Head of Payroll

Rsgroup; London, Corby; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Head of Payroll to lead their payroll function for 3,500 employees across the UK. This hybrid role involves managing a dedicated payroll team, ensuring compliance with regulations, and driving operational excellence. You will influence payroll services organization-wide, making a significant impact on the company's efficiency. This role offers the chance to develop risk management strategies and foster team growth through training and career development. Join a company committed to diversity and inclusion, where your contributions will help shape a better workplace for all.

Benefits

Family Friendly Policies

Support for ongoing health conditions

Support for neurodiverse colleagues

Enhanced coverage for LGBTQ+ colleagues

Qualifications

• Experienced Payroll lead with a proven track record in payroll leadership.
• Strong understanding of people systems and current tax legislation.

Responsibilities

• Lead management of payroll team, ensuring performance against SLAs and KPIs.
• Oversee compliance with regulatory and business requirements for payroll.

Skills

Payroll Management

Compliance Knowledge

Problem-Solving

Analytical Skills

Leadership

Job description

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Head of Payroll

Location:

London, ENG, GB, N1C 4AG; Corby, ENG, GB, NN17 5JF

Brand: RS Group

Function: Human Resources

Work Location: Hybrid

Location: This is a hybrid role, offering a combination of remote work and work from our Corby or London Office.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Head of Payroll to join our highly driven People Shared Services Team. In this critical role, you will take the lead in managing the payroll function for our 3,500 employees in the UK, while creating and executing the global payroll strategy. You’ll have the opportunity to drive operational excellence and influence payroll services across the organization.

What you will be doing:

1. Lead day-to-day management of our payroll team, ensuring performance against SLAs and KPIs.
2. Support the development of requirements for payroll supplier proposals, ensuring alignment with business needs.
3. Ensure compliance with regulatory and business requirements, overseeing payroll solutions in line with relevant tax and social security bodies.
4. Oversee payroll implementation, ensuring solutions meet success criteria and align with business needs.
5. Develop risk management and disaster recovery plans related to payroll activities.
6. Lead, inspire, and develop the payroll team, providing feedback, training, and career development opportunities.

About you:

1. Experienced Payroll lead with the ability to manage pressure and change.
2. Proven track record in payroll leadership, managing multiple solutions and vendors.
3. Strong understanding of people systems, platforms, and current tax and social security legislation.
4. Experience with payroll system reviews and vendor selection.
5. Proven ability to deliver projects involving technical change.
6. Strong problem-solving, analytical, and numeracy skills (e.g., reconciliations, statistics).

We are RS Group:

RS is a global solutions partner for industrial customers and suppliers, with operations across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. Our business supports supply chain, corporate functions, marketing, and product & supplier management.

Our market is large, fragmented, and digitally immature, with many regional providers trading offline. We stock over 2,500 supplier brands, 500,000 products, and 61% of our sales are digital.

We are committed to Making Amazing Happen for a better world. Our vision is to be the first choice for customers, suppliers, our people, and communities.

RS is dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We value diversity and aim to create a workplace where people can be their authentic selves, which is fundamental to attracting, developing, and retaining top talent.

In line with our D&I policy, we recruit and develop employees based on merit, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.

The extras you’ll get:

Alongside standard employee benefits, RS has introduced new Family Friendly Policies, including:

• Support for managing ongoing health conditions such as diabetes or asthma
• Support for neurodiverse colleagues and their families
• Support for women at different life stages, including fertility, endometriosis, and menopause
• Enhanced coverage and support for LGBTQ+ colleagues, including trans individuals

Are you ready to explore the possibilities?