Payroll Governance Business Partner

GXO Logistics, Inc.; Northampton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

GXO Logistics, Inc. is seeking a Payroll Governance Business Partner to shape governance, risk management, and compliance across a multi-site operation.

You will bridge site payrolls with the central team, guiding acquisitions, TUPE, transformations, and governance initiatives to ensure robust controls and excellent service. The role partners with senior stakeholders across Payroll, HR, Finance and Operations, driving continuous improvement while maintaining compliant, efficient payroll

Qualifications

• Extensive senior payroll governance or business partnering experience.
• Deep UK payroll, controls, compliance and risk management expertise.
• Experience leading payroll assurance and acquisitions, TUPE.
• Strong stakeholder influencing and cross-functional collaboration.
• Payroll qualification (CIPP Diploma) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert oversight and strategic direction across Payroll, HR, Finance and Operations.
• Own regional payroll risk, controls, and continuous improvement.
• Lead resolution of high-risk payroll issues; act as senior escalation authority.
• Lead due diligence for acquisitions, TUPE transfers, and transformations.
• Shape payroll strategy via audit leadership and governance initiatives.

Skills

Senior payroll governance

Stakeholder management

Risk management

UK payroll & compliance

Audit leadership

Education

CIPP Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Shape the Future of Payroll Governance in a Global Organisation

We're looking for an influential and commercially minded payroll professional to join our team as a Payroll Governance Business Partner.

This is much more than a traditional payroll role. It is an opportunity to shape payroll governance, risk management, and compliance across a complex and dynamic operation, ensuring robust controls, exceptional service delivery, and continuous improvement.

Working as the vital link between site payroll operations and our central payroll team, you will partner with multiple sites to provide expert guidance, drive best practice, and ensure payroll processes remain compliant, efficient, and fit for purpose. You will build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, supporting key business initiatives including acquisitions, TUPE transfers, organisational change, and transformation programmes.

If you're passionate about governance, enjoy solving complex challenges, and thrive on influencing positive business outcomes, this is your opportunity to make a significant impact within a fast-paced and evolving organisation.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a competitive salary and benefits package. In addition, we offer days 25 days annual leave, plus inclusive of bank holidays and the option to purchase additional days. Your benefits package includes flexible dental insurance plans, a company sponsored pension scheme, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more!

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Partner Senior Stakeholder providing expert oversight, challenge and strategic direction across Payroll, HR, Finance and Operations
• Own regional payroll risk, assurance and control frameworks, ensuring compliant, accurate and well-governed payroll processes while driving continuous improvement
• Lead the resolution of complex and high-risk payroll issues, acting as the senior escalation authority and coordinating cross-functional solutions
• Act as the payroll SME for acquisitions, TUPE transfers and transformation programmes, leading due diligence, governance and successful business integration
• Shape payroll strategy through audit leadership, stakeholder influence and delivery of governance initiatives that strengthen controls, mitigate risk and support business objectives

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Extensive experience in senior payroll governance, assurance or business partnering roles within complex, multi-site organisations, with deep expertise in UK payroll, controls, compliance and risk management
• Proven ability to lead large-scale payroll assurance, pay review governance, acquisitions and TUPE activity, ensuring robust controls, successful transitions and compliant payroll outcomes
• Strong track record of partnering with senior operational, HR, Finance and Payroll stakeholders, providing expert advice, challenge and influence to drive business decisions and resolve complex issues
• Highly analytical with the ability to identify risks, trends and control weaknesses, lead audit and assurance activities, and implement effective governance and continuous improvement initiatives
• Professional payroll qualification (CIPP Diploma or equivalent preferred) supported by exceptional judgement, resilience, communication skills and the ability to lead through influence in fast-paced, high-risk environments

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.