Payroll Manager

Hoop Recruitment LTD; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Benefits package

Job summary

Hoop Recruitment Ltd is partnered with a prestigious Cardiff organisation to manage payroll for 500+ staff on a temporary basis. You will lead a small team, ensure timely and accurate payroll processing, and strengthen controls while resolving complex queries.

The role offers hybrid working, a competitive benefits package, and an opportunity to contribute to improvement projects. Pre-employment and security checks apply.

Qualifications

• Experience managing payroll for 500+ employees.
• Strong payroll legislation and compliance knowledge.
• Confidence resolving complex payroll queries and calculations.
• Team leadership or supervisory experience.
• Excellent stakeholder-management and customer-service skills.
• CIPP membership.
• Experience with iTrent/MHR would be a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small payroll team and oversee monthly payrolls for 500+ employees.
• Ensure accurate, timely payroll delivery and strengthen controls.
• Resolve complex payroll issues and calculations.
• Identify smarter ways of working and process improvements.
• Pre-employment and security checks will apply.

Skills

Payroll management

Payroll legislation

Payroll problem solving

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

CIPP membership

iTrent/MHR

Job description

Salary: £38,930–£46,445 pro rata Location: Cardiff – hybrid working Contract: Temporary, circa four months | 37 hours per week Closing date: 27 September 2026

An exciting opportunity to join one of the region’s most prestigious and highly regarded organisations.

Our client is a large, highly regarded organisation offering modern systems, hybrid working and a genuinely supportive culture.

This is a visible, influential assignment where your expertise will be trusted and your ideas welcomed.

Leading a small team, you will oversee several monthly payrolls covering more than 500 people.

You will ensure accurate, timely delivery while strengthening controls, resolving complex issues and identifying smarter ways of working.

What you’ll bring

• Experience managing payroll for 500+ employees.
• Strong payroll legislation and compliance knowledge.
• Confidence resolving complex payroll queries and calculations.
• Team leadership or supervisory experience.
• Excellent stakeholder-management and customer-service skills.
• CIPP membership.
• Experience with iTrent/MHR would be a strong advantage.

You’ll receive hybrid working, a competitive benefits package and the opportunity to add a high-profile, improvement-focused assignment to your CV.

Pre-employment and security checks will apply.