Payroll Analyst

1 month ago


Colchester, United Kingdom Penguin Books Limited Full time

Join our Group Salaries department as a Payroll Assistant, where you'll play a key role in ensuring smooth payroll operations across all our current payrolls. This role is designed to support the Assistant Payroll Manager and work closely with Senior Payroll Analysts and Payroll Analysts.

You'll be covering a period of parental leave within the team, contributing to the day-to-day processing and reporting that keeps our payroll system running efficiently. Apply now to be part of our dedicated and dynamic team

Key Responsibilities:

Process payroll for all starters and leavers across all payrolls. Manage sick leave, income protection, and parental leave across all payrolls. Collaborate with HR colleagues to collate processing data. Perform ad-hoc payroll calculations and data changes for employees. Check and upload all overtime data. Check and upload all average holiday pay data. Verify monthly input in collaboration with Senior Payroll Analysts and Payroll Analysts. Prepare payrolls for submission by the Senior Payroll Analyst or Assistant Payroll Manager. Handle and clear the shared mailbox in conjunction with the Senior Payroll Analysts and Payroll Analysts. Create and balance monthly reports for internal and external stakeholders. Assist with ad-hoc payroll tasks as they arise. Adhere to the task timetable for day-to-day processing across all payrolls. Distribute P45s and paper payslips to employees.

What you'll bring:

Good communication skills. Moderate to advanced level experience with Microsoft Outlook. Moderate to advanced level experience with Microsoft Excel. Good knowledge of payroll systems (experience with Payrite / FMP IRIS is an asset). Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and a methodical approach. Ability to work effectively and inclusively with a range of people, both within and outside the organisation. Demonstrated determination, resourcefulness, problem-solving skills, and a sense of purpose to deliver. Ability to adapt to change.

Essential Criteria:

Experience working within a busy payroll department.

At Penguin Random House, we believe in the power of books to change lives. Join us in our mission to make books for everyone, and help us ensure that our payroll operations run smoothly, so we can continue to invest in new stories and tackle the issues we care about.

Application instructions

Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on Monday 2nd December.

Salary

Circa £26,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.

What you can expect from us

Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.

Our benefits include:

Financial – discounted shopping, season ticket loan, rental deposit loan Wellbeing – healthcare cash plan, employee assistance, gym loan Lifestyle – taste card, tech scheme, free and discounted books

For our full benefits list please visit:

Hybrid working

While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. For this role we expect that you will attend our office in Frating, Essex, up to 2 days per week.

About Penguin

We’re the UK’s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you’ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.

The recruitment process

You can read about our recruitment process at

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form. The essential criteria for this role are listed as part of the ‘What you’ll bring’ section. There may be times when the volume of applications means we cannot take all eligible candidates to interview.

We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing . Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.

Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.

Company:  Penguin Books Limited 

Country:  United Kingdom 

State/Region:  Essex 

City: Colchester 

Postal Code:  CO7 7DW 

Job ID:  275564



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