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About the Role

The Payroll Analyst is a key subject matter expert for APAC and EMEA payroll operations, supporting delivery, oversight, and continuous improvement of complex multi-jurisdictional payroll processes. This role collaborates with the Global Payroll team and stakeholders across Finance, Administration, Human Resources, and other global business functions.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end delivery and oversight of payroll operations across APAC and EMEA (Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Germany), ensuring accurate, timely, and controlled execution.
• Provide review and quality oversight of payroll inputs and outputs, including salary changes, bonuses, statutory deductions, benefits, pensions, salary sacrifice arrangements, leave-related payments, and off-cycle transactions, to maintain high accuracy and integrity.
• Own and coordinate daily, monthly, quarterly, and year-end payroll activities, ensuring deadlines, reporting, reconciliations, and control procedures meet internal governance and local statutory obligations.
• Serve as a trusted partner to Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Global Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Global Mobility, and other internal stakeholders, ensuring timely employee data changes, effective payroll funding, and informed resolution of payroll matters.
• Maintain strong governance over payroll compliance across APAC and EMEA, monitoring legislative developments, interpreting regulatory requirements, and applying controls for adherence to local tax, labor, and statutory reporting obligations.
• Oversee relationships with external payroll service providers and third parties, driving service quality, accountability, and compliance, while coordinating support for audits, regulatory reviews, and tax authority inquiries.
• Maintain payroll systems, records, and key Workday configurations, including taxes, earnings, deductions, and general ledger mapping, to support operational accuracy, strong controls, and appropriate financial reporting.
• Partner with Accounting and Treasury to support payroll journals, account reconciliations, and cash forecasting, ensuring payroll funding is executed accurately, efficiently, and within required timeframes.
• Contribute to global payroll continuity and resilience by providing cross-regional support, acting as back-up for EMEA payroll activities, and partnering with global colleagues for expatriate payroll transitions.
• Proactively identify process risks, control gaps, and improvement opportunities, escalating issues and contributing to solutions, automation, and enhancements that strengthen payroll accuracy, efficiency, compliance, and employee experience.

Requirements

• Five to seven years of payroll experience.
• Hands-on payroll processing experience, preferably across multiple countries.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with payroll systems and related tools, Workday, is preferable.
• Comfort working in an environment with seasonal peaks and year-end deliverables.

Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• High standard of accuracy and professionalism
• Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
• Comfort working independently
• Professional stakeholder partnership
• Strong service orientation
• Excellent problem-solving and judgment skills
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy

Location

• London

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Five to seven years of payroll experience

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree preferred

About the Company

• Wellington Management is one of the world’s largest independent investment management firms, tracing its history to 1928.
• The firm offers comprehensive investment management capabilities across nearly all segments of global capital markets.
• Investment solutions are tailored for institutional clients in over 60 countries, supported by proprietary research and a collaborative culture.
• As a private partnership, the firm's ownership structure fosters a long-term view aligned with client interests.
• Committed to attracting a talented and diverse workforce, fostering an open, collaborative culture of inclusivity for informed investment and business decisions.

Equal Opportunity

• Wellington Management ensures all qualified applicants receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
• Candidates with a disability requiring accommodation to apply for a job should email GMWTalentOperations@wellington.com.
• As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome people with diverse life experiences, fresh ideas, and specialized subject-matter expertise.