Payroll Analyst

Ready to make your mark at an iconic global powerhouse? Join Yum! Brands — the parent company behind Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, KFC, and Habit Burger & Grill — and be a part of our reinvention for Greater Growth.

We are a culture-driven company where innovation, collaboration, and passion fuel everything we do. We’re embarking on a journey and seeking talented individuals to make an impact across a global company. Whether you’re just starting out or stepping into leadership, you’ll help shape our future by driving impact across the business and showcasing your smart, heart, and courage.

If you’re ready to grow with a company that values curiosity, high-performance, and making a difference, join us. Let’s build the future of Yum! together.

Bringing it to the role.

The Payroll Analyst works in a fast-paced, customer support focused environment. We work together to provide a Shared Service Centre that is efficient, effective, professional and value adding. 

What you’ll do 

• Various payroll input including starters, leavers, promotions, tax code changes, hour changes, court orders and statutory leave.
• Assisting with processing payrolls for salaried and hourly paid employees.
• Production of validation and exception reporting
• Checking new employees right to work documents and supporting the Stores Payroll Manager to ensure we are compliant with Home Office regulations.
• Issuing online employee offer packs and contracts via DocuSign and uniform ordering for store management.
• Supporting the Occupational Health process
• First point of contact for employee relation support, issuing letters, references and responsible for the update of the company Ethics Point database
• First point of contact for the Field assisting with queries and reporting
• Maintaining employee personal files on eDocs
• Provide an exceptional support service to all employees across the business.

What we’d love from you

About You

• You have a positive mindset.
• A can-do attitude
• Competent at prioritizing a diverse workload to meet deadlines.
• Ability to build strong working relationships.
• Ability to communicate with personnel at all levels of the business.
• You should be able to use your initiative for problem solving.
• IPPM or CIPP Level 1 qualification is preferable but not essential.
• Great team player
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• High attention to detail
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Time management skills

Experience

• Minimum 1-year payroll experience gained within an inhouse Payroll/HR
• Proven experience in successfully executing an Administrator role in a fast-paced environment.
• Have provided outstanding customer support.
• Excellent range of IT skills
• Proactive in introducing efficiencies.

Work Environment

This role is based out of our Restaurant Support Centre (RSC) in Woking (around 25 minutes be train from London Waterloo) and a minimum of 1 day per week in the RSC is required, plus occasional other days for team or market meetings.

Why Yum! Brands? (Work Hard, Play-Hard)

We truly believe that where you work matters, and we know a thing or two about what makes employees happy. 

• Half-day Fridays
• Hybrid work arrangement
• A world-famous recognition culture
• Attractive and flexible employee benefits
• Company and performance-related bonus
• Competitive parental leave and flexible return to work options
• Quarterly Recharge/Live Well Days across the organization to promote mental health and well-being

Beware of fake job postings using Yum! and/or our brand logos -- KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Habit Burger & Grill -- on fraudulent sites. Yum! Brands only posts jobs on official career pages and never asks for money during onboarding. Avoid unsolicited contacts via Telegram, WhatsApp or similar social apps.

Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, and its subsidiaries franchise or operate a system of over 59,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries and territories under the company’s concepts – KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger & Grill. The Company's KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands are global leaders of the chicken, Mexican-style food, and pizza categories, respectively. Habit Burger & Grill is a fast casual restaurant concept specializing in made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches and more. In 2024, Yum! was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America, and the company was recognized among TIME Magazine’s list of Best Companies for Future Leaders, Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies and USA Today’s America’s Climate Leaders. Yum! also received widespread recognition in 2023, including being listed on the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index; and Forbes’ list of America’s Best Employers for Diversity. In addition, KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands were ranked in the top five of Entrepreneur’s Top Global Franchises Ranking for 2023.