Payroll Assistant

Our Craft

Edrington’s vision is to give more by crafting exceptional ultra-premium spirit brands. The Macallan is our central focus, supported by Highland Park and The Glenrothes in the single malt category. Our portfolio is completed with Brugal rum from the Dominican Republic, Wyoming Whiskey in the American Whiskey category and Valdespino sherry from Jerez in Spain. Edrington also has a strategic partnership with No.3 London Dry Gin.

Our principal shareholder is a charitable trust, so we were built to make a world of difference. Discover a place where values define our culture. The home of exceptional brands, where people and teams thrive. 

Our Blend of Benefits

• Salary £32,000 - £39,000 per annum
• 37 days holiday, plus 4 Giving More volunteer days 
• Save for retirement and invest in your future - pension contributions (employee up to 8.75%, employer up to 14%) 
• Share in our success with up to 10% Share Reward scheme (subject to eligibility) 
• Private medical insurance that covers the cost of private healthcare and includes round the clock access to GP services and menopause health line 
• 24/7 support for you and your loved ones to counselling, life coaching and information on financial, mental, and physical wellbeing 
• Experience our exceptional brands with a generous annual product allowance, plus at least 20% discount in our staff shop   
• Embrace work-life harmony with 50:50 hybrid working, 26 weeks’ paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and up to five paid carers leave days a year 

Embrace Excellence

We are looking for a Reward Assistant to join our HR team! Supporting the Reward Advisor and Reward Manager at Queen Street, your will provide a comprehensive and professional service to the business.  The Payroll Assistant will work collaboratively with our HR generalist teams and other centres of excellence to support the delivery of payroll, benefits, and ad-hoc HR strategy and projects.

Make an Impact

Day to day, you will be responsible for the following: 

• Ensure all data required for payroll is processed accurately and on time, working closely with HR, Resourcing and line managers
• Processing of all payroll data for UK and non-UK local operating companies (LOCs), including liaison with payroll provider and other third parties as necessary for data input
• Support administration of UK benefits (private medical, cycle to work, etc.) for reporting of changes and payments to 3rd parties
• Run data governance and maintenance reports, such as organisation structure, new starts/leavers, salaries, working patterns, and take or prompt action as appropriate
• Manage annual and monthly process for electronic staff shop vouchers
• Monitor and analyse Recognition awards, providing insight on trends and on-going communications
• Support shares administration and queries, and support with UK pension administration and queries
• Assist with reporting for finance, internal and external audit

Your Talent and Skills

We’re looking for someone with solid UK payroll experience and a great understanding of employment taxes to join our HR team. You’ll bring experience that matches the level of this role and ideally be working towards your CIPP qualification—don’t worry, we’ll support you in achieving it, as it’s a requirement for the position. Excellent IT skills are essential, along with experience using computerised HR systems. If you’ve worked with SAP SuccessFactors and ADP Celergo, that’s a big plus!

We need someone approachable, enthusiastic, and proactive, with the resilience to handle a varied and sometimes high-volume workload. Strong organisational skills and the ability to plan and prioritise both short- and long-term tasks are key. You’ll be an excellent communicator—confident in adapting your style for different audiences—and comfortable working with large volumes of data and numerical analysis. Above all, you’ll act with discretion and absolute confidentiality, earning trust and respect in everything you do. 

We’ve put together some criteria that we think is important for this role, but don’t worry if your experience and expertise isn’t an exact match. If you feel that you can add value to our role and to Edrington more broadly, we would welcome your application and be eager to learn more about you.

A Place For Everyone

We’re proud of our inclusive culture – where unique experiences, ideas and perspectives are celebrated. We want everyone to feel respected and empowered to contribute to our success.

Get involved. From colleague networks like Balance, Pride and Kick-Start to inclusion allies and DE&I champions, we encourage our people to be curious, get involved and help us make change happen.

Application Closing Date: 10th December 2025