Payroll Finance Analyst
The Payroll Finance Analyst supports the financial governance, integrity, and reporting of UK and global payroll operations. The role involves ensuring accurate payroll-related accounting, supporting audit and compliance activities, and driving process improvements across payroll finance functions.
This position requires a blend of payroll expertise and financial analysis skills. The analyst works closely with the Global Payroll Compliance Manager and partners with various teams to maintain financial control frameworks and enhance operational efficiency.
- Review balance sheet reconciliations prepared by Finance Services for payroll-related accounts, ensuring accuracy and resolution of discrepancies.
- Create and post payroll journals following financial control frameworks and deadlines.
- Investigate and resolve variances between payroll outputs and financial records.
- Manage employee debt recovery balances, ensuring appropriate accounting treatment.
- Process and monitor necessary balance sheet adjustments related to payroll corrections, overpayments, and recoveries.
- Process and manage departmental payroll-related invoices, ensuring approval and accurate coding.
- Communicate with Finance and Accounts Payable teams and external payroll providers to resolve invoice queries.
- Produce regular and ad hoc payroll financial reports, including cost analysis, variance reporting, and statutory reporting insights.
- Support partners with payroll cost data and analysis to inform decision-making.
- Provide administrative support for payroll audits (internal and external).
- Maintain documentation and audit trails following compliance requirements.
- Support adherence to UK payroll legislation and internal financial controls.
- Implement process improvement and AI opportunities across payroll finance activities.
- Support automation, standardisation, and efficiency plans to enhance control and reduce manual effort.
- Collaborate with wider payroll, finance, and HR teams on continuous improvement projects.
- Bachelor's degree or M.Com or MBA (Finance) in Commerce, Finance, Accounting, or a related field (required).
- 3+ years of experience in Finance, Accounting, Payroll Finance, R2R, General Ledger, or Shared Services responsibilities (required).
- Experience in balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, month-end close activities, and financial reporting (required).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial data analysis (required).
- Part-qualified or pursuing a professional finance qualification such as CA, CMA, ACCA, or CIMA (required).
- Experience in payroll accounting or payroll operations (required).
- Exposure to ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Workday, or similar finance platforms (required).
- Experience supporting audits, compliance activities, and process improvement projects (required).
- Safe home pickup and home drop.
- A regular bonus and great pension.
- 24 days annual leave.
- Extra paid leave, including wellbeing and development days.
- Life assurance and Income Protection.
- Private healthcare and wellbeing support.
- INR 3,000 per month Communication allowance.
- Up to INR 16,000 per year in Crèche expenses (children under 3).
Entain is one of the world's largest sports betting and gaming entertainment groups and a FTSE 100 company. Formed when GVC Holdings rebranded as Entain in December 2020, its brands trace their history back to the 1880s and include bwin, Coral, Foxy, Gala, Ladbrokes and partypoker. Through its joint venture with MGM Resorts International, it powers BetMGM in the United States with its proprietary technology. Headquartered in London, Entain employs over 30,000 people with offices across 19 countries.
