Global Payroll & Benefits Leader — Compliance & Migration

UForce; Greater London; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

UFORCE, a defence-technology company headquartered in London, is hiring a Senior Payroll and Benefits Specialist to own payroll processing and compliance across the US and Europe. You will coordinate with an external US EOR and international payroll advisors, consolidate group payroll reporting, and manage benefits and pension schemes in every country we operate.

You will drive live payroll cycles, write SOPs, tighten controls, and move payroll onto our in-house platform country by country.

Qualifications

• Must have coordinated EOR/payroll across multiple countries.
• Experience owning UK payroll cycles from start to finish.
• Experience consolidating payroll data for group reporting.
• Strong benefits and pensions administration experience.
• Experience migrating payroll to in-house platforms.

Responsibilities

• Run UK and US payroll cycles end-to-end with data validation and coordination with EOR providers.
• Receive and reconcile monthly payroll data for European entities and maintain a single entity books record.
• Own statutory filings and create consolidated group payroll reporting for month-end close and audits.
• Administer benefits and pension schemes across countries, including renewals with brokers and providers.
• Move payroll to in-house platforms in each country and set up new entity payroll where needed.
• Develop payroll operating rhythms, SOPs, calendars, controls and knowledge-base materials.

Skills

UK payroll processing

US payroll exposure

Vendor coordination

Benefits & pensions administration

Payroll migration / in-house setup

Payroll reporting & analytics

Excel/Google Sheets proficiency

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/HR

Tools

HRIS systems

Payroll platforms

Job description

UFORCE, a defence-technology company headquartered in London, is hiring a Senior Payroll and Benefits Specialist to own payroll processing and compliance across the US and Europe. You will coordinate with an external US EOR and international payroll advisors, consolidate group payroll reporting, and manage benefits and pension schemes in every country we operate.

You will drive live payroll cycles, write SOPs, tighten controls, and move payroll onto our in-house platform country by country.