For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

JOB SUMMARY

Our Payroll Team currently has a fantastic opportunity to join them as a Senior Payroll Specialist as part of the wider Finance Shared Service function based at Riccarton, Edinburgh. This is a Fixed Term Contract Opportunity with a current end date of 31st December 2025.
Although the team’s office base is Edinburgh, the Payroll Team predominately work from home.
Our Payroll Department is a managed processing service supporting various Charles River companies throughout Europe.

The principal duties of the Senior Payroll Specialist are:

• Preparation of payrolls for Charles River Laboratories in line with pre-determined reporting dates
• Maintenance of salary records in line with statutory and company specific requirements
• Ensure audit requirements are maintained
• Regular communication with employees and key stakeholders
• Support continuous improvement projects
• Maintain processing manuals and knowledge base documentation
• Complete adhoc payroll related requests and submissions
• General administration tasks

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

The following are minimum requirements related to the Senior Payroll Specialist position:

• Experience of working in a multi-national organisation with regional or global payroll departments
• IT proficient – particularly confident in excel and PowerBI
• Understanding of audit controls
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to work within a fast paced, deadline driven and evolving environment
• Good stakeholder management

The following would be beneficial but not essential:

• Experience operating ADP Global View and ADP Celergo
• Proven track record operating within an outsourced payroll model
• Experience of operating within a centralised payroll function supporting EMEA
• Language skills, in particular Dutch or French

Compeitive Salary and Benefits package including:

• Preparation of payrolls for Charles River Laboratories in line with pre-determined reporting dates
• Maintenance of salary records in line with statutory and company specific requirements
• Ensure audit requirements are maintained
• Regular communication with employees and key stakeholders
• Support continuous improvement projects
• Maintain processing manuals and knowledge base documentation
• Complete adhoc payroll related requests and submissions
• General administration task