International Payroll Specialist, Aberdeen
6 Month FTC
Savings & investment company
Job no longer available
Savings & investment company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable its clients to be better investors.
Role
Who you are
- Experience working in a complex global organisation; financial services experience is desirable
- Experience of multi-country payroll, with the ability to adapt quickly to different regional and jurisdictional requirements
- Knowledge of Workday and experience of payroll systems, HR platforms and provider technologies
- Knowledge of complex payroll matters, which may include share plans, global mobility, taxation and statutory requirements
- Good understanding of end-to-end HR processes, payroll accounting, risk controls and compliance frameworks
- Collaborative and culturally aware, with the ability to build effective relationships across countries, time zones and functions
- Able to be flexible working across several time zones when required
What the job involves
- The Payroll Specialist is a key member of the Global Payroll team
- The role provides flexible payroll expertise and operational support across the global payroll function, helping to ensure continuity of service, effective workload management, and consistent delivery across all regions
- The role holder will work across multiple jurisdictions and payroll processes, providing additional capacity during peak periods, covering absences, supporting business change initiatives, and responding to evolving business needs
- Working closely with payroll providers, regional payroll teams and internal stakeholders, the role holder will deliver accurate, compliant and efficient end-to-end payroll services
- As a payroll subject matter expert, they will support payroll processing, controls, issue resolution, escalations and continuous improvement activity, adapting quickly to different country requirements and operational priorities
- The role holder will provide hands-on support for business-as-usual payroll delivery across multiple regions, partnering with colleagues across Payroll, People & Comms, Finance and Technology teams to ensure service continuity and maintain high standards of payroll accuracy and compliance
- They will also contribute to global projects, process standardisation initiatives and the sharing of best practice across the payroll function
- Success in this role requires strong analytical capability, sound judgement, attention to detail and the ability to operate effectively in a complex global environment
- The role holder must be comfortable working across different countries, systems and regulatory frameworks, balancing competing priorities while maintaining a strong focus on service delivery
- They will also contribute to payroll governance, controls, reporting and performance metrics to help ensure payroll is delivered accurately, compliantly and right first time
- Provide flexible payroll support across the Global Payroll team, ensuring continuity of service and high-quality payroll delivery during peak periods, absences, organisational change and fluctuations in workload
- Deliver accurate and timely payroll processing across multiple countries and regions, adapting quickly to different payroll cycles, processes, legislative requirements and operational priorities
- Partner with payroll providers, regional payroll teams and internal stakeholders to support payroll processing, service delivery, issue resolution and escalation management
- Own and resolve complex payroll, tax and employee pay queries, coordinating specialist support where required and sharing knowledge across the wider payroll team
- Maintain payroll data quality, controls, KPIs and service standards, ensuring payroll processes remain compliant, auditable and effective
- Support payroll accounting activities, including reconciliations, finance interfaces, payroll reporting and the provision of supporting documentation
- Collaborate with People Services, HR, Reward, Finance, Tax, Mobility and Technology teams to ensure a seamless end-to-end colleague experience and effective payroll delivery
- Maintain awareness of legislative, regulatory and market developments across relevant jurisdictions, ensuring payroll practices remain compliant and up to date
Application process
- End Date: September 7, 2026
Our take
Aberdeen, formerly known as Standard Life Aberdeen and Abrdn, is a global investment company helping its clients to save and invest for their futures. It operates three businesses - Investments, Adviser and Personal - and has been operating since way back in 1825.
Nowadays, on top of its investment and advice services, the company delivers two platforms for financial advisers. The first, Wrap, enables users to build and manage portfolios for each client. The second, Elevate, encompasses a suite of tools for advisers to save time and make sure their clients are informed.
Over the years, the company has continued to improve its offering, for example, by making it simpler, more data-led and requiring less admin. This suggests that Aberdeen is keen to keep pace with tech developments across the investment space and position itself as an innovator.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company benefits
- Salary sacrifice pension arrangement
- Private health insurance
- Life Assurance
- 40 days holiday if you work full time
- Dental insurance
- Health assessments
- Critical illness cover
- Will writing
- Power of attorney
- Financial Guidance and Advice
- Holiday buy
- Discounted gym memberships
- Cycle to work
- Interest free season ticket loan
- Electric car lease scheme
- Travel insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Share Plans
- Give As You Earn (GAYE)
- Volunteering
- Long service awards
- Subscription to Interactive Investor
- Subscription to Finimize
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Supportive parental leave policies , delivered regionally (e.g. 26 weeks paid leave in UK for primary and secondary caregivers)
- Employee discount site
- Discounted parking
Company HQ
Edinburgh New Town, Edinburgh, UK
Leadership
Jason Windsor
(CEO)Previously CFO at Persimmon Homes, Group CFO at Aviva and was the Managing Director of Morgan Stanley.
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