Senior Payroll Analyst

Salary: 31,338.30 GBP Annual (100% FTE: 44,769.00)

Closing date: Monday, 28 October 2025

Contract type: Permanent, Part-time: 3.5 days/week or 24.5 hours/week

The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships.

We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.

These challenges need the bold science we support, but they won't be solved by science alone.

We are looking for a Senior Payroll Analyst to join our team on a part time basis (3.5 days/week or 24.5 hours/week - working pattern would require you to work on Mondays.

Where in Wellcome will I be working?

You will be working in the Payroll team within the Financial Accounting department reporting to the Payroll Manager.

The Payroll Team at Wellcome are responsible for the timely, accurate and compliant payment of monthly salaries and fees to all Staff, Governors, Casuals and other ad-hoc payees (total headcount circa 1100), using the Workday People & Payroll platform. The team are also responsible for the accurate monthly processing, reporting and payments to HMRC, Pension providers (Legal & General, NEST) and other third-party benefit providers (e.g. Give as You Earn, Salary Finance).

What will I be doing?

You will be responsible for running the end-to-end monthly payroll process ensuring accurate processing, recording and control of payroll transactions, including performing key payroll analysis in addition to leading on specific payroll projects and when required to deputise for and support the Payroll Manager.

As a Senior Payroll Analyst you will:

• Be responsible for monthly Payroll processes including: Cross Wellcome working to ensure payroll data is accurate, timely and complete; Preparing reports and analysis to support the approval process;

• Review payroll data for errors in relation to current statutory legislation (PAYE, NIC, Student Loans, Court Orders, Parental Pay, auto-enrolment, salary sacrifice, taxable benefits etc.) and monthly payee changes (JML, role changes, leaves, Chair and Committee Fees, loans, cycle scheme, childcare vouchers and other contractual arrangements).

• Prepare payroll payments and supporting documentation (UK BACs, Overseas manual payments, Pensions, HMRC and CAF payments). As well as analyse and validate various cyclical and ad-hoc tasks including Salary review/bonus round, Flexi-Leave buy/sell, Season Ticket Reconciliation / PMI Renewal / Pension Annual Submission / Pension Allowances to senior staff / Childcare Vouchers - Basic Earnings Assessment.

• Lead on the Parental Leave (PL) process, acting as first point of contact for validations and managing system processes & outputs; assist the Payroll Manager with tasks and projects as necessary (e.g. tax year and financial year-end deliverables), cashbook and key account reconciliations, internal and external audit deliverables, ONS requests, and so on) and Resolve payroll queries from payees in a professional and timely manner, offering added-value where possible (e.g. tax codes / tax refunds etc.).

• Provide key reports and outputs to various stakeholders as required ; Co-ordinate the review and update of payroll process notes.

• Contribute to a diverse and inclusive culture across the organisation, collaborating across departments.

Is this job for me?

We are looking for someone with:

• Recognised Payroll qualification or certification

• Experience of end-to-end payroll processing (200+ staff) including control and review processes

• Experience managing an outsourced payroll/pension providers

• Up to date knowledge of statutory compliance (PAYE, NIC, Student Loans, Parental Pay, Auto-enrolment, Court orders, salary sacrifice and taxable benefits etc)

• An eye for detail, a methodical approach and an analytical approach to data checking and validation as well as a strong interpersonal skills and an aptitude for collaborative, cross-team working

To apply please upload your current CV and complete our short application

Interview dates: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 11, 12 and 13 of November

You can view the full job description on our website

You can read more about the benefits we offer our employees on our website

Our Hybrid Way of Working

We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best.

At Wellcome we have a hybrid way of working which is 3 days in our Euston Road offices (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.

Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do

Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome. We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. Please visit our website for more information on adjustments and accessibility, or contact us at .

Upon a conditional offer being made, the successful applicant for this position will be required to undertake a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (or equivalent) criminal record check to disclose any 'unspent' criminal convictions or conditional cautions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The criminal record check with not show anything that is 'spent'.

For further guidance on disclosure of criminal records please see this UK Government Guidance. You can view our Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders here. You can view our Privacy Statement here.