The Payroll Administrator (EMEA & Americas) is responsible for supporting the accurate and timely delivery of payrolls across multiple countries in the EMEA and Americas regions, covering approximately 1,500 employees. This is a hands-on operational role focused on data collation, validation, vendor coordination, shared mailbox management, and service excellence. The role works closely with external payroll providers and internal stakeholders to ensure compliant, accurate, and efficient payroll operations.
What You'll Be Doing:
Payroll Operations
Collect, compile, and validate monthly payroll inputs including starters, leavers, contractual changes, variable pay, benefits, deductions, leave data and statutory documentation.
Prepare and submit payroll data to external vendors and track status through to completion.
Perform pre- and post-payroll checks including reconciliations, variance analysis, and payroll summary preparation.
Maintain accurate payroll files, audit trails, and secure documentation aligned to data protection standards.
Support adherence to the payroll calendar, deadlines, and approval workflows
Mailbox, Query & Service Management
Manage and monitor the shared payroll mailbox daily, ensuring timely triage, responses, and escalation as required.
Provide accurate and professional support on payroll-related queries with a focus on clarity, confidentiality, and service quality.
Identify themes in queries and recommend process updates, documentation, or FAQs to improve employee self-service.
Vendor & Stakeholder Coordination
Liaise with external payroll vendors to ensure data accuracy, timely delivery, and prompt issue resolution.
Collaborate with HR, Finance, Reward, and Legal on inputs, approvals, policies, and compliance matters.
Purchase Order & Financial Admin
Coordinate annual purchase order processes for payroll vendors, including raising requisitions, tracking, and receipting invoices in alignment with Finance procedures.
Maintain an accurate record of purchase order statuses, renewals, and vendor billing cycles.
Compliance & Continuous Improvement
Ensure ongoing compliance with UK statutory requirements and support adherence in other jurisdictions.
Assist in maintaining up-to-date SOPs, process maps, and control documentation.
What You'll Bring:
Hands-on UK payroll administration experience, including statutory knowledge (PAYE, NI, pensions, statutory leave/pay, year-end documents, etc.).
Experience with outsourced or multi-country payroll environments (EMEA and/or Americas advantageous).
Previous use of HR/payroll systems such as ADP, Safeguard, Workday or Oracle.
Strong Excel skills (lookups, pivots, audit checks, data cleansing).
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
High accuracy, attention to detail, analytical mindset, and strong problem-solving ability.
Benefits
Benefits include access to DAZN, 25 days annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, family friendly community including enhanced parental leave, electric vehicle benefit option, free access for you and one other to our workplace mental health platform app (Unmind), learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.
About DAZN
At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be.
As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop.
DAZN VALUES THE HOW IN WHAT WE DO:
Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to Make It Happen.
Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, Focusing On Impact.
Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to Win As One.
At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities.
If youd like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.
Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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