Payroll & Finance Manager: Transformation & Team Leadership

Adjacency Recruitment Group; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Adjacency Recruitment are partnering with a Cheltenham-based organisation to recruit a Payroll & Finance Manager. The role leads payroll governance, oversees a small finance operations team, and drives system transformation within a major HR platform implementation.

Reporting to the Director of Finance, you will own payroll and support month-end processes. You will manage a team of four, ensure regulatory compliance, and guide transformation projects to improve efficiency and resilience across

Qualifications

• Experience managing payroll with accuracy and compliance.
• Ability to lead and coach a finance operations team.
• Track record of delivering process improvements and transformation.

Responsibilities

• Act as the business lead for payroll governance, controls and best practice.
• Ensure payroll is processed accurately, efficiently and in full compliance with regulatory requirements
• Manage day-to-day finance operations and a team of 4
• Oversee VAT returns and manage cash management and banking processes
• Support the Financial Accountant with month-end processes
• Provide coaching & mentoring to your team to support development
• Allocate workloads, manage priorities and promote wellbeing across the team.

Skills

Payroll management

Team leadership

Finance operations

Regulatory compliance

Job description

Adjacency Recruitment are partnering with a Cheltenham-based organisation to recruit a Payroll & Finance Manager. The role leads payroll governance, oversees a small finance operations team, and drives system transformation within a major HR platform implementation.

Reporting to the Director of Finance, you will own payroll and support month-end processes. You will manage a team of four, ensure regulatory compliance, and guide transformation projects to improve efficiency and resilience across