Payroll Manager

SF Recruitment; Holt End; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced Payroll professional to manage payroll operations for a large workforce. You will oversee the end-to-end payroll process across multiple entities and help support various teams as the organization expands. The ideal candidate must have strong payroll experience, familiarity with Sage Payroll, and the ability to work autonomously. Benefits include flexibility for remote work, onsite parking, and access to wellbeing support.

Benefits

Flexibility to work from home

Free on‑site parking

Access to wellbeing support

Employee perks

Qualifications

• Strong end‑to‑end payroll experience in a multi‑site environment.
• Confidence working with rota‑based Time & Attendance systems.
• Knowledge of UK employment compliance and HR administration.
• Experience with Sage Payroll or ability to learn quickly.
• Strong understanding of auto‑enrolment and statutory payments.
• Intermediate Excel skills with high accuracy.
• Ability to work autonomously and handle confidential info.
• Experience with sponsorship of overseas workers is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Run end‑to‑end monthly payrolls for circa 450 employees.
• Process starters, leavers, and maintain accurate employee records.
• Handle statutory payments and HMRC requirements.
• Manage auto‑enrolment and pension processes.
• Post payroll journals in Sage 50.
• Act as first point of contact for payroll queries.

Skills

End-to-end payroll experience

Time & Attendance systems

Knowledge of UK employment compliance

Experience with Sage Payroll

Auto-enrolment and statutory payments

Intermediate Excel skills

Confidential information handling

Tools

Sage Payroll

Sage HR

Job description

Overview

A great opportunity for an experienced Payroll professional to take ownership of a busy, multi-entity payroll function within a growing organisation. You'll manage the full payroll cycle for a large workforce, support a variety of internal teams, and play an important role as the business continues to expand through acquisitions.

This is a hands‑on position suited to someone who enjoys being close to the operation.

Responsibilities

• Running end‑to‑end monthly payrolls (circa 450 employees) across multiple entities and payment cycles.
• Processing starters, leavers, rota/T&A data and ensuring accurate employee records.
• Handling statutory payments (SSP, SMP, SPP, SAP), RTI submissions and all payroll‑related HMRC requirements.
• Managing auto‑enrolment and pension processes (e.g. NEST and private schemes).
• Posting payroll journals and linking data accurately into Sage 50.
• Acting as the first point of contact for payroll and employment‑related queries across the group.
• Supporting the wider Finance & Admin team with additional tasks as the organisation continues to scale.

Qualifications

• Strong end‑to‑end payroll experience, ideally within a multi‑site or multi‑entity environment.
• Confidence working with rota‑based Time & Attendance systems.
• Knowledge of UK employment compliance and general HR administration, including right‑to‑work.
• Experience with Sage Payroll (and ideally Sage HR) or the ability to get up to speed quickly.
• Strong understanding of auto‑enrolment and statutory payments.
• Intermediate Excel skills and a high level of accuracy.
• Ability to work autonomously, handle confidential information, and support colleagues confidently.
• Any experience with sponsorship of overseas workers is beneficial.

Benefits

• Flexibility to work from home occasionally where business needs allow.
• Free on‑site parking.
• Access to wellbeing support and employee perks.
• The chance to join a growing organisation and play a key role in strengthening the payroll function.