Group Payroll Leader: Scale & Integrate Acquisitions

Ranger Services Holdings Limited; Motherwell; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Private health insurance

Life insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Annual leave 25 days

Career progression

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Ranger Fire & Security is seeking a Group Payroll Manager to own payroll operations across the expanding group, based in Scotland - Motherwell. You will drive consistency, compliance, and strategic leadership across multi-entity payroll landscapes, ensuring accurate and timely pay for a diverse workforce.

The role covers due diligence for acquisitions, harmonisation of processes, and developing a scalable payroll function with strong governance and stakeholder collaboration.

Qualifications

• Senior payroll leadership within a multi-entity or group environment.
• Experience managing payroll through acquisitions or rapid growth.
• Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation, HMRC rules and pensions.
• Experience with payroll systems transformation or consolidation.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Detail-oriented with analytical mindset and continuous improvement focus.
• Strategic yet hands-on when needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end payroll operations across all group entities with accuracy and compliance.
• Own payroll due diligence, onboarding and harmonisation for acquisitions.
• Standardise processes, introduce controls, automation and best practice.
• Manage and develop a payroll team as the business scales.
• Ensure compliance with HMRC, pensions, reporting and internal audits.
• Collaborate with Finance, HR and operations to support business needs.
• Oversee payroll systems, vendor relationships and roadmap.
• Deliver payroll reporting, cost analysis and insights to senior leaders.
• Be the key contact on payroll queries for audits.
• Provide ad hoc payroll reporting to group HR/Finance.

Skills

Senior payroll leadership

Multi-entity payroll

Acquisitions experience

UK payroll legislation

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Analytical thinking

Job description

Ranger Fire & Security is seeking a Group Payroll Manager to own payroll operations across the expanding group, based in Scotland - Motherwell. You will drive consistency, compliance, and strategic leadership across multi-entity payroll landscapes, ensuring accurate and timely pay for a diverse workforce.

The role covers due diligence for acquisitions, harmonisation of processes, and developing a scalable payroll function with strong governance and stakeholder collaboration.