Workday Payroll Specialist

Join GSK’s UK Payroll team as a Workday Payroll Specialist and play a key role in delivering timely, accurate and compliant payroll services for our UK employees. You will own end-to-end monthly payroll processing using Workday, support payroll reconciliations and statutory reporting, and work closely with internal teams and our third‑party payroll provider to maintain excellent payroll service and strong controls.

Key responsibilities

• Process end‑to‑end monthly payrolls for UK employees in Workday, ensuring pay accuracy and on‑time payments.
• Follow the payroll run plan and coordinate day‑to‑day activities with the UK payroll team.
• Execute third‑party payroll payments and manage relationships with payroll service providers (e.g., ADP, Ceridian, Paychex).
• Ensure compliance with UK tax and social security regulations, statutory filings and year‑end reporting.
• Perform payroll reconciliations, validations and SOX control activities in line with our governance framework.
• Respond to and resolve payroll queries from employees and stakeholders with a customer‑service mindset.
• Support payroll projects, system enhancements, process improvements and audits.
• Maintain and update payroll SOPs, calendars and documentation to ensure deadlines are met and knowledge is shared.
• Identify and implement opportunities to streamline payroll operations and improve ways of working.

Basic Qualifications
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

• UK payroll processing experience, ideally within a multinational environment.
• Proven experience using Workday and Workday Payroll.
• Experience working with third‑party payroll providers (ADP, Ceridian, Paycheck or similar).
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy and ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
• Customer‑focused approach with a high sense of urgency.
• Strong command of English.

Closing date for applications: 5th January 2026

Please note: As we approach the holiday season, our recruitment team and hiring managers will have limited availability between now and early January. We encourage you to apply and will review all applications, however response times will be longer than usual, and interviews will be scheduled after the New Year. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to connecting soon!

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

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