Advanced Payroll Operations Specialist (12 month FTC)

Location: UK/ Poland (Remote) Competitive Salary + Benefits

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

The Role

As part of Global Business Services, reporting to the Payroll Operations Team leader, Western Europe; this role is responsible for delivering payroll and employer compliance services. You will be responsible for co-ordination of the outsourced payroll, and execution of any monthly input, checking or output activities for the full payroll cycle, plus all local employer compliance activities including annual returns and reporting requirements. The role will be responsible for full employer compliance and will therefore be required to keep up to date with changing legislation and implement as necessary.

You will also be responsible for but not limited to:

• Manage the monthly payroll cycle, including any non-system driven input processing and checking, via the outsourced provider to ensure timely and accurate payment to employees.
• Escalate issues on local service providers taking any corrective action where necessary and proactively recommending improvements or efficiencies.
• Provide technical payroll input on any payroll process or system changes as required.
• Develop and communicate payroll policy and procedures to ensure roles and responsibilities are clear for all roles involved in the process, including employees, line managers, HR, Finance and the outsourced provider.
• Monitor changes in payroll legislation and regulations, adapting and communicating internal policy and procedure changes as required.
• Manage contact and communication with external regulatory bodies as required.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of regulatory requirements and ensure compliance with all relevant regulations.
• Ensure accurate payroll accounts and assist the finance departments with account reconciliations and clearing.
• Process regular and ad‑hoc payroll reporting and payments, Payroll processing of pension auto‑enrolment data and flexible benefits from external providers and absence administration for payroll.
• Administer company Share and LTI plans, processing sales/exercises, vests and purchase.
• Provide payroll reporting and insights to the business as required.
• Manage payroll audits and internal control activities.

About You

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fuelled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly‑Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Strong payroll expertise, including managing complex employer compliance issues, processing annual payroll activities, and building and adapting effective payroll processes.
• Knowledge and experience working with HMRC.
• Knowledge of external payroll regulation and a track record of managing within regulations, particularly regulatory bodies for payroll and benefit taxes.
• Basic general ledger understanding and how payroll interacts with finance.
• Able to work accurately and calmly to tight deadlines.
• Able to work effectively within a dynamic and changing environment, adapting at short notice where needed.
• Ability to manage connections with HR, Finance and other internal and external stakeholders.
• Fluent English language – written and spoken.

Total Benefits

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly‑Clark:

• Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre‑existing condition restrictions.
• Access to an on‑site fitness centre, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high‑quality safety equipment.
• Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch pounds when caring for yourself or dependents.
• Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.
• Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.
• We offer competitive pay and benefits to employees and reward excellence and performance.
• Our belief in promoting a healthy work‑life balance drives us to support our employees’ total well‑being, offering comprehensive benefits not limited to gym memberships, private medical insurance, dental cover, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, critical illness cover, travel insurance and a market leading defined contribution pension scheme.

To Be Considered

Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role. In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

For Kimberly‑Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly‑Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.