Payroll Associate

Req ID #: 222578

Location:

Edinburgh, GB, EH14 4AP

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

We are seeking a Payroll Associate (Fixed Term Contract of 12 Months) for our Finance Shared Service group located in Riccarton, Edinburgh.

Our payroll department is a managed service payroll processing service supporting various Charles River Companies throughout continental Europe. The principal duties of the Payroll Associate will be:

Preparation of monthly payroll for Charles River Laboratories and any subsidiaries or associated companies in line with pre-determined reporting dates.
Experience of working in multi-national organisation with regional or global payroll departments
Maintenance of salary records
Provide backup with all other payroll tasks
Support continuous improvement projects
Ad hoc payroll related requests and submissions
General administration tasks

The following are minimum requirements related to the Payroll Associate position:

Experience of working in multi-national organisation with regional or global payroll departments
IT proficient – particularly fluent in excel, word and PowerPoint; PowerBI (preferred)
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 Globalview and/or SAP Payroll Platforms
Experience with ADP Global view platform and 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/French/Italian/Hungarian
Understanding of SOX controls

Closing date 02 May 2024.
The salary for this role is £28,500, however exceptions can be made depending on experience.

Job Qualifications

About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.

About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.

At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and inclusion and work daily in this direction.