Senior Payroll Analyst in Nottingham

Xylem is a Fortune 500 water technology company with a mission: to help our customers solve water problems and challenges through innovative technological solutions and our expertise. We are the world's leading provider of efficient, innovative, and sustainable water technologies that ensure water is used sustainably, optimally managed, preserved, and reused.

At Xylem, we’re united by a shared purpose: solving water challenges worldwide. As a leading global water technology company, we’re committed to creating advanced technology and trusted solutions to help communities and industries move, treat, analyze, and protect water more effectively.

We are looking for a Senior Analyst, Payroll Services to join our team. This is a senior specialist role with responsibility for supporting complex payroll operations, benefits administration, time management, and leave of absence processes for the assigned country. You will act as a subject matter expert, helping to ensure compliance, improve processes, and deliver an excellent employee experience.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead and support end-to-end payroll activities for your assigned country, ensuring payroll is delivered accurately, on time, and in line with local legislation and internal controls.
• Manage complex payroll-related matters including tax treatment, benefit deductions, absence impacts, off-cycle payrolls, retroactive adjustments, year-end activity, and special payments.
• Act as a key point of expertise across benefits, time management, and leave of absence processes, helping to resolve escalated issues, support system improvements, and ensure that payroll-related impacts are accurately reflected across processes and systems.
• Support audits, maintain accurate records and documentation, validate payroll data and reporting, identify risks and discrepancies, and drive standardisation, automation, and service enhancements across the function.
• Work closely with Country HR, People Support, HRIS, vendors, Finance, and other stakeholders, providing insight, guidance, and trusted support on payroll matters.

What we’re looking for

• Proven payroll experience, with at least 5 years of progressive experience in payroll operations.
• Local qualifications in Payroll or Accounting.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or a related field is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, tax regulations, controls, and compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting payroll, time, and benefits processes, ideally in a complex or multinational environment.
• Strong systems capability, including payroll, time, and benefits platforms.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, conditional formulas, and data validation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate discrepancies and identify solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to work independently, manage sensitive information confidentially, and drive improvements proactively.

Experience with financial processes such as payroll journals, reconciliations, and cost allocations would be an advantage, as would country-specific tax expertise.

Why join Xylem?

At Xylem, you’ll be part of a global organisation with a meaningful purpose and a strong commitment to innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We offer the opportunity to work in a dynamic international environment where your expertise can make a real impact, both in how we support our people and in how we continue to evolve our services.