Payroll Analyst

Salary: £42,221
Grade: Level 3, Zone 2
Location: 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 36, Full time
Closing date: Friday 28th November 2025; 23:55

About Camden
Camden is building somewhere everyone can thrive, by making our borough the best place to live, work, study and visit. Because we’re not just home to the UK’s fast-growing economy. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today. And we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind.

What You’ll Be Doing
The People and Operations Team is the first point of contact for Camden employees, and we’re looking for a detail-oriented Payroll Officer to join our team.

In this role, you’ll deliver a high-quality payroll service to current and former staff, as well as line managers, ensuring compliance with Camden’s policies and statutory requirements. You’ll be responsible for a range of payroll activities, including the manual calculation of Income Tax, National Insurance contributions, and statutory payments and deductions such as SSP, SMP, and student loans. Accuracy and a strong grasp of payroll legislation are essential.

You’ll also provide guidance on Camden’s HR policies, sickness procedures, employee benefits, and performance schemes. Working closely with other payroll Analyst and key stakeholders, you’ll help ensure timely and accurate payroll processing and resolve payroll-related queries with professionalism and care.

To view the Job Profile and a list of the job requirements in more detail please click on the below link:
http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/HPRMWebDrawer/Record/11490556/file/documen…

All About you
To be successful in this role, you must have working knowledge of payroll and an understanding of Statutory and legislative payroll guidelines.

We’re looking for someone with a proactive ‘can do’ attitude who takes ownership of their work and contributes positively to the team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with Payroll experience looking to deepen their expertise in payroll and grow within a dynamic HR environment.

You will have excellent communication skills and be able to build and maintain rapport with internal and external specialists to keep ahead of emerging HR specialist trends, changes, ideas and innovations.

Please refer to the job profile for a full list of the requirements.

Interview Process
Two stage interview process.

If you are shortlisted, you will be invited to an initial interview that will last approx. 1-hour and 45-minutes and will consist of an assessment that will include 3 questions - Sickness, Gross to Net Calculations and Annual leave.

What We Offer
At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme.

Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.

Inclusion and Diversity
We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.

Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.

Asking for Adjustments
Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.