Human Resources, Payroll Co-ordinator – Fixed Term

GLORY

HR & Payroll Co-ordinator in Glory's UK HR team delivering various HR services across multiple European countries. Managing payrolls, employee lifecycle and support for HR projects.

Posted 7/8/2026contractBasingstoke • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

- Manage monthly international payrolls as the payroll subject matter expert.
- Working collaboratively with our HR & Payroll Administrator to audit and ensure accurate processing of UK payroll
- Support the HR & Payroll Administrator with end-to-end employee life cycle administration, including contractual changes, sickness absence, onboarding, offboarding, probation management, and related payroll inputs.
- Provide cover for HR & Payroll administrator during absences
- Conduct audits of HR database records, payroll and benefits processes to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Responsible for the end year/monthly statutory reporting to external and internal auditors as requested
- Supporting Expatriates whilst on assignment, including payroll arrangements and Visas, which includes liaising with third parties
- Active role in recruitment, interviews, completion of job descriptions
- Supporting managers with non-complex employee relations matters by providing effective guidance to ensure fair, consistent practices, for example flexible working, probation and investigation meetings.
- Dealing with ad-hoc HR queries from employees and Managers, which can include payroll and benefit questions.
- Co-ordination of the UK salary review and annual bonus process
- Working with wider HR community to support the delivery of strategic and tactical HR objectives and/or projects
- Pro-actively look for continuous improvement opportunities in processes, systems and ways of working.
- Support employee development using different HR initiatives.
- Provide HR support for our Poland, Italy and Turkey businesses.
- Support Senior HR Advisor with policy reviews to ensure they reflect current legislation and best practice.
- Manage the HR employee recognition programme, collaborating with key stakeholders to facilitate quarterly awards
- Maintain and regularly update the Total Reward platform, ensuring content remains accurate and up to date.
- Support and contribute to HR projects and workload in line with business objectives when required.

Requirements

What you’ll need

- A-Level qualified or equivalent
- CIPD Level 5
- Prior experience in an administrative role
- Experience in processing payrolls
- Driving license for occasional travel
- Excellent communicator – both written and verbally
- Strong IT skills - Excel, Word and Outlook - experience of using HR and payroll systems would be beneficial.
- Team player and relationship builder
- The ability to use initiative and prioritise workload is essential
- Highly organised
- Flexible and adaptable
- Meticulous and accurate with a high level of attention to detail
- The ability to stay calm under pressure
- Have good commercial awareness
- Respect the importance of confidentiality, as you will be dealing with employees' personal details
- Be confident about gathering facts and statistics and making financial calculations for planning and other uses
- Driving high standards of data accuracy
- Challenging the status quo
- Driving efficiency & innovation

Benefits

Comp & perks

- 25 days' holiday a year plus bank holidays with the opportunity to buy up to five additional days
- Annual bonus scheme
- Competitive company pension scheme
- Ongoing training and development
- Private medical insurance for all employees (enhanced membership can be purchased for other family members)
- Dental insurance for all employees
- Life assurance
- Income protection scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee Wellbeing events and Mental Health First Aiders
- Employee My Benefits portal offering retail discounts
- Free office parking

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Hard Skills & Tools

Payroll ProcessingHR AdministrationStatutory ReportingEmployee Lifecycle ManagementData AuditingFinancial CalculationsContinuous ImprovementContractual ChangesSickness Absence ManagementExpatriate Payroll Support

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationTeam PlayerHighly OrganisedAttention to DetailAdaptability

Certifications

CIPD Level 5A-Level Qualified