Reward & Payroll Specialist

Reward & Payroll Specialist | Cumbernauld 4
-Month FTC | Hybrid Are you a payroll expert with experience across reward and benefits? Or perhaps you're a Reward specialist with a strong hands-on payroll background?

We are delighted to be exclusively supporting our FMCG customer who has a leading reputation within the market. We're looking for a Reward & Payroll Specialist to provide cover during a period of absence within the team.

This is a hands-on role combining reward and flexible benefits activity with specialist payroll support. You'll need to be self-sufficient, comfortable working with data and ready to hit the ground running.

• Payroll:
  Act as the technical point of escalation for the People Coordinators, working with the outsourced payroll provider to resolve complex queries, validate outputs and strengthen reconciliations.
• Reward and Benefits:
  Support the flexible benefits programme, reward reporting, benefits enrolment and wider reward projects.
• Compliance:
  Support P11
  
  Ds, National Minimum Wage checks, company car submissions and preparations for PBIK changes.
• Projects:
  Contribute to employee share plan activity, the digitisation of Long-Term Incentive Plans and ongoing process improvements.

• Strong practical experience across UK payroll, reconciliations and complex payroll queries.
• Experience working with an outsourced payroll provider or within a managed payroll service.
• Previous reward or flexible benefits experience, or a genuine interest in developing further within this area.
• Confidence working with data using Excel or Google Sheets, including VLOOKUPs and pivot tables.
• A positive, self-sufficient approach and the confidence to question or challenge when something doesn't look right.

• You'll join an ambitious, friendly and collaborative People team where you'll be trusted to get stuck in, share your knowledge and make an impact quickly.
• The role offers hybrid working, with three days per week in Cumbernauld and two from home, alongside flexibility around start and finish times.
• This is an immediate requirement, so we're particularly keen to hear from applicants who are available now or at short notice.