Senior Payroll Specialist

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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

Job Qualifications

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

The Following Would Be Beneficial But Not Essential

Career Progression Opportunities

Compeitive Salary and Benefits package including:

A well-structured, clear career progression – regardless of what role you have there is a portfolio of Learning and Development opportunities to enable independent development in addition to more formal programmes across a wide range of technical and soft skills.

Pension

A generous Pension Scheme which incorporates 8% employer contribution.

Creds

Charles River Employee Discount Scheme. Access to our employee discount and cashback schemes across hundreds of retailers, including dining, holiday and insurance etc.

Annual Leave

29 days annual leave (Pro Rata) in addition to 4 officially recognised Bank Holiday days at Christmas and New Year.

Eap

Employee Assistance Programme provided via Cigna, offering support to anyone with concerns or issues around Mental Health; General Wellbeing; Addictions; Finance; Elder Care and many others.

Cycle To Work Scheme

Cycling to work is a great way to improve your fitness, save money on your commute and it’s often a less stressful route into work.

Paid Volunteering

Opportunity to volunteer (paid) for one day each year.

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 80% of the drugs approved by the FDA in the last five years.

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.

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Location:
City Of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Salary:
£100,000 - £125,000
Category:
Human Resources

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