Payroll Specialist

Join Princess Yachts as a Payroll Specialist

Position: Temporary Payroll Specialist

Location: Princess Yachts

Are you a payroll professional ready to step into a fast-paced, rewarding role with one of the world’s leading luxury yacht manufacturers? At Princess Yachts, we’re recruiting for a Temporary Payroll Specialist to join our dedicated People, Talent & Culture (PTC) team for a 3-month period.

In this pivotal position, the Payroll Specialist will process payroll for our workforce of 2,500 employees, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and top-tier service. The post holder will also play a key role in overseeing pensions, employee benefits, statutory reporting, and continuous process improvement—supporting both weekly and monthly payroll operations.

Responsibilities/ tasks:

• Accurately process payroll and respond to employee queries
• Manage the payroll weekly and monthly reporting obligations
• Manage pension contributions and payroll-related benefits
• Handle starters, leavers, and maintain employee records
• Completion of statutory and legal forms
• Work with external agencies including HMRC, local authorities, and unions
• Support internal audits and contribute to payroll-related projects
• Drive efficiencies and improve payroll processes
• Be a key partner to the wider People team in delivering improvement initiatives
• Liaise with solicitors regarding wage details of employees involved in accidents
• Crystal Reports management
• Manage payroll benefit-in-kind set up, including managing the healthcare scheme, and life assurance policy.
• Manage monthly employee benefits and salary sacrifice schemes
• Manage reports required in relation to pension obligations.

Acting as an Ambassador for Princess Yachts, operating with integrity and drive appropriate to the Company’s values, to promote Princess as a market leader.

This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you may be required to undertake other duties appropriate to your role within the PTC.

Person Specification:

·        Experience in payroll, ideally in a manufacturing environment

·        Payroll qualifications and project/change management experience are desirable

·        Strong IT skills, especially in Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)

·        Proactive, detail-oriented and self-motivated

·        Strong interpersonal skills; accuracy, communication, effective time management and analytical skills are essential

·        Attention to accuracy and detail

·        Knowledge of Crystal Reports and payroll/pension legislation is a plus

Why Choose Princess Yachts for your next career?

·        4.5 day working week.

·        Employee discount at local businesses.

·        Perks through our local sports club partners

·        On-site parking

To submit your application for this vacancy please apply via our careers page: https://princessyachts.careers.adp.com/

For further information on this position please email our team: [email protected]  

Closing date: Friday 19^th September 2025