Payroll Specialist (Glasgow Based)
Added 28 Aug · still live
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£41,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 4122 (90% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £41,700, and Heathrow is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
About the role
Introduction
Join Heathrow’s Business Services team and you’ll help us deliver our bold ambitions, whilst supporting colleagues to achieve theirs.
Our team is involved in every element of People and Finance activity. That includes payroll, casework, referencing and onboarding, through to billing, paying suppliers, and month end activities. It’s up to us to lead, support and deliver an excellent service across our core processes including;
There’s no place like Heathrow when it comes to the scale of our ambitions. Our airport is in a period of rapid growth and change. To succeed, we need to be able to make decisions quickly, evaluate the financial, non-financial and carbon impact of our choices, and ensure they are supported by accurate data and insight.
This is an exciting time, as we deliver a new Business Services vision that embraces technology, drives continuous process improvement and unlocks insights to drive our business. Join us and discover unlimited opportunities to make a difference.
Job Description
The role supports colleagues, managers, Payroll, and HR stakeholders processing reward and pay-related activities, ensuring payroll data integrity, administering family-friendly leave processes, and supporting annual reward programmes.
The postholder is accountable for ensuring colleagues receive the correct pay, benefits, and statutory entitlements while maintaining compliance with company policies, employment legislation, and payroll governance requirements. Working collaboratively across HR, Payroll, and the wider business, the role contributes to a high-quality service through effective query resolution, accurate calculations, strong stakeholder support, and continuous process improvement.
Whilst working as part of a team, the role holder will take ownership of their own work allocation, managing their time effectively, re-prioritising when necessary, to ensure all service delivery targets are met. They will be involved with the more complex delivery and grow relationships with key internal stakeholders. Throughout, they will drive service quality through understanding and delivering against expectations, meeting objectives, effectively prioritising, and initiating continuous improvement.
Your role will involve
Join Heathrow’s Business Services team and you’ll help us deliver our bold ambitions, whilst supporting colleagues to achieve theirs.
Our team is involved in every element of People and Finance activity. That includes payroll, casework, referencing and onboarding, through to billing, paying suppliers, and month end activities. It’s up to us to lead, support and deliver an excellent service across our core processes including;
- Managing Revenue
- Procurement
- Project and Asset Management
- Finance Processes
- People Processes
There’s no place like Heathrow when it comes to the scale of our ambitions. Our airport is in a period of rapid growth and change. To succeed, we need to be able to make decisions quickly, evaluate the financial, non-financial and carbon impact of our choices, and ensure they are supported by accurate data and insight.
This is an exciting time, as we deliver a new Business Services vision that embraces technology, drives continuous process improvement and unlocks insights to drive our business. Join us and discover unlimited opportunities to make a difference.
Job Description
The role supports colleagues, managers, Payroll, and HR stakeholders processing reward and pay-related activities, ensuring payroll data integrity, administering family-friendly leave processes, and supporting annual reward programmes.
The postholder is accountable for ensuring colleagues receive the correct pay, benefits, and statutory entitlements while maintaining compliance with company policies, employment legislation, and payroll governance requirements. Working collaboratively across HR, Payroll, and the wider business, the role contributes to a high-quality service through effective query resolution, accurate calculations, strong stakeholder support, and continuous process improvement.
Whilst working as part of a team, the role holder will take ownership of their own work allocation, managing their time effectively, re-prioritising when necessary, to ensure all service delivery targets are met. They will be involved with the more complex delivery and grow relationships with key internal stakeholders. Throughout, they will drive service quality through understanding and delivering against expectations, meeting objectives, effectively prioritising, and initiating continuous improvement.
Your role will involve
- Administration of reward processes, including payroll inputs, benefits enrolment, and related data updates.
- Play an active role in New Projects
- Validating and reconciling data to ensure accuracy in all reward transactions and reports.
- Producing and maintaining Excel-based reports and templates to support reward activities and audits.
- Collaborating with HR, Finance, and external providers to resolve queries and ensure smooth process delivery.
- Supporting the implementation of process improvements and system enhancements within the reward function.
- Ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulations in all reward activities.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy when handling data and processes.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, and data validation.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication skills for liaising with internal teams and external partners.
- Understanding of confidentiality and data protection requirements.
- Experience in HR, payroll, or reward administration.
- Familiarity with HR systems and reporting tools.
- Knowledge of UK employment legislation related to pay and benefits.
There’s something so special about working for the world’s most iconic airport. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities with no end of exciting prospects to explore. A team that feels like family, a place where you belong.
Working for Heathrow brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.
Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there’s no place like Heathrow.
Our rewards
We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you’ll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.
Working location
Your contractual place of work will be the Heathrow Business Services Centre in Glasgow so you'll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to work.
We also have some hybrid roles with a working approach which offers the opportunity for colleagues to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow. Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process.
Equal Opportunities
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from everybody. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work, and through our diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.
Working location
Your contractual place of work will be the Heathrow Business Services Centre in Glasgow so you'll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to work.
We also have some hybrid roles with a working approach which offers the opportunity for colleagues to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow. Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process.
Equal Opportunities
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from everybody. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work, and through our diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.
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Where this offer sits in the market
SOC 4122 · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · ~178k in sampleP25 £27kP75 £40k
£23kmedian £32kgoing rate £42k£51k
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. Heathrow holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 4122 going rate of £41,700. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.