Timesheet & Pay Analyst (12 Month FTC)

Location: Remote working possible whilst assigned to one of our UK Office locations.

If you have experience in workforce time coordination, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to learn and adapt to new labour regulations across different jurisdictions, this opportunity is for you!

The Role: We are seeking a Timesheet & Pay Analyst for a 12-month maternity cover to support our Time & Attendance compliance processes across the UK. This role is critical in ensuring accurate time tracking, project code allocations, and compliance with UK and global employment regulations regarding working time, leave entitlements, and legal best practices. We are looking for someone who is “solution-focused” and experienced in working under pressure to meet strict deadlines and business requirements. The successful candidate must be a quick learner, flexible, and be able to adapt quickly to the Company culture and environment.

What will I be doing?

• Majority of this role will be responsible for Time & Attendance Management:

• Monitor and maintain time-tracking systems (Deltek, Costpoint, T-Time) to ensure accurate employee time entry and approval across UK and other global entities.
• Verify project code allocations, ensuring time is recorded against the correct cost centres and financial reporting requirements.
• Ensure compliance with UK Working Time Regulations and internal policies by auditing employee timecards and leave records.
• Process timesheet corrections and amendments as required to maintain data integrity.
• Manage the calculation and tracking of annual leave balances, Dynamic Working and statutory leave entitlements (maternity, paternity, unpaid leave, etc.).
• Liaise with HR and employees to resolve queries related to time tracking, absences, and leave management.
• Generate and analyse weekly and monthly reports on timesheet compliance and attendance trends for internal stakeholders.

• International Mobility Administration - Maintaining expatriate, business visitor, and international assignee records in Workday. Data cleanups, ensuring compliance for business travellers and provide administrative support to the International Mobility team, including documentation management and reporting.
• Regulatory Compliance & Best Practices - Monitor & maintain changes in local labour laws and working hour regulations, collaborate with HR, legal, and compliance teams to update internal policies and ensure payroll and timekeeping practices align with regulatory requirements. Support internal audits & compliance reviews and always seek to improve efficiency and compliance.

What does Leidos need from me?

To be successful in this role we are looking for someone with experience in time & attendance management, workforce compliance, or payroll-related functions. You will have knowledge and understanding of UK and International employment regulation, particularly:

• Working Time Regulations: Leave entitlements (statutory, TOIL, flexible working, maternity/paternity, unpaid leave, etc.)
• Recent labour law updates impacting holiday accrual and neonatal leave
• Ability to learn and apply labour regulations in other jurisdictions, particularly India and Mexico.

Skills required:

• Experience with Deltek T&E, Costpoint, or similar time-tracking systems.
• Proficiency in Excel, including data analysis, Macros, and reconciliation tasks.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and meet strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills—you will collaborate with HR, finance, and compliance teams.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, working with HR, payroll, finance, and mobility teams across EMEA.

What we do for you:

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance. We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Dynamic Working

Commitment to Diversity: We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are: Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science. Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different: Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change. Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours. People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.