Payroll Assistant
| Posting date: | 08 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 January 2026 |
| Location: | G1 2AF |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Staffline |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 107553-36959 |
Summary
Payroll Assistant
Salary: £32,000 – £38,000
Location: Glasgow City Centre Hybrid (50:50 split)
Benefits: Exceptional holiday allowance, market-leading pension, private medical, product allowance, volunteer days & more
Brightwork are delighted to be supporting our key client as they recruit for a Payroll Assistant to join a dynamic and collaborative HR team. This role supports both Payroll and Reward activity and plays a key part in delivering accurate payroll, benefits administration, HR data governance, and reporting across the UK and several international entities.
You’ll work closely with HR Generalists, external payroll providers and centres of excellence to ensure smooth, timely, and compliant people operations. If you’re detail-driven, proactive and eager to progress your career, this is an excellent opportunity.
What You’ll Be Doing
• Ensure all payroll data is processed accurately and on time
• Work closely with HR, Resourcing and line managers to gather required information
• Process payroll for UK and non-UK entities
• Liaise with external payroll providers and third parties
• Administer UK benefits including private medical, cycle to work and other schemes
• Support share plan administration and queries
• Assist with UK pension administration
• Handle queries from HR, managers and employees on reward, benefits and payroll
What We’re Looking For
• Strong UK payroll experience
• Good understanding of employment taxes
• Experience gained within a busy HR environment
• CIPP qualified, or willing to obtain (full support provided)
• Excellent IT and HR systems skills
• Experience with SAP SuccessFactors or ADP Celergo is an advantage
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to handle a high-volume workload
• Confident communicator with strong attention to detail
• Comfortable working with large datasets and numerical analysis
• Approachable, proactive, resilient and discreet
If this sounds like the right opportunity for you and you’re excited to be part of a growing business, we’d love to hear from you.
Brightwork Ltd offers the services of an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles.