About the Role
The Payroll Analyst is a key member of the global payroll team, providing support in the end-to-end running of payrolls and taking ownership of key foundational tasks.
Responsibilities
- Work with payroll vendors to deliver accurate, end-to-end payroll processing across designated UK, EMEA, and APAC payrolls.
- Take ownership of specific payroll tasks and processes.
- Produce routine payroll updates for managers.
- Manage relationships with payroll vendors, acting as the key point of contact for issue resolution and process alignment.
- Manage/clear general queries in the payroll inbox.
- Support quarterly and annual payroll audits globally.
- Assist with global year-end activities.
- Administer benefits and deductions processes.
- Work with the team to identify, recommend, and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
- Work closely with the HR team to manage employee lifecycle changes, ensuring payroll inputs are accurate and compliant with company policy and local legislation.
- Act as a key link between HR, Finance, and external payroll providers to ensure smooth and compliant payroll operations.
- Provide support on ad hoc payroll initiatives to improve payroll processes, efficiency, and accuracy.
Requirements
- Graduate or equivalent educational qualifications to support this ‘early-career’ role.
- Professional approach, self-motivated & good communication skills.
- Effective analytical skills & confident with MS Excel.
- Ability to work collegiately with payroll/HR/finance colleagues & business customers.
Skills
- MS Excel
- Payroll systems (e.g. ADP, G&A, Workday, OysterHR)
- Payroll and tax processes
Experience Level
- Early-career
Education Level
- Graduate or equivalent educational qualifications
Benefits
- Renowned Team Days often throughout the year
- Summer Away Days
- 23 standard days of holiday (+ 1 Birthday, +2 for a ‘Big Life Event’ and +1 Admin Day)
- Closure of office over Christmas (plus Bank Holidays)
- Discretionary Bonus based on company performance
- Performance Reviews every 6 months with discretionary salary increases
- Private healthcare (Vitality) and/or Health Cash Plan (Medicash)
- Mobile phone contribution
- Sport Challenge contribution
- Gym membership contribution
- 2x annual kit drops
About the Company
- We are Two Circles. We grow audiences and revenues. We do that by knowing fans best.
- We work with clients to help them understand & influence what their fans are doing – the way fans spend their money, the events that fans attend, the channels fans respond to, the content fans watch and more.
- And we use the understanding this gives us to help our clients grow. Grow their audiences and grow their revenues - both direct to consumer and business to business revenues.
- Our platforms and services are trusted by over 900 clients globally, including the English Premier League, Red Bull, UEFA, VISA, the NFL, Nike and Amazon.
- We are almost 1000 people, based out of 14 offices, and we deliver work for sports and entertainment businesses of all shapes and sizes all over the world.
