Payroll and Benefits Administrator

Role Overview

• Serve as the first point of contact for all payroll and benefits-related enquiries directed to the Human Resources department.
• Support the administration of employee lifecycle changes, including starters, leavers, transfers, and promotions.
• Prepare, validate, and record monthly payroll instructions across UK and 5 International payrolls, ensuring accuracy, and compliance.
• Explain and resolve employee queries relating to tax codes, National Insurance, student loan deductions, and other statutory deductions.
• Collect, verify, and process overtime, weekend duty payments, and special allowances for payroll.
• Complete monthly payroll nominal ledger reconciliations and review and post all required payroll journals for all companies.
• Assist with the payroll year-end process, including statutory submissions and rollovers.
• Keep up to date with payroll legislation and ensure compliance with all statutory, tax, and regulatory obligations across UK and international jurisdictions.
• Work closely with internal teams to ensure accurate and timely flow of payroll data.
• Administer the full range of employee benefits, including healthcare, risk benefits, pensions, wellbeing initiatives, salary sacrifice schemes, and the Benefits Hub platform.
• Run pension provider reports to ensure accurate payments, and process any pay rises or changes to employee contribution rates.
• Keep up to date with pension regulations, legislative changes, and best practices, making recommendations for improvements where appropriate.
• Maintain and update benefits policies, SharePoint content, and HR systems to ensure accuracy and compliance. Monitor benefit usage and trends across employee demographics.
• Support annual insurance renewals and ensure all benefits communications and policies are accurate, engaging, and compliant.
• Complete national statistics reports on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis as required.
• Produce regular and ad hoc payroll and HR reports for business stakeholders, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.

Requirements

• Solid UK payroll experience, with any exposure to international payrolls considered an advantage (particularly Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Bermuda, Cyprus, Greece, or Brazil).
• Strong numeracy skills with excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Working knowledge of employee benefits administration, including medical, risk benefits, pensions, and wellbeing programmes.
• Confident Excel user with experience producing payroll and HR reports (e.g., pivot tables, charts, and basic data analysis).
• Demonstrates integrity, confidentiality, and professionalism at all times.
• Able to work independently, manage workload effectively, and handle competing priorities.
• Experience with Staffology, SAP or international payroll platforms (desirable).
• Payroll qualification (desirable).

Benefits

• Joining our collaborative, supportive and friendly working environment, you will enjoy a rewarding career with the opportunity to build on your existing skills and knowledge.
• We offer great work life balance initiatives, including competitive hybrid working policy.
• Clear and transparent career pathway – offering you continued support with enhancing your skills and creating employment development opportunities.
• We offer free educational access to the Protection & Indemnity Qualification, created by the International Group of P&I Clubs.
• An attractive benefits package which includes private healthcare.
• We also provide competitive health subsidy, and access to our comprehensive wellbeing and savings programme throughout the year, to create an environment that supports everyone’s mental and physical health.