Payroll & Benefits Specialist - EU Focus

Insurance Business, London

£75,000 + Bonus

Your New Business

You will be joining a fast-growing, tech-enabled insurance business with a truly global footprint. With offices across the UK, Europe and North America, the company prides itself on its innovation, agility, and a forward-thinking approach to risk. As part of a high-performing HR team, you'll play a key role in delivering seamless payroll and benefits support to employees across the UK and Europe.

Your New Role

As Payroll & Benefits Specialist, you will be responsible for managing end-to-end payroll and benefits processes across multiple regions:

• Manage payroll operations for European offices (Spain and the Netherlands), and support UK payroll delivery
• Liaise with external vendors to ensure accurate and compliant payroll processing
• Handle employee changes including starters, leavers, bonuses, statutory pay, and allowances
• Act as a key point of contact for payroll and benefits queries, escalating complex cases as needed
• Support the annual salary and bonus review cycle and contribute to monthly payroll reconciliation and reporting
• Administer a range of benefits schemes, including pensions, life insurance, healthcare, and voluntary benefits
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, and Audit teams to ensure payroll accuracy, compliance, and continuous improvement
• Contribute to key reporting processes such as gender and ethnicity pay gap reporting

• 5 years' experience in payroll and benefits, with experience in both the UK and European regions
• Experience working with international payroll systems - ADP Celergo experience is not essential but is highly desirable
• Solid understanding of UK payroll legislation and working knowledge of European statutory requirements
• Strong Excel skills (including PivotTables, VLOOKUPs) and ability to work with large data sets
• Strong communication skills with the ability to manage vendors and collaborate with multiple stakeholders
• Detail-oriented mindset and a proactive, problem-solving approach
• CIPP qualified or working towards a relevant payroll certification

• Salary up to £75,000 (dependent on experience)
• Bonus: Discretionary annual performance bonus
• Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package including pension, private medical cover, and more
• Hybrid working, 3 days per week in brand new offices in central London