Portfolio Payroll
Payroll Specialist
Payroll Specialist at Portfolio Payroll, based in Cambridge, East Anglia, paying £20.00 - £25.00 per hour. This is a permanent role.
- Pay
- £20.00 - £25.00 per hour
- Hours and contract
- Permanent · On site
- Location
- Cambridge, East Anglia
- Closing date
- Sector
- Payroll
About 7% above the going rate for payroll
Reference 57473092
About the role
UK PAYROLL SPECIALIST
An exciting opportunity for an experienced Payroll Specialist to join a leading media organisation, supporting the team with UK and Irish Payroll
Key Responsibilities:
- Preparation of manual journals and resolving reconciliation queries
- Working with the SAP Tech support team on BAU system changes and completing UAT
- Review of accurate and timely end to end processing of Irish and UK (including IR35) payrolls in collaboration with various departments within News UK and other Group Companies
- Resolving payroll queries raised by other members of the team, employees and various departments within News UK, Wireless and other Group Companies
- Produce periodic and ad-hoc payroll reports
What We're Looking For:
- Clear understanding of employment law and tax regulations and the application to payroll procedures for ROI (and UK would be an advantage)
- SAP ECC 6 HR/Payroll system
- Good Excel skills (Pivot tables, v-look up, nesting formulae)
- Passionate about the work you do, embracing every opportunity to do your best work
- Principled in the way you go about your role and the decisions you make
- Purposeful with a strong desire to achieve and deliver work to a high standard
- Resilient working under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Ability to collaborate, be agile and pragmatic
- Self-motivated with proactive approach
What's on Offer:
- Remote/Hybrid working
- Supportive and collaborative culture
- Opportunity to influence payroll best practice
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The Portfolio Group are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position.
Reference: 57473092 · Posted 23 hours ago · Closes 16 Nov 2026 · Listed via Portfolio Payroll
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