Payroll Analyst - International
London · London, United Kingdom - Deliveroo · 3+ years experience · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 3+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- London · London, United Kingdom - Deliveroo
About Deliveroo
- At Deliveroo, our mission is to build the definitive food company. To make that possible, we’re creating an environment where everyone can belong, grow, and do their best work.
About the role
- As an Italy Payroll Analyst, you will be responsible for administering and overseeing the end-to-end payroll process for our Italy population.
- You’ll partner closely with HR, Finance, Employment Tax, Legal and our external payroll providers to ensure accurate, compliant and timely payroll delivery.
- This is an individual contributor role requiring strong technical expertise in Italian payroll legislation, statutory compliance and employee taxation.
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end Italy payroll process — from data preparation, validation and payroll inputs through to review, reconciliation and final sign-off, ensuring accurate and timely payroll delivery.
- Act as the Italy Payroll SME, providing expert guidance on Italian payroll legislation, taxation, statutory requirements and payroll best practice.
- Support other payroll entities within the team where required, contributing to the successful delivery of the wider global payroll operation.
- Oversee outsourced payroll processing with our payroll provider, CloudPay, ensuring agreed SLAs, controls and quality standards are consistently met.
- Partner cross-functionally with HR, Finance, Employment Tax and Legal to resolve payroll issues, ensure accurate data flows and deliver a seamless employee payroll experience.
- Maintain strong knowledge of Italian payroll legislation and statutory requirements, ensuring payroll processes remain compliant with regulatory changes.
- Ensure the accurate and timely processing of Italian statutory payments, contributions and filings, including social security, income tax and other applicable statutory requirements.
- Review and reconcile payroll outputs, identifying discrepancies and ensuring issues are investigated and resolved before payroll sign-off.
- Prepare and reconcile payroll journals and Finance reporting, ensuring payroll costs are accurately reflected in financial records and supporting audit requirements.
- Manage payroll controls and governance, ensuring appropriate checks are completed throughout each payroll cycle and maintaining a strong audit trail.
Requirements
- 3+ years of progressive payroll experience, including significant experience managing Italian payroll and statutory compliance.
- Strong technical knowledge of Italian payroll legislation, employment taxation, social security and statutory requirements.
- Experience managing or overseeing outsourced payroll providers, ideally within a multinational or international organisation.
- Proven ability to manage the full payroll lifecycle, including payroll inputs, validation, reconciliation, sign-off and statutory reporting.
- Strong understanding of payroll controls, governance, audit requirements and data integrity.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a high level of attention to detail.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across HR, Finance, Tax, Legal and external vendors.
- Demonstrated ability to identify and deliver process improvements, automation and operational efficiencies.
- Advanced Excel skills, with the ability to perform detailed payroll reconciliations, analyse large datasets and identify discrepancies.
- Ability to work independently, take ownership of deliverables and confidently challenge processes or data where required.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with Workday and/or CloudPay is preferred but not essential.
- Experience supporting payroll system implementations, integrations, testing or transformation projects is desirable.
- Fluent Italian and strong English communication skills are highly desirable.
Skills
- Workday
- CloudPay
- Excel
