Consultant

MHR; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

60+ training courses

GP access 24/7

Holiday purchase/sell

Family leave

MHRewards discounts

Recognition program

Referral bonus up to £2000

Social events

On-site restaurants

Private medical insurance

Dental coverage

Job summary

MHR is seeking a Subject Matter Expert in People First with a strong payroll focus to deliver high-quality consultancy. You’ll apply your knowledge of payroll, HR systems, and change management to enable customers to achieve measurable improvements.

You’ll work with colleagues across MHR to promote best practices and ensure client success. With deep expertise in People First and a client-facing mindset, you’ll help organisations navigate legislative changes, optimise processes, and realise value

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering consultancy around HR/payroll systems.
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation and best practice.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality consultancy for the People First solution with payroll focus.
• Support business change initiatives and HR system optimisations.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, best practices, and MHR offerings.

Skills

Payroll expertise

HR systems

Consultancy

Analytical thinking

Communication

Tools

HRIS

Job description

At MHR, our employees are central to our success and play a key role in helping customers achieve sustainable high performance. With a team of over 900 professionals, we work to make things flow smoothly, whether it's for large organisations or individual employees. As businesses face rapid changes in the world of work, our team is here to help them adapt and thrive.

By focusing on the core needs of efficiency, productivity, growth, and impact, our employees use their expertise to deliver real solutions through our People and Finance platform. This system, which covers finance, HR, payroll, and learning, helps businesses run more smoothly and make better decisions in real time.

With over 40 years of experience behind us, MHR’s track record as a high-performance organisation is built on clear goals, a shared vision, and strong communication - all of which we pass on to our customers.

MHR is more than just a place to work; it’s a platform for empowerment. Joining us means bringing innovation, technology, and teamwork seamlessly removes obstacles, enhances your skills, and allow you to focus on what’s most important to you- work that matters.

With us, you’ll grow, find your flow, and make a lasting difference in your career, your team, and your impact.

You will develop deep expertise as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the People First solution, with a strong emphasis on payroll, enabling you to deliver high-quality, professional consultancy services. With proven experience in business change environments and HR systems and with or without prior implementation consultancy experience—you’ll apply strong commercial awareness, analytical thinking, and excellent communication skills to drive successful outcomes. Well-organised and detail-focused, you will maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, best practice, and MHR’s products, services, and methodologies to ensure continuous professional growth and relevance.

Your Team

As a key contributor within the consultancy division, you will work collaboratively with colleagues across MHR to support the development and enhancement of People First services. You will help deliver the business plan by performing chargeable implementation services, seeking efficiencies in delivery, and ensuring adherence to company policies, procedures, and standards. Through your professionalism and expertise, you will promote a positive image of MHR, maintain the highest standards of conduct and presentation, and support collective success by sharing insights, identifying opportunities, and contributing to service innovation.

Your Impact

Your work will directly influence customer satisfaction and long-term loyalty by delivering exceptional customer experiences and high-quality consultancy that supports both strategic and operational outcomes. You will enable business change through technology, ensuring customers are confident in endorsing MHR and acting as reference sites. By identifying additional commercial opportunities, consistently delivering value, and providing expert guidance across HCM and People First, you will have a measurable impact on customer success, organisational growth, and the continued evolution of MHR’s offering.

Benefits to support you personally and professionally

Alongside the opportunity to work with an incredible team and express your individuality, we offer a range of personalised benefits including:

• Access to over 60 internal training courses, professional qualifications, and cross-departmental mentoring and coaching programs
• 24/7 access to a GP through Help at Hand for you and your family, confidential mental health support, and paid sick leave
• Ability to purchase or sell additional holiday days beyond 25 days and bank holidays
• Enhanced Family leave
• My MHRewards offering discounts at over 900 retailers
• Monthly employee recognition program and departmental awards
• Referral bonus scheme of up to £2,000
• Employee-led social events such as running clubs, football teams, book clubs, and bake-offs
• On-site subsidised restaurants offering a variety of fresh meals daily
• Opt-in benefits schemes such as private medical insurance and dental coverage

We value the well-being, financial stability, and inclusivity of our employees, and strive to provide a supportive working environment.

At MHR, we’re completely committed to creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where all voices are heard, and everyone feels valued and supported.

Whatever your background, abilities and experiences, if you’re excited by this role we want to hear from you. If you require assistance for an interview, please let us know and we’ll make sure your needs are met when you arrive.

If we receive an exceptionally high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than originally advertised.