UK Visa Sponsorship Analytics

Occupation TypeBook-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks

Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled

Sponsorship Salary Threshold

£41,700 (£21.38 per hour)

Standard minimum applies

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Description

Join us at EIT:

At the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT), we're on a mission to translate scientific discovery into real world impact. We bring together visionary scientists, technologists, engineers, researchers, educators and innovators to tackle humanity's greatest challenges in four transformative areas:

Health, Medical Science & Generative Biology
Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture
Climate Change & Managing CO₂
Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

This is ambitious work - work that demands curiosity, courage, and a relentless drive to make a difference. At EIT, you'll join a community built on excellence, innovation, tenacity, trust, and collaboration, where bold ideas become real-world breakthroughs. Together, we push boundaries, embrace complexity, and create solutions to scale ideas from lab to society. Explore more at www.eit.org.

Your Role:

Current headcount is c450 with forecasted total c650 end of 2026 and increasing each year over the next 10 years.

We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented standalone Payroll Manager to manage payroll and benefits administration while supporting core HR functions. This role combines

technical payroll expertise with HR and Benefits operational support, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and exceptional service to employees. The ideal candidate will have experience in both in-house and outsourced payroll processing, and the ability to handle confidential information with integrity.

EIT are currently working with a 3rd party payroll provider to deliver payroll services to our employees. There is an expectation in the next 12-24 months that full payroll record keeping and data is moved to Oracle Fusion with the potential to fully transition to inhouse payroll production and processing. The job role holder would be instrumental is supporting, potentially leading, on these workstreams.

Payroll Management and Administration

Manage end-to-end payroll for all EIT employees to ensure it's processed accurately and efficiently on a monthly basis
and operate relationships with third-party payroll providers, ensuring delivery is in line with expected service level agreements, feeding back and managing when shortfalls experienced
In collaboration with HR and Finance, implement appropriate controls and reconciliations to maintain accuracy of payroll. Develop scalable processes to accommodate the growing headcount
Act as first point of contact for payroll and benefits queries and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner
Maintain and update payroll records for new hires, terminations, and pay changes, ensuring all amendments are accurately tracked and processed on time
Working with HR Operations team deliver timely and accurate communications relating to pay and benefit changes; e.g. salary increases, bonus award notifications and other ad hoc items
Generate payroll reports for HR, Finance, and management
Ensure compliance with UK tax, pension, and employment regulations
Stay updated on payroll legislation and best practices

Benefits Management and Administration:

Deliver strong administrative support across all benefits processes, ensuring accurate documentation, timely updates, real time reporting, continual record keeping and efficient coordination of benefit-related tasks
Liaising with providers and brokers to ensure timely enrolment and renewals, undertaking frequent audits of membership listings and options
Manage first time enrolments and routine membership change requests, ensuring such are actioned and employee[s] communicated with and aware
Work with HR BP team to advise and provide insight into which benefits are showing evidence of underutilisation or lack of employee awareness so proactivity and promotion can take place

Requirements

Proven experience in payroll processing (likely to be gained from 2+ years), including in-house and outsourced systems
Strong numerical and analytical skills with exceptional attention to detail
Excellent organisation and time-management abilities
Be a self-starter and able to manage own workload flexing working hours/days up and down throughout the monthly payroll calendar
Effective communication and interpersonal skills
High level of integrity and confidentiality
Proficiency in HR and payroll software (Oracle Fusion, ATS)

Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Intermediate to advance Excel, or similar, user and able to produce reports that "tell a story"
Understanding of HR principles, policies, and UK employment law
Payroll certification (e.g. CPP, Payroll Technician Certificate) desirable

Terms of Appointment

You must be eligible to work in the UK with a willingness to travel as necessary
You must be based in, or within easy commuting distance of, Oxford
During peak periods and payroll cut off weeks, some longer hours may be required

Benefits

Our Benefits:

Competitive salary + travel allowance + bonus
Enhanced holiday + options to buy additional days
Pension
Life Assurance
Income Protection
Private Medical Insurance
Hospital Cash Plan
Therapy Services
Perk Box
Electric Car Scheme
Childcare benefit

Working Together - What It Involves:

You must have the right to work permanently in the UK with a willingness to travel as necessary. In certain cases, we can consider sponsorship, and this will be assessed on a case-by-case basis
You will live in, or within easy commuting distance of, Oxford (or be willing to relocate)