At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families.
Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career.
As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.

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 30 June 2026.
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 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

• 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