Are you passionate about governance, compliance, and making sure every detail counts?

We're looking for a Payroll Governance and Controls Analyst to play a pivotal role in safeguarding the integrity of our payroll operations. Acting as a trusted advisor and independent assurance partner, you'll help ensure our payroll processes are compliant, well-controlled, and consistently delivered to the highest standards.

Working across Payroll, Human Resources (HR), Finance, Technology, and external partners, you'll drive continuous improvement, strengthen governance frameworks, and help minimise operational risk in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

You will be based in our Central Offices in Northampton with the option of hybrid working of 3 days working in the office.

• Lead payroll governance and controls activities by auditing payroll runbooks, testing controls, monitoring compliance, and maintaining governance frameworks across all payroll operations
• Ensure audit and regulatory readiness by supporting SOX requirements, coordinating internal and external audits, managing evidence collection, and tracking remediation actions
• Maintain accurate payroll documentation and risk management processes, including runbooks, process documentation, risk registers, issue logs, and action trackers
• Identify and mitigate payroll risks through analysis of control failures, payroll errors, compliance issues, and audit findings, driving corrective actions and continuous improvement
• Partner with key stakeholders across Payroll, HR, Finance, Technology, Internal Audit, and third-party providers to strengthen governance, support transformation initiatives, and enhance operational effectiveness
  

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GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

• Demonstrable payroll experience within a large, complex organisation, with a strong understanding of end-to-end payroll processes, controls, governance, and UK payroll legislation
• Experience in governance, compliance, risk, audit, or controls, including SOX environments, process reviews, control testing, documentation management, and compliance assessments
• Strong analytical and Excel skills, with the ability to interpret large data sets, identify trends and risks, perform root cause analysis, and produce meaningful management reporting
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively, influence change, and build effective relationships across multiple functions
• A proactive, detail-oriented mindset, demonstrating integrity, accountability, sound judgement, and a passion for continuous improvement, governance excellence, and operational compliance

Disclaimer: We will be interviewing for this role as suitable applications are received and may close this role before the closing date upon a successful candidate being appointed.