Payroll Officer

Role Purpose
The Payroll Officer plays a key role within the HR Operations function, supporting the accurate and timely processing of payroll across multiple regions, including the UK, Ireland, Malta, Portugal, Ceuta and Spain. This role ensures operational excellence by executing each stage of the payroll process with precision, delivering correct payments to employees, and complying with tax, pension, and statutory obligations. The position also supports internal collaboration with Finance and other departments and contributes to continuous improvement of payroll processes.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

• Manage allocated payrolls, ensuring timely and accurate input and upload of employee data.
• Complete pre- and post-processing payroll checks to ensure payment accuracy.
• Ensure timely and correct payments and submissions to HMRC, pension providers, and other statutory bodies.
• Conduct pay period and year-end processes to support required statutory and internal returns.
• Reconcile deductions and third-party payments prior to release.
• Handle payroll-related queries from employees and external agencies.
• Maintain payroll data integrity and report system issues to the Senior Payroll Manager.
• Keep payroll procedures and timetables up to date.
• Provide payroll information to other departments on an agreed timeline.
• Reconcile payroll to the General Ledger and liaise with Finance for monthly reconciliations.
• Assist in planning and implementing legislative changes.
• Participate in payroll system development projects and process improvements.
• Ensure cross-training within the payroll team and provide cover when needed.
• Undertake other duties as required by the Senior Payroll Manager.

• A positive and good-humored nature with a can-do attitude
• High level of confidentiality and professionalism
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills
• Self-starter with the ability to meet tight deadlines
• Flexibility to work additional hours when required
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Ability to interpret and communicate complex payroll issues clearly

• Proven experience in a high-volume payroll environment (essential)
• Detailed knowledge of UK payroll legislation, including tax, NI, RTI, and Auto Enrolment (essential)
• ROI payroll processing knowledge (desirable)
• Experience in retail payroll (desirable)
• Familiarity with Zellis ResourceLink (desirable)
• Experience producing payroll management reports (desirable)
• Understanding of accounting principles as applied to payroll (desirable)

• Timely and accurate payroll processing
• Compliance with statutory and company reporting requirements
• Positive feedback from employees and internal departments
• Successful reconciliation of payroll with Finance
• Efficient implementation of system and process improvements

• Bonus scheme
• Uncapped holiday allowance
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Hybrid working
• £1,000 annual self-development learning fund
• Invest via the Flutters Sharesave Scheme
• Paid volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave
• Wellbeing fund (£/₠250 a year)
• Recognition programs
• Electric car scheme, gym membership, discounts, vouchers and much more!