter. In this role, you’ll play a key part in ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing for our UK operations.
You will act as a subject matter expert, driving compliance, continuous improvement, and delivering an exceptional employee experience.
What You’ll Be Doing
* End-to-end processing of complex payrolls, ensuring accuracy and compliance with local tax and employment regulations.
* Remaining up to date with any legal changes through websites and reading material.
* Ensuring that all company benefits are monitored and correctly recorded and comply legal legislation.
* Liaising with internal stakeholders (HR, Finance, Reward) and external providers to resolve payroll queries and ensure data integrity.
* Leading or supporting payroll audits and year-end activities including P60s, P11Ds, and HMRC submissions.
* Additional understanding of the complexities of items such as, additional payrolled benefits, Parental Leave, Sharesave schemes, overtime etc.
* Identifying and implementing process improvements to streamline operations and reduce risk.
* Acting as a key contact for escalated payroll issues, providing guidance and mentorship to junior team members.
* Production of management information and reports sharing this information and using Excel to an advanced level.
* Managing employee queries relating to payroll.
* Assisting in various projects to improve the payroll service and SAP systems.
* Identify and implement continuous improvement across the payroll with a focus on improving efficiencies and automation.
* Maintain and process payroll system reports responsible for legal patch testing and involving the Payroll Assistants.
* Prioritise and action daily/weekly tasks to meet SLA’s.
* Assisting the global mobility team with overseas assignments.
* Controlling the year end processes and creation of new tax year.
What you’ll need
* Proven experience in a senior payroll role, ideally within a large or complex organisation.
* Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation (knowledge of international payrolls is a plus).
* Experience with SAP payroll systems is a must.
* Excellent analytical skills, attention to detail, and a proactive problem‑solving mindset.
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trust and work collaboratively.
* CIPP qualification (or working towards) desirable.
As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme. If you opt in and meet the minimum criteria for the role, you’ll be guaranteed an interview, and we’re happy to support any reasonable adjustments.
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