Group Payroll Manager

Carrington Wood; St. Austell; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist recruitment consultancy is seeking a Group Payroll Manager near St Austell. This permanent role involves managing payroll across multiple business units, ensuring compliance with legislation, and supporting HR operations. The ideal candidate will have strong payroll experience, an understanding of pensions, and excellent organizational skills. You'll enjoy a supportive work environment and a competitive salary between £35,000 and £40,000, with opportunities to own processes and oversee varied responsibilities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Supportive working environment

Varied and interesting workload

Qualifications

• Experience in a multi-site payroll environment.
• Solid understanding of pensions and statutory compliance.
• Capability in financial controls and reconciliations.

Responsibilities

• Run payrolls across multiple business units.
• Ensure accurate employee data management.
• Oversee pension administration and submissions.
• Manage holiday calendars and entitlements.
• Provide payroll-related balance sheet reconciliations.

Skills

Strong payroll experience

Understanding of payroll legislation

Strong communication skills

Attention to detail

Ability to work cross-functionally

Proactive and adaptable

Job description

Group Payroll Manager - St Austell - Permanent

💰 Salary: £35,000 - £40,000
📍 Location: Near St Austell
🕒 Hours: 40 hours, Onsite
📅 Start: ASAP

Are you an experienced payroll professional who thrives in a fast-paced, multi-entity environment? Do you enjoy taking ownership of payroll processes, ensuring compliance, and supporting a smooth HR operation? If so, this could be an excellent next step.

Carrington Wood is delighted to be working with our client to recruit a Group Payroll Manager. This is a hands‑on, varied role that plays a key part in ensuring accurate payroll delivery, strong internal controls, and effective employee support across the group.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Running weekly and monthly payrolls across multiple business units
• Ensuring accurate employee data, department allocation, and cost centre management
• Managing holiday calendars, entitlements, and reporting issues to senior management
• Overseeing pension administration and statutory/governing body submissions
• Handling third‑party reporting and payment obligations
• Issuing employment contracts and time‑related documentation, following through to completion
• Supporting HR with ad‑hoc administration and compliance tasks
• Delivering payroll‑related balance sheet reconciliations, including PAYE, pensions, net wages, deposits, and deductions
• Maintaining accurate personnel files and employee documentation
• Managing access fob distribution, returns, and reconciliation
• Distributing employee hours reports and ensuring time & attendance accuracy with department managers
• Providing general administrative support, including handling queries

What We're Looking For:

• Strong payroll experience, ideally within a multi‑site environment
• Solid understanding of payroll legislation, pensions, and statutory compliance
• Confident handling reconciliations and financial controls
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work cross‑functionally
• Proactive, adaptable, and comfortable managing a varied workload

Why You'll Love This Role:

• Competitive salary between £35,000 and £40,000
• Key role supporting multiple areas of a growing business
• Opportunity to take ownership of payroll processes and compliance
• Varied and interesting workload with daily impact
• Supportive, friendly working environment

📅 Apply now for a confidential conversation about this Group Payroll Manager opportunity near St Austell.

Carrington Wood is a specialist recruitment consultancy supporting organisations across Cornwall, Devon, and the wider South West. We recruit across Finance, Administration, HR, Customer Service, and Business Development on both a temporary and permanent basis