Senior Payroll Analyst

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Job Title: Senior Payroll Analyst

Location: Hatfield based – hybrid-working

About the Role

We’re looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Senior Payroll Analyst to join our Payroll team at Computacenter. In this role, you’ll play a key part in ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing for our UK operations.

You will act as a subject matter expert, driving compliance, continuous improvement, and delivering an exceptional employee experience.

What You’ll Be Doing

• End-to-end processing of complex payrolls, ensuring accuracy and compliance with local tax and employment regulations.
• Remaining up to date with any legal changes through websites and reading material.
• Ensuring that all company benefits are monitored and correctly recorded and comply legal legislation.
• Liaising with internal stakeholders (HR, Finance, Reward) and external providers to resolve payroll queries and ensure data integrity.
• Leading or supporting payroll audits and year-end activities including P60s, P11Ds, and HMRC submissions.
• Additional understanding of the complexities of items such as, additional payrolled benefits, Parental Leave, Sharesave schemes, overtime etc
• Identifying and implementing process improvements to streamline operations and reduce risk.
• Acting as a key contact for escalated payroll issues, providing guidance and mentorship to junior team members.
• Production of management information and reports sharing this information and using Excel to an advanced level
• Managing employee queries relating to payroll
• Assisting in various projects to improve the payroll service and SAP systems
• Identify and implement continuous improvement across the payroll with a focus on improving efficiencies and automation
• Maintain and process payroll system reports responsible for legal patch testing and involving the Payroll Assistants.
• Prioritise and action daily/weekly tasks to meet SLA’s
• Assisting the global mobility team with overseas assignments.
• Controlling the year end processes and creation of new tax year

What you’ll need

• Proven experience in a senior payroll role, ideally within a large or complex organisation.
• Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation (knowledge of international payrolls is a plus).
• Experience with SAP payroll systems is a must.
• Excellent analytical skills, attention to detail, and a proactive problem-solving mindset.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trust and work collaboratively.
• CIPP qualification (or working towards) desirable.