Overview
In this role you will coordinate and deliver payroll and benefits across nine countries for a ~250-strong global workforce. You’ll partner with outsourced providers to ensure timely, compliant processes and market-competitive benefits. You’ll work hands-on in a fast-paced environment, balancing manual and electronic workflows with complex data. The role sits within Operations and People & Transformation, offering scope to shape benefits and payroll delivery in a high-performance, innovative company.
Pay / Benefits
- Structured career development framework
- 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
- Enhanced company pension scheme
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Private medical insurance and health cash plan
- Life assurance benefit
Responsibilities
- Lead global payroll coordination across 9 countries with outsourced provider
- Manage end-to-end payroll cycle, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
- Oversee global employee benefits programmes, including enrolments, changes and leavers
- Liaison with external providers and internal stakeholders (Procurement, Legal, Finance)
- Lead annual benefits processes (renewals, reviews, communications)
- Prepare payroll and benefits reports and support audits
- Provide payroll inputs guidance to People Assistants and resolve complex queries
- Support transition activities towards SuccessFactors and data reporting
Key requirements
- Previous international benefits and payroll experience
- Experience working with outsourced providers
- Ability to propose new benefits to stakeholders with supporting data
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Experience onboarding suppliers with legal and procurement support
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines across countries
- Strong stakeholder communication and problem-solving skills
- SAP experience and Exposure to HR systems like SuccessFactors (desirable)
- Strong communication and stakeholder management
- Detail-oriented and organized
- Resilient and adaptable in change
- Experience with SAP
- Exposure to SuccessFactors or similar HR systems
- Global payroll processes across multiple countries
Payroll and Benefits Specialist in Woking employer: McLaren Group
McLaren Automotive is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic and fast-paced work environment in Woking, where innovation meets collaboration. With a strong focus on employee growth, we provide structured career development, generous benefits including enhanced pension schemes and flexible lifestyle options, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion that fosters a supportive culture. Join our high-performing team and be part of a community dedicated to pushing the boundaries of automotive excellence.
