Lead Payroll Ops at a World-Class F1 Team

Atlassian Williams F1 Team; Wantage; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlassian Williams F1 Team seeks a Payroll Operations Manager to deliver accurate and timely payroll for all employees, ensuring HMRC compliance and statutory reporting. The role partners with People Systems, Finance and Tax to optimise processes and drive automation.

You will oversee system data integrity and manage vendor relationships, contributing to audit readiness and governance. Leading a payroll team, you will handle end-to-end processing, year-end activities, and reporting, with a focus

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing end-to-end payroll operations in a complex organisation.
• Detailed knowledge of UK payroll legislation, taxation, and statutory reporting.
• Strong leadership with experience managing or developing a payroll team.
• Proficient in payroll systems and MS Excel.
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail and problem solving.
• Ability to manage deadlines and work accurately under pressure.
• AI enablement—identify, trial and embed AI/tools to streamline payroll.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage end-to-end payroll operations for all employees, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Ensure compliance with HMRC legislation, pension regulations, and statutory requirements.
• Oversee calculations of pay, overtime, bonuses, allowances, deductions, and statutory payments (SMP, SSP, SPP, etc.).
• Manage year-end payroll activities including P60s, P11Ds and tax-year submissions. Together with leading on payrolling benefits for 2027.
• Oversee payroll systems in partnership with the People Systems team, ensuring data integrity and optimised workflow.
• Partner with People Systems, Finance, and Tax teams to design and enhance payroll-related processes.
• Maintain secure, accurate employee payroll data in line with data protection guidelines.
• Manage relationships with third-party payroll providers, pension providers, and auditors.
• Act as main point of contact for internal stakeholders on payroll queries and reporting.
• Provide timely, accurate payroll data to Finance for budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
• Establish strong governance and control frameworks to reduce risk and ensure compliance.
• Lead internal and external audit activities related to payroll.
• Drive AI, automation and efficiency across payroll processes, seeking opportunities for system and process improvements.

Skills

Payroll operations

UK payroll legislation

Leadership

Payroll systems

Excel

Analytical skills

Deadline management

Education

CIPP qualification

Tools

Workday

SAP

ADP

OSV

Job description

Atlassian Williams F1 Team seeks a Payroll Operations Manager to deliver accurate and timely payroll for all employees, ensuring HMRC compliance and statutory reporting. The role partners with People Systems, Finance and Tax to optimise processes and drive automation.

You will oversee system data integrity and manage vendor relationships, contributing to audit readiness and governance. Leading a payroll team, you will handle end-to-end processing, year-end activities, and reporting, with a focus