International Payroll Advisor

Colt Technology Services; England; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Work from home option

Mentors and buddy program

Educational opportunities

Global Family Leave Policy

Employee Assistance Program

Inclusion networks

Job summary

Colt Technology Services is hiring an experienced payroll professional to manage UK and EMEA payrolls for a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role covers delivering accurate payrolls, supporting SuccessFactors integrations, and ensuring compliance with local regulations.

You will work with HR, Finance, HRIS, and external vendors across a multinational environment, handling data validation, audits, and process improvements to optimise payroll workflows.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' payroll experience with hands-on UK & EMEA work.
• End-to-end payroll delivery across the EMEA region.
• Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation (PAYE, NI, pensions, year-end).
• Experience with Romanian and French payroll processes and laws.

Responsibilities

• Act as subject matter expert for UK/EMEA payroll portfolios.
• Support SuccessFactors implementations and payroll integrations during testing and data validation.
• Process payroll updates accurately within deadlines and controls.
• Maintain knowledge of local payroll laws and ensure compliance.
• Be primary contact for employee payroll queries and stakeholder support.
• Coordinate with payroll vendors, HR, Finance, HRIS, IT, and external vendors.

Skills

UK payroll

EMEA payroll

SuccessFactors

Payroll integrations

Data analysis

Advanced Excel

UAT/testing

Multinational experience

Education

CIPP (advantageous)

BA Diploma or equivalent

Tools

SuccessFactors

HRIS

Payroll providers

Job description

Colt provides network, voice and data centre services to thousands of businesses around the world, allowing them to focus on delivering their business goals instead of the underlying infrastructure.

Why we need this role

To deliver accurate and compliant payrolls across UK & Europe. The role will act as the subject matter expert for assigned payrolls and provide payroll expertise to support SuccessFactors and payroll integration initiatives, ensuring accurate and efficient data flows between HR and payroll systems.

This is a 12-month fixed term contract and requires an experienced payroll professional with strong hands-on experience running UK and European payrolls.

What you will do

• Act as the subject matter expert for a portfolio of EMEA payrolls, with particular responsibility for the UK.
• Support the implementation and ongoing enhancement of SuccessFactors and payroll integrations, providing payroll expertise during testing, data validation, issue resolution and process design.
• Process payroll updates and changes accurately and in line with established payroll deadlines and controls.
• Maintain knowledge of local payroll legislation and ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations and company policies.
• Act as the primary point of contact for employee payroll queries and stakeholder support.
• Liaise with payroll providers, HR, Finance, HRIS, IT and external vendors to ensure accurate and timely payroll processing.
• Validate payroll calculations, funding requirements and payroll output reports, identifying and resolving discrepancies as required.
• Perform data audits and reconciliations to ensure the accuracy and integrity of payroll and employee data.
• Support payroll system changes, integrations, testing activities and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain payroll process documentation and contribute to internal and external audits and project activities.
• Identify opportunities for process standardisation, automation and operational efficiency.

Relationships and key contacts

• Payroll vendors and other third parties
• Country HR Teams and Global HR Service Centre
• Local & Global Finance
• Group Internal Audit
• Treasury
• HRIS Team / IT
• Legal
• Tax

What we're looking for

Skills & Experience

• Minimum 5 years' payroll experience, with significant hands-on experience running UK and EMEA.
• Proven experience delivering end-to-end payrolls across the EMEA region.
• Strong working knowledge of UK payroll legislation, including PAYE, National Insurance, statutory payments, pensions, benefits and year-end reporting requirements.
• Practical experience of Romanian and French payroll processes and legislation.
• Experience processing both UK and international payrolls and working with global payroll providers.
• Strong SuccessFactors experience, including employee data management, payroll interfaces and integration support.
• Experience supporting payroll-related integrations between SuccessFactors and outsourced payroll vendors.
• Experience in payroll systems testing, UAT, parallel runs and implementation projects.
• Strong analytical, reconciliation and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience working in a multinational environment across EMEA.

Qualifications

• CIPP (advantageous) or similar
• BA Diploma or equivalent experience

Behaviours

• High level of customer focus
• Analytically minded
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Self-starter and proactive

Skills

Process Improvement

Project Change Management

Data Analysis

Auditing

Payroll Taxes

Financial Systems

Relationship Management

Continuous Process Improvement

What we offer you:

Looking to make a mark?

At Colt, you’ll make a difference. Because around here, we empower people. We don’t tell you what to do.

Instead, we employ people we trust, who come together across the globe to create intelligent solutions.

Our global teams are full of ambitious, driven people, all working together towards one shared purpose: to put the power of the digital universe in the hands of our customers wherever, whenever and however they want.

We give our people the opportunity to inspire and lead teams, and work on projects that connect people, cities, businesses, and ideas. We want you to help us change the world, for the better.

Diversity and inclusion

• Inclusion and valuing diversity of thought and experience are at the heart of our culture here at Colt. From day one, you’ll be encouraged to be yourself because we believe that’s what helps our people to thrive. We welcome people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability, neurodiversity, age, marital status, pregnancy status, or place of birth.

Most recently we have:

• Signed the UN Women Empowerment Principles which guide our Gender Action Plan
• Trained 60 (and growing) Colties to be Mental Health First Aiders
• Please speak with a member of our recruitment team if you require adjustments to our recruitment process to support you. For more information about our Inclusion and Diversity agenda, visit our DEI pages.

Benefits

Our benefits support you through all parts of life, for both physical and mental health.

• Flexible working hours and the option to work from home.
• Extensive induction program with experienced mentors and buddies.
• Opportunities for further development and educational opportunities.
• Global Family Leave Policy.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Internal inclusion & diversity employee networks.

A global network

• When you join Colt you become part of our global network. We are proud of our colleagues and the stories and experience they bring – take a look at ‘Our People’ site including our Empowered Women in Tech.