End-to-End Payroll Specialist — High-Volume Manufacturing

Portfolio Payroll Limited; Telford; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Free on-site parking

CIPP study support

Strong development opportunities

Supportive payroll team

Stable, well-established manufacturing

Job summary

Portfolio Payroll Limited is supporting a leading manufacturing business by appointing an experienced Payroll Specialist to own weekly and monthly payrolls for circa 3,000 employees in a fast-paced, complex environment.

Reporting to the Payroll Manager, you will manage end-to-end payroll, input starters/leavers/changes, handle RTI submissions and year-end tasks while ensuring accuracy, compliance and exceptional service delivery to employees and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in high-volume payroll environments.
• Excellent attention to detail and numerical accuracy.
• Confident communicator across all levels of the business.
• Able to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Knowledge of weekly payroll cycles is desirable.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end payroll for weekly and monthly cycles.
• Accurate input and validation of starters, leavers, contractual changes, absences and statutory payments.
• Managing high-volume data uploads and reconciliations.
• Processing statutory deductions, RTI submissions and year-end tasks.
• Responding to employee payroll queries with professionalism and clarity.
• Supporting audits, reporting and compliance checks.
• Contributing to process improvements and system optimisation.
• Working collaboratively with HR, Finance and operational teams across the manufacturing sites.

Skills

High-volume payroll

Payroll processing

RTI submissions

Year-end tasks

Audits & compliance

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Portfolio Payroll Limited is supporting a leading manufacturing business by appointing an experienced Payroll Specialist to own weekly and monthly payrolls for circa 3,000 employees in a fast-paced, complex environment.

Reporting to the Payroll Manager, you will manage end-to-end payroll, input starters/leavers/changes, handle RTI submissions and year-end tasks while ensuring accuracy, compliance and exceptional service delivery to employees and stakeholders.